Emmy of Stork's Nest is a 1915

1915 in film

The year 1915 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* February 8 : D.W Griffith's The Birth of a Nation premieres at Clune's Auditorium Los Angeles and breaks box office and film length records, running at a total length of 3 hrs 10 minutes.* June 18 : The Motion Picture Directors...

 silent film

Silent film

A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...

 directed by William Nigh

William Nigh

William Nigh was an American film director, writer, and actor. His film work sometimes lists him as either "Will Nigh" or "William Nye".He was born in Berlin, Wisconsin....

. The film is based upon the novel Stork's Nest by J. Breckenridge Ellis

J. Breckenridge Ellis

John Breckenridge Ellis was an American writer of the late 19th and early 20th century.Mr. Ellis was born near Hannibal, Missouri, February 11, 1870, but spent most of his life in Clinton County. He was the son of John W. Ellis, PhD...

 and was shot on location.

Plot

Benton Cabot is a man who was born and raised in the city. When he inherits a mountain farm, he soon finds out he is unable to keep an entire farm on himself. Instead, he accepts a job at the neighbour farm from Bije and Si. Bije is in love with the young Emmy and thinks of Benton as a competitor. He humiliates Benton several times in public, which results in Emmy sympathizing him.

Cast

• Mary Miles Minter
  Mary Miles Minter
  Mary Miles Minter was an American film actress of the silent film era.-Early life and rise to stardom:Born Juliet Reilly in Shreveport, Louisiana, Minter was the daughter of Broadway actress Charlotte Shelby...
  
   - Emmy Garrett
• Niles Welch
  Niles Welch
  Niles Welch, also known as Niles Welsh, was an American performer on Broadway, and a leading man in a number of silent and early talking motion pictures from the early 1910s through the 1930s....
  
   - Benton Cabot
• Charles Prince - Bije Stork
• William Cowper - Si Stork
• Mathilde Brundage
  Mathilde Brundage
  Mathilde Brundage was an American actress. She appeared in 87 films between 1914 and 1928.She was born in Louisville, Kentucky, USA and died in Long Beach, California.-External links:...
  
  - Crisshy Stork