''Mountain Dew'' is a
lost
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Geography
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* Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail, or LOST, a hiking and cycling trail in Florida, US
History
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1917 American silent comedy-drama film directed by
Thomas N. Heffron
Thomas N. Heffron (June 13, 1872 – May 24, 1951) was a screenwriter, actor, and a director. He was born in Nevada, He worked as an attorney and danced in vaudeville before he began his career in film with Thanhousr in 1911, eventually landing ...
and starring
Margery Wilson
Margery Wilson (born ''Sara Barker Strayer''; October 31, 1896 – January 21, 1986) was an American actress, writer, and silent movie director. She appeared in 51 films between 1914 and 1939.
Early life and education
Wilson was born in Gracey, ...
. It was produced and distributed by the
Triangle Film Corporation
Triangle Film Corporation (also known as Triangle Motion Picture Company) was a major American motion-picture studio, founded in July 1915 in Culver City, California and terminated 7 years later in 1922.
History
The studio was founded in July 1 ...
.
Plot
As described in a film magazine, J. Hamilton Vance (Gunn) goes to the mountains to find new material for a novel. He becomes a school teacher and becomes infatuated with Roxie Bradley (Wilson), the daughter of Squire Bradley (Filson), who does not approve of his daughter's learning. Vance is successful in teaching the girl to read and write and, although he is suspected of being a revenue agent, he manages to make a few friendships. However, a stray piece of paper upon which he has begun his novel flies away and is picked up by some of the
moonshine
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rs, who then attack him. He marries Roxie and by promising to become a partner in their distillery of illicit liquor, he is allowed to continue on his way unharmed.
Cast
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Margery Wilson
Margery Wilson (born ''Sara Barker Strayer''; October 31, 1896 – January 21, 1986) was an American actress, writer, and silent movie director. She appeared in 51 films between 1914 and 1939.
Early life and education
Wilson was born in Gracey, ...
- Roxie Bradley
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Charles Gunn - J. Hamilton Vance
*Thomas Washington - Roosevelt Washington
*Al W. Filson - Squire Bradley
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Jack Richardson - Milt Sears
*Aaron Edwards - Lafe Grider
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Mary Boland
Mary Boland (born Marie Anne Boland; January 28, 1882 – June 23, 1965) was an American stage and film actress.
Early years
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Boland was the daughter of repertory actor William Augustus Boland, and his wife M ...
- Lily Bud Rainer
Reception
Like many American films of the time, ''Mountain Dew'' was subject to cuts by
city and state film censorship boards. The Chicago Board of Censors cut a scene with a boy shooting Sears and three racist subtitles, "Do you care so much for education that you'll see a
nigger
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hold a gun to your pap?", "Get the men together at the
still
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and we'll get him and his nigger tonight", and "I'se a white nigger from Chicago".
References
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1917 films
American silent feature films
Lost American films
Triangle Film Corporation films
American black-and-white films
1910s English-language films
Films directed by Thomas N. Heffron
1917 comedy-drama films
1917 lost films
Lost comedy-drama films
1910s American films
Silent American comedy-drama films
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