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 |
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Noah Beery
He was 35, 64 years old when he died
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as Darius Burr |
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Hobart Bosworth
He was 49, 76 years old when he died
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as John Hogue |
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Edythe Chapman
She was 53, 85 years old when she died
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as Nancy Hogue |
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Frank Borzage
He was 22, 68 years old when he died
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as Tom Rigdon |
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Richard Cummings
He was 58, 80 years old when he died
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as Lion of the Lord |
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Mae Murray
She was 31, 79 years old when she died
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as Dora |
A Mormon Maid Crew
| Name |
Department |
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Charles Rosher as Director of Photography. He was 31 (88) years old when He died
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Camera |
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Robert Z. Leonard as Director. He was 27 (78) years old when He died
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Directing |
