A Kentucky Cinderella


1917

Film Details

Release Date
Jun 25, 1917
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Bluebird Photoplays, Inc.
Distribution Company
Bluebird Photoplays, Inc.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the short story "A Kentucky Cinderella" by Francis Hopkinson Smith in The Other Fellow (Boston, 1899).

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
5 reels

Synopsis

When the Long brothers try to jump the gold claim owned by "Kentuck" Windfield Gordon and John Silverwood, Kentuck is killed while defending his property and Silverwood sends Kentuck's orphaned daughter Nannie back to her Uncle Henry in Kentucky. When she arrives, Uncle Henry is away on business, leaving Nannie at the mercy of Henry's second wife, who mistreats the girl as a poor relation and resents the competition she presents to her own daughter, Rachel. Aunt Chlorindy, the mammy who helped raise Nannie, protects her, and when the girl is driven out of the house by Mrs. Gordon, Aunt Chlorindy finds her refuge with Mrs. Morgan, a wealthy widow living nearby. There Nannie meets Tom Boling, a rich young bachelor who falls in love with her. Justice is served when Tom marries Nannie rather than Rachel as Mrs. Gordon had planned, and Silverwood returns for the ceremony, rich from striking gold, and falls in love with Mrs. Morgan.

Film Details

Release Date
Jun 25, 1917
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Bluebird Photoplays, Inc.
Distribution Company
Bluebird Photoplays, Inc.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the short story "A Kentucky Cinderella" by Francis Hopkinson Smith in The Other Fellow (Boston, 1899).

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
5 reels

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