Salomy Jane (1914)

Directed by

Lucius J. Henderson, William Nigh

Genre

drama film, silent film, Western film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 27m

Rating

3.0 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman in an old West settlement becomes entangled in a dangerous situation involving a kiss and a wanted man. The story follows her choices and their consequences.

romanticold-fashioneddramaticslowmelodramaticearnestatmospheric

What happens

Salomy Jane is a 1914 silent Western drama film based on Bret Harte's 1898 novella "Salomy Jane's Kiss" and Paul Armstrong's 1907 play based on Harte's story, Salomy Jane. Salomy Jane was California Motion Picture Corporation's (CMPC) debut feature, as well as the screen debut of stage actress and singer Beatriz Michelena. George E. Middleton saw in his Latina wife a competitor to Mary Pickford as a premier screen star, and each CMPC production was intended to be a Michelena vehicle. Despite being well received by the public, it did not return a profit for the national distributor, Alco Films. It is the only known surviving complete work of silent film era actress Beatriz Michelena and the CMPC. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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