Melissa of the Hills

Synopsis

Melissa Stark, a young girl in the Tennessee mountains tries to unite feuding families (Allisons & Watts) and help her preacher father, Jethro, while navigating romance with lawyer Tom Williams and a mistaken identity crisis that leads to her father's tragic death, after which the families reconcile. The story involves a newspaper ad for a dress, a mistaken identification of Jethro as a murder fugitive by a deputy sheriff, and a violent confrontation that ends with Jethro's innocence proven but his life lost.

CAST

James Kirkwood

Director

Mary Miles Minter

Melissa Stark

Spottiswoode Aitken

Jethro Stark

Allan Forrest

Tom Williams

George Periolat

Cyrus Kimball

John Gough

Larry Watts

Anne Schaefer

Sally Smith

Perry Banks

Dr. Brand

Gertrude Le Brandt

Mrs. Sanders

Harry Clark

Cutler Sanders

Frank Thompson

Sam Allison

Emma Kluge

Mrs. Watts

R.J. Hand

Grandpa Allison

Judge Page

Grandpa Watts

James Kirkwood

Director

Mary Miles Minter

Melissa Stark

Spottiswoode Aitken

Jethro Stark

Allan Forrest

Tom Williams

George Periolat

Cyrus Kimball

John Gough

Larry Watts

Anne Schaefer

Sally Smith

Perry Banks

Dr. Brand

Gertrude Le Brandt

Mrs. Sanders

Harry Clark

Cutler Sanders

Frank Thompson

Sam Allison

Emma Kluge

Mrs. Watts

R.J. Hand

Grandpa Allison

Judge Page

Grandpa Watts