A Daughter of Dixie
About A Daughter of Dixie
Nell Collings loves Newton Barry, a Northern boy. When the war starts he joins the Union and her brother Tom fights for the South. A battle reaches Nell's door. Wounded and cut off, Newton hides in her house. Tom's Confederates track him there. Nell puts him in a secret closet. When Tom finds the hiding place she takes a musket and holds it at her brother's chest until Newton is gone. After the war Tom is the first to welcome Newton back to marry her.
More about A Daughter of Dixie
Mark M. Dintenfass produced this Champion short. Matt Mereness wrote the scenario. Motion Picture Distributing and Sales Company released it on 28 August 1911. Silent Era prints the plot from The Moving Picture World. This is not the 1910 Kalem film of the same title, directed by Sidney Olcott.
Themes
Preservation
Silent Era reports a 35mm positive in the Library of Congress film archive.
Notes
- Silent Era lists the director and the cast as uncredited.
- A 35mm positive is in the Library of Congress, from the American Film Institute / George Marshall collection.
- The picture is a one-reel Civil War drama in the usual 1.33 frame.
- A 1910 Kalem release with Gene Gauntier, often mixed into this title, is a different film.
Scenes
- Nell holds a musket at Tom's chest while Newton gets clear of the house.