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M'Liss is a 1918 American silent comedy drama film directed by Marshall Neilan, written by Frances Marion and based on a Bret Harte story. The film was made previously in 1915 and was remade again in 1922 as The Girl Who Ran Wild, starring Gladys Walton. Another same-titled remake was released in 1936, starring Anne Shirley.
M'Liss: Directed by Marshall Neilan. With Mary Pickford, Theodore Roberts, Thomas Meighan, Tully Marshall. M'liss, a feisty young girl in a mining camp, falls for Charles Gray, the school teacher.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Marshall Neilan
- 1918-05-13
Dec 31, 2014 · M'Liss is a 1918 silent film directed by Marshall Neilan, written by Frances Marion and based on a Bret Harte's story. The film was made previously in 1915 and was remade again in 1922 as The Girl Who Ran Wild, starring Gladys Walton. Another same-titled remake was released in 1936, starring Anne Shirley. Plot
Dec 28, 2014 · Nicknamed M’Liss, the tears around threatening people with her slingshot and generally getting into mischief. Her father is the town drunk, Bummer Smith (Theodore Roberts), and M’Liss spends much of her time trying to keep him safe and sober. When a new schoolteacher arrives in town, M’Liss takes a sudden interest in education.
Aug 19, 2012 · By now, as of 1918, I am well aware of a lot of the love that film historians have for Mary Pickford. M'Liss will be my 15th Mary Pickford film as of this latest review. Known for being in her twenties, and starring as a little girl in a lot of her movies, M'Liss is no exception.
- Marshall Neilan
- Mary Pickford Company
M'Liss lives with her dissipated father, "Bummer" Smith, in Red Gulch, California during the 1849 gold rush. A wild and unruly though lovable girl, M'Liss decides to acquire manners and an education when a handsome young schoolteacher named Charles Gray comes to town. "Bummer" is to inherit a large fortune left him by his brother Jonathan, but ...
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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.
