The Pride of the Clan
| The Pride of the Clan | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Maurice Tourneur |
| Written by | Elaine Sterne Carrington Charles E. Whittaker |
| Produced by | Mary Pickford |
| Starring | Mary Pickford Matt Moore |
| Cinematography | John van den Broek Lucien Andriot |
| Distributed by | Artcraft Pictures Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Pride of the Clan is a 1917 American silent romantic drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur, and starring Mary Pickford and Matt Moore.[1]
Cast
[edit]- Mary Pickford as Marget MacTavish
- Matt Moore as Jamie Campbell
- Warren Cook as Robert, Earl of Dunstable
- Kathryn Browne-Decker as The Countess of Dunstable (credited as Kathryn Browne Decker)
- Ed Roseman as David Pitcairn
- Joel Day as The Dominie
- Leatrice Joy - uncredited
Plot
[edit]"After her father, the chieftain of a clan off the western coast of Scotland, dies at sea during a storm, Marget MacTavish consoles the other clan members even though she is heartbroken. On the Sabbath, Marget takes command as chieftain and drives everyone into the nearly empty church, except for David Pitcairn, who thinks that praying is fruitless. When Marget and Jamie Campbell, a young fisherman, become engaged in a traditional ceremony, Mrs. Campbell writes to the Countess of Dunstable and confesses that years earlier, she, as Jamie's nurse, reported Jamie's death so that she could raise him. The countess arrives with her second husband, an Earl, who convinces Marget that for Jamie's sake she should break the engagement. Although Jamie protests, Marget uses her authority as chieftain to command him to leave her. Marget drifts to sea to leave the area, but her old, unseaworthy vessel begins to sink. Pitcairn awakens and rings an alarm, then prays for Marget as Jamie takes a power boat from his mother's yacht and rescues her. Jamie's parents then accept the marriage."[2]
Production
[edit]The film was shot in Marblehead, Massachusetts and Fort Lee, New Jersey where many early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based there at the beginning of the 20th century.[3][4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Pride of the Clan at silentera.com
- ^ "The Pride of the Clan (1917) - Full Synopsis - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
- ^ Koszarski, Richard (2004), Fort Lee: The Film Town, Rome, Italy: John Libbey Publishing -CIC srl, ISBN 0-86196-653-8
- ^ "Studios and Films". Fort Lee Film Commission. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
- ^ Fort Lee Film Commission (2006), Fort Lee Birthplace of the Motion Picture Industry, Arcadia Publishing, ISBN 0-7385-4501-5
External links
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- The Pride of the Clan at IMDb
- The Pride of the Clan available for free download from Internet Archive
- Pride of the Clan (Online Film)
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- 1917 films
- 1917 romantic drama films
- American silent feature films
- American black-and-white films
- Films directed by Maurice Tourneur
- Films shot in Massachusetts
- Films shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey
- 1910s American films
- Silent American romantic drama films
- 1910s English-language films
- English-language romantic drama films
- Silent romantic drama film stubs