A Woman's Power
Cast & Crew
Robert Thornby
Mollie King
Douglas Maclean
Charles Mitchell
N. J. Thompson
Lillian Cook
Film Details
Synopsis
Minerva Rawlins, a wild Kentucky girl, suddenly acquires several stepbrothers and stepsisters when her father marries a widow. The eldest of her new siblings, mountaineer Newt Spooner, has recently returned home after serving time for committing a murder during a feud. Although Newt is obsessed with seeking vengeance against MacAllister Falkins, whose testimony convicted him, Newt is distracted because he falls in love with Minerva, who urges him to forgive Falkins. At the outbreak of the Spanish-American War, Falkins organizes a volunteer company, which Newt and Red Spooner, Newt's relative, join. Newt plans to get even with Falkins, but Red, and a vision of Minerva, continually restrain him. In the Philippines, Falkins becomes Newt's friend, but Newt still waits for his chance for revenge. When Red deserts and joins the enemy, Newt captures him. He testifies against Red, who dies, and realizes that one can accuse a friend and still care for him. Newt returns and marries Minerva, who in the meantime matured at a boarding school.
Director
Robert Thornby
Cast
Mollie King
Douglas Maclean
Charles Mitchell
N. J. Thompson
Lillian Cook
E. M. Kimball
Simeon Wiltse
Film Details
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Notes
The working title of this film was The Code of the Mountains. This title appeared in release charts in October and November 1915 as a film made by the Shubert Film Co., but because it dropped out of the charts abruptly, and because all the reviews occur at the time of the February 1916 release, it is not likely that the film was released earlier. This was musical comedy star Mollie King's first film. One review noted that some scenes were shot in the Adirondacks, while a pre-production news item stated that director Thornby would be assisted in his selection of locations in Kentucky by the author, Charles Neville Buck.
