The Midlanders (1920)

Name: The Midlanders
Genre: Drama
Released: 2024-06-13T21:44:07+02:00

Drama | 60 minutes

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Genre: Drama

Duration: 60 minuten

Country: United States

Directed by: Joseph De Grasse and Ida May Park

Stars: Bessie Love, Truman Van Dyke and Sydney Deane

Releasedate: 1 December 1920

This movie is not available on US streaming services.

The Midlanders plot

Aurelie, an orphan, escapes from a New Orleans convent and is adopted by the Mississippi riverboat captain Lindstrom. To ensure that she can live a more settled life, he sends her to live with his brother, John Lindstrom, a squatter in a small river valley town. There she develops into a beautiful woman and wins a newspaper's beauty contest, receiving an offer from a theater producer, which she accepts. She quickly achieves success, but when she returns to town, she is rejected.