The Crucible (1914 film)

The Crucible
Directed by Edwin S. Porter
Hugh Ford
Written by Edwin S. Porter (uncredited)
Hugh Ford (uncredited)
Based on The Crucible 
by Mark Lee Luther
Starring Marguerite Clark
Harold Lockwood
Production
company
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release dates
  • December 14, 1914
Running time
50 mins.
Country United States
Language Silent
English intertitles

The Crucible was a 1914 American silent romantic drama film directed by Edwin S. Porter and Hugh Ford and released through Paramount Pictures. Based on the novel of the same name by Mark Lee Luther, the film stars Marguerite Clark and Harold Lockwood.[1] The film is now presumed lost.[2]

Plot

As described in a film magazine,[3] Jean (Clark) is brought up as a boy by her father, and when Mr. Fenshaw dies her boyish manner offends her mother and sisters. Jean is nagged and punished until one day she picks up a sickle and, without really intending to, cuts her sister's hand. She is sent to a reformatory. She later meets Craig Atwood (Lockwood), an artist in the woods, and goes through a series of trials to prove she is worthy of the love of her friend, the painter.

Cast

References

  1. Progressive Silent Film List: The Crucible at silentera.com
  2. Nunn, Curtis (1981). Marguerite Clark, America's Darling of Broadway and the Silent Screen. TCU Press. p. VII.
  3. Wietzel, Edward (Feb 15, 1919). "Critical Reviews and Comments: The Crucible". Moving Picture World (New York City: Chalmers Publishing Company) 39 (7): 942. Retrieved 2014-07-29.

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