M'Liss

The School Master begins to like M'Liss.

1918
1h 13m
Mystery
Drama
Comedy

5.7TMDB(7)

Overview

M'liss, a feisty young girl in a mining camp, falls for Charles Gray, the school teacher. Charles is implicated in a murder of which he is innocent, and the two must fight to save him from a lynching.

Fun facts

Based on
Based on Mliss
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Setting
Set in California
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Walter Stradling
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Details

Director: Marshall Neilan
Writer: Frances MarionWriter
Status: Released
Release date: May 5, 1918
Original language: English
Countries: United States of America

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Production

Mary Pickford Company

Cast

Mary PickfordMelissa 'M'liss' Smith
Theodore RobertsJohn Benson 'Bummer' Smith
Thomas MeighanCharles Gray
Tully MarshallJudge Joshua McSnagley
Charles OgleYuba Bill
Monte BlueMexican Joe Dominguez
Winifred GreenwoodClara Peterson
Helen KellyClytemnestra Veronica McSnagley
Val PaulJim Peterson
William H. BrownSheriff Sandy Waddles
John BurtonParson Bean
Charles A. PostButch Saunders
Guy OliverSnakebit Saunders
Ernest Butterworth Jr.Schoolboy (uncredited)
Marion EmmonsSchoolboy (uncredited)
Steve MurphyMan at Trial (uncredited)
Harry L. Rattenberryundetermined role (uncredited)
Charles StevensMexican (uncredited)