The Heart of the Blue Ridge
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
James Young
Clara Kimball Young
Chester Barnett
Robert Cummings
Edwin L. Hollywood
Edwin L. Hollywood
Film Details
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Synopsis
Plutina, an illiterate mountain girl who lives with her grandfather, refuses to marry moonshiner Dan Hodges, preferring instead Zeke, a young farmer. When Zeke learns that Dan, in revenge, shot Plutina's pet trained bear, Zeke vows to kill him. After a revenue officer, shot by Dan, is cared for by Zeke's mother, Dan vows to kill Zeke. Dan and Zeke fight, and although Dan is beaten, he escapes into the mountains. Sometime later, the revenue officer secures for Zeke the position of overseer of government timber lands. As Zeke waits for a train after missing the first one, he learns that Dan, who has threatened to kill Plutina's grandfather and sister and set fire to their house unless Plutina marries him, has abducted her. Zeke arrives at a secluded cave where Dan has taken Plutina just as she is about to jump from a cliff. The ensuing brawl ends when Dan is plunged over the cliff. Finally, Zeke and Plutina marry.
Director
James Young
Cast
Clara Kimball Young
Chester Barnett
Robert Cummings
Edwin L. Hollywood
Film Details
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Notes
Some reviews called the character played by Robert Cummings, "Dan Hughes." Some scenes in the film were shot in the Blue Ridge Mountains, according to publicity for the film. The film was re-issued on February 19, 1917 by World Film Corp. as The Savage Instinct. It was copyrighted under this title by World Film Corp. on February 8, 1917, copyright number LU10137.
