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The Daughter of Devil Dan
(1920) United States of America
B&W : [?] Feature film?
Directed by Frank Gordon Kirby
Cast: Irma Harrison, Kempton Greene, James Terbell, Walter P. Lewis
Buffalo Motion Picture Corporation production; distributed on State Rights basis by [?] Buffalo Motion Picture Corporation? / Produced by David P. Howells. Scenario by Bert B. Perkins. Presented by Buffalo Motion Picture Corporation. / No copyright registration. Showings on 14 October 1920 at the Family Theatre in Dixon, Illinois, and on 4 November 1920 at the Strand Theatre in Norwich, Connecticut. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / [?] The film may have been rereleased in the USA by Associated First National Pictures, Incorporated, on 22 July 1921.
Drama.
Synopsis: [Variety, 22 July 1921, page ?] High-spirited daughter of Louisville gentleman with gray mustache and imperial married ‘Devil Dan’ against her father’s wishes and Dan is killed by a moonshiner. Young wife is seen on her deathbed, unforgiven by irate father. She gives villainous attorney ‘the papers’ and her seven-year-old daughter. He steals the fortune and takes the child to the moonshiner’s hut. Ten years pass. Child is young girl, uncouth and unkempt, but buxom. Dashing young revenue officer appears. She saves his life and escapes disguised as a boy. Young revenue officer visits girl’s grandfather (son of his old schoolmate stuff). They walk on street and find girl as newsboy in a fight. They take her home, old colonel wants to adopt her. She explores garret in colonial home, finds crinoline dress her mother wore, dons it, old colonel sees resemblance to his daughter, cries ‘My search for my granddaughter has ended.’ Villainous lawyer and moonshiner kidnap girl. Young revenue officer to the rescue, villain-lawyer (who turns out to be hero’s uncle) is shot in the melee, confesses and the clinch is finally arrived at.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 15 February 2024.
References: Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb; Website-IMDb.
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