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Molly Pitcher
(1911) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by Ulysses Davis
Cast: (unknown)
The Champion Film Company production; distributed by Motion Picture Distributing & Sales Company. / Released 19 June 1911. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Boobie Rank, at one time a traveling player, is anxious to marry. He pays court to Eleanor Stockton and later to Molly Cairns, but is unceremoniously thrust aside by both. Sam Stockton and John Macaullay are rivals for Molly’s hand. John is favored for having saved Molly’s father from a debtor’s cell. The Colonies revolt, and John and Sam go to the front under “Mad Anthony” Wayne. Molly goes as a water carrier and gains the sobriquet of “Molly Pitcher.” At the battle of Monmouth, John, who is a gunner, is killed, but his brave wife takes his place and helps to win the battle. Gen. Wayne commends her action and recommends her for honors. Five years later, the war being about over, Molly gives her hand to her other sweetheart, Sam Stockton, who has always been her late husband’s friend. General Wayne, at her wedding day, presents her with a commission of Sergeant for her brave services.
Reviews: [The Moving Picture World, 1 July 1911, page ?] Here is a film giving in some detail the life history of Molly Pitcher, who became a water-carrier in the Revolutionary army and thus earned the sobriquet which has become historic. The love story with which the film opens scarcely adds to the interest of this famous character. That she took her husband’s place at the gun at Monmouth is now questioned, but that doesn’t injure the interest of the film. Neither does it prevent the erection of monuments to her memory. Her love affairs close with her marriage to her first lover after the war is over. The feature of the film is Molly. The reproduction of this episode in history is highly commendable, even though rather too much of it is devoted to the relation of love matters which have no bearing upon the principal idea of the film. In this instance the public is more interested in Molly alone.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: War: American Revolutionary War (1775-1783)
Listing updated: 10 June 2024.
References: Pitts-Hollywood p. 4 : Website-IMDb.
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