To Have and to Hold
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Cast & Crew
George H. Melford
Mae Murray
Wallace Reid
Raymond Hatton
James Neill
Lucien Littlefield
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Lady Jocelyn Leigh, a ward of England's King James I, joins a shipment of brides for the American colonies to avoid marriage to the dissipated Lord Carnal. In Virginia, she agrees to marry Captain Ralph Percy, a gentleman and landowner, although she does not love him. Carnal arrives in Virginia and orders the two imprisoned, but they escape in Percy's boat after besting Carnal in combat and throwing him aboard. They land on an island inhabited by a crew of pirates, of which Percy manages to place himself at the head. Carnal incites a mutiny against Percy, who is nearly made to walk the plank before the pirates forget him in their haste to attack a British ship carrying the Governor of Virginia. Percy's group foils the pirate attack, however, and Carnal, his plan foiled and his status with the king vanished, kills himself. Percy and Lady Jocelyn, who has learned to love her husband, begin a new life together.
Director
George H. Melford
Cast
Mae Murray
Wallace Reid
Raymond Hatton
James Neill
Lucien Littlefield
Ronald Bradbury
Robert Fleming
Bob Gray
Camille Astor
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Johnston's novel was adapted for the stage by E. F. Boddington and presented in New York on March 4, 1901. According to studio press releases, this was Mae Murray's first feature film. The film was re-made by Famous Players-Lasky in 1922, with Betty Compson starring and George Fitzmaurice directing. (See AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30; F2.5747.)
