A Mormon Maid (1917): reparto, argumento y streaming

Released in 1917, A Mormon Maid is a drama and historia film directed by Robert Z. Leonard, running about 68 minutes.

What it’s about. This silent melodrama is set against the 1840s westward migration of the Mormons. Dora, a young woman, and her family are saved from an Indian attack by a Mormon community traveling to Utah. They join the wagon train. Dora is pursued by two men, one a recent convert, the other a scheming elder with a stable of wives. The Mormon elder wants her in his harem. When the mother kills herself from revulsion toward polygamy, the daughter must consider her own future and the man she loves. One of Mae Murray's few surviving films, this was intended by Robert Leonard to be a thoughtful drama about the goods and evils of Mormonism, but today it is generally considered pure anti-Mormon propaganda.

Who’s in it. A Mormon Maid stars Mae Murray as Dora, Frank Borzage as Tom Rigdon, Hobart Bosworth as John Hogue and Edythe Chapman as Nancy Hogue, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 5.0/10, A Mormon Maid has proved divisive with audiences.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch A Mormon Maid page.

If you liked it. Fans of A Mormon Maid tend to enjoy Cadena perpetua, El padrino, La lista de Schindler and El padrino II.