Tillie (film)

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Tillie
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Directed by Frank Urson
Screenplay by Alice Eyton
Based onTillie, a Mennonite Maid
by Helen Reimensnyder Martin
Starring Mary Miles Minter
Allan Forrest
Noah Beery, Sr.
CinematographyAllen M. Davey
Production
company
Realart Pictures Corporation
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • January 29, 1922 (1922-01-29)
Running time
5 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Tillie is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Frank Urson and starring Mary Miles Minter. The scenario was written by Alice Eyton, based on the novel Tillie, the Mennonite Maid by Helen Reimensnyder Martin. [1] Tillie reunited Minter with Allan Forrest, her most frequent leading man from her time at Mutual Film and the American Film Company, for the first time since their 1919 picture Yvonne from Paris. As with many of Minter's features, Tillie is thought to be a lost film. [2]

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Plot

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Mary Miles Minter in "Tillie" (1922)

As described in various film magazine reviews, [3] [4] [5] [6] Tillie Getz (Minter) is a girl living in a community of Mennonites with her harsh father Jacob Getz (Beery), who treats her little better than a slave. Tillie longs for education and for an escape from the drudgery of her life, but only the kindly Doc Weaver (Littlefield) understands her ambitions.

Unbeknownst to Tillie, an elderly relative has willed her a small fortune, but only if she should enter into the Mennonite church by the time she has turned eighteen. Her father pressures her into joining the church, but Tillie resists, just as she resists the efforts of a local lawyer (Cooper) to push her into marriage with the undesirable Absalom (Anderson). The lawyer and Absalom are both aware of the terms of the will, and plot to share Tillie's fortune between them once they have convinced her to wed.

One day, Jack Fairchild (Forrest) comes to the town and finding himself captivated by Tillie, he takes up the position of the local schoolmaster so that he can remain close to her. In this way, the ambitions of Tillie's father, the lawyer and Absalom are all thwarted, and Tillie finds love with Jack and freedom from the Mennonite way of life.

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Lantern Slide for "Tillie"

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References

  1. "Paramount Announces Jan. 29 Releases". Motion Picture News. New York City: Motion Picture News, Inc. 25 (7): . February 4, 1922.
  2. The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Tillie
  3. "Reviews: Tillie". Wid's Daily. New York: Wid’s Film and Film Folks inc. 19 (42): 17. February 12, 1922.
  4. "Plan Book Reviews: Tillie". Motion Picture News. New York City: Motion Picture News, Inc. 25 (10): . February 25, 1922.
  5. "Newest Reviews and Comments: Tillie". Moving Picture World. New York City: Chalmers Publishing Company. 54 (7): . February 18, 1922.
  6. "Reviews: Mary Miles Minter in Tillie". Exhibitors Herald. Chicago: Exhibitors Herald Co. 14 (10): . March 4, 1922.