A Mormon Maid 107 years old

This silent melodrama is set against the 1840s westward migration of the Mormons. Dora, a young woman, and her family are saved from an Indian attack by a Mormon community traveling to Utah. They join the wagon train. Dora is pursued by two men, one a recent convert, the other a scheming elder with a stable of wives. The Mormon elder wants her in his harem. When the mother kills herself from revulsion toward polygamy, the daughter must consider her own future and the man she loves. One of Mae Murray's few surviving films, this was intended by Robert Leonard to be a thoughtful drama about the goods and evils of Mormonism, but today it is generally considered pure anti-Mormon propaganda.

Credits

A Mormon Maid Cast

Name Character
Noah Beery He was 35, 64 years old when he died as Darius Burr
Hobart Bosworth He was 49, 76 years old when he died as John Hogue
Edythe Chapman She was 53, 85 years old when she died as Nancy Hogue
Frank Borzage He was 22, 68 years old when he died as Tom Rigdon
Richard Cummings He was 58, 80 years old when he died as Lion of the Lord
Mae Murray She was 31, 79 years old when she died as Dora

A Mormon Maid Crew

Name Department
Charles Rosher as Director of Photography. He was 31 (88) years old when He died Camera
Robert Z. Leonard as Director. He was 27 (78) years old when He died Directing
A Mormon Maid poster
A Mormon Maid (107 years)

  • Release day: Saturday, April 21, 1917
  • Runtime: 68 minutes