Mountain Dew (1917)
Overview
Magazine writer J. Hamilton Vance travels to the mountains of Kentucky to get local color for his stories, and falls in love with Roxie Bradley, the daughter of a moonshiner. Regarded at first with suspicion by the mountaineers, Vance finally wins their confidence and is appointed teacher in the little log school house. The former teacher, resentful at the intrusion, attempts to shoot Vance through the schoolhouse window, but Roxie intercepts the bullet. Vance nurses her back to health, engendering the jealousy of Lily Bud Raines, who starts a rumor that Vance is a federal agent spying on the moonshiners.
What is Mountain Dew about?
Magazine writer J. Hamilton Vance travels to the mountains of Kentucky to get local color for his stories, and falls in love with Roxie Bradley, the daughter of a moonshiner. Regarded at first with suspicion by the mountaineers, Vance finally wins their confidence and is appointed teacher in the little log school house. The former teacher, resentful at the intrusion, attempts to shoot Vance through the schoolhouse window, but Roxie intercepts the bullet. Vance nurses her back to health, engendering the jealousy of Lily Bud Raines, who starts a rumor that Vance is a federal agent spying on the moonshiners. Mountain Dew is a Comedy, Drama movie, released on 1917-09-16, runtime 50 minutes.
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Directed by
Thomas N. Heffron
Cast
- Margery Wilson as Roxie Bradley
- Charles Gunn as J. Hamilton Vance
- Mary Boland as Lily Bud Raines
- Al W. Filson as Squire Bradley
- Jack Richardson as Milt Sears
- Thomas Washington as Roosevelt Washington
- Aaron Edwards as Lafe Grider
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