Tillie (film)

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]

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


Plot
Mary Miles Minter in "Tillie" (1922)

As described in a film magazine,[3] Tillie Getz (Minter), the eldest daughter of Jacob Getz (Beery), a brutal, driving father, lives in a Pennsylvania Mennonite village. Her Mennonite aunt leaves a will by the terms of which Tillie will inherit a small fortune if she has joined the Mennonite church by age eighteen. A plot is hatched by the lawyer (Cooper) who drew up the will and an attempt is made to force Tillie into a marriage with Absalom Puntz (Anderson), an undesirable young man, sharing her fortune being its end. Through the kindly machinations of Doc Weaver (Littlefield), the efforts of her father, the lawyer, Absalom, and, innocently, the Mennonite elders are frustrated and a happy marriage for Tillie provides a proper ending.

Cast

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". Exhibitors Herald. New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company. 14 (10): 60. March 4, 1922.


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