Melissa of the Hills

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Mary Miles Minter Melissa Stark

Spottiswoode Aitken Jethro Stark

Allan Forrest Tom Williams

George Periolat Cyrus Kimball

John Gough Larry Watts