The Land of Promise
Cast & Crew
Joseph Kaufman
Billie Burke
Thomas Meighan
Helen T. Tracy
J. W. Johnson
Mary Alden
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Synopsis
In England, Nora Marsh endures ten years of caring for crabby, rich Miss Wickham, while planning to use her promised inheritance for travel and clothes. When Miss Wickham dies unexpectedly, her ten-year-old will provides nothing for Nora. Nora goes to her brother Edward's farm in Manitoba, where she toils and quarrels with her sister-in-law Gertie, a former waitress, whose hard work helped make the farm succeed. Gertie's jealousy of Edward's attention to Nora, makes Nora so unhappy that when hired hand Frank Taylor, who earlier lost his crop and has since saved enough to farm again, plans to get a wife at the employment agency to cook and clean, Nora offers herself if they marry "in name only." After six months, Frank's sexual frustration leads him to rape Nora. The next morning, Edward arrives with a large check from Miss Wickham's relatives. Just then, a farm inspector condemns Frank's crops in order to stop the spread of weed pests. When, a now remorseful Frank, offers to let Nora go but states that were he successful, he would keep her, she decides to stay.
Director
Joseph Kaufman
Cast
Billie Burke
Thomas Meighan
Helen T. Tracy
J. W. Johnson
Mary Alden
Margaret Seddon
Walter Mcewen
Grace Studeford
John Raymond
Crew
Film Details
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Notes
Billie Burke starred in the stage production. Beulah Marie Dix wrote an early treatment of the story. Paramount Pictures released a later version based on the same source, entitled The Canadian, on November 27, 1926. William Beaudine directed, and Thomas Meighan played "Frank Taylor" again, while Mona Palma played "Nora." (See AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30; F2.0759.)
