A Mormon Maid
Overview
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.
About A Mormon Maid (1917)
Released in 1917, A Mormon Maid is a history and drama film from Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company (United States of America). It was directed by Robert Z. Leonard and written by Charles Sarver. The cast is led by Mae Murray, Frank Borzage, Hobart Bosworth, Edythe Chapman and Noah Beery. With a runtime of 1h 8m, the film averages 5.0/10 across 5 TMDB ratings.
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