The Eagle's Mate

The Eagle's Mate

50 mins | Drama | July 10, 1914

A young girl, Anemone ( Mary Pickford ), who lives with her Aunt ( Ida Waterman ) is abducted by a crude family of Virginia mountain moonshiners. A fight between two of the young male relatives decides who will marry the girl. Lancer ( James Kirkwood ) is the winner and marries Anemone against her will. She is reunited some time later with her Aunt, but when she learns Lancer is in dire trouble she returns and stays by his side, realizing she had always been in love with him.

The Eagle's Mate

50 mins | Drama | July 10, 1914

The Eagle's Mate
A young girl, Anemone ( Mary Pickford ), who lives with her Aunt ( Ida Waterman ) is abducted by a crude family of Virginia mountain moonshiners. A fight between two of the young male relatives decides who will marry the girl. Lancer ( James Kirkwood ) is the winner and marries Anemone against her will. She is reunited some time later with her Aunt, but when she learns Lancer is in dire trouble she returns and stays by his side, realizing she had always been in love with him.
Producers Famous Players Film Company
Original title The Eagle's Mate
Directors James Kirkwood
Writers Anna Alice Chapin, Eve Unsell

Cast

Mary Pickford

as Anemone Breckenridge

James Kirkwood

as Lancer Morne

Ida Waterman

as Sally Breckenridge

Robert Broderick

as Abner Morne

Harry C. Browne

as Fisher Morne

Helen Gilmore

as Hagar Morne (as Helen Gillmore)

Jack Pickford

as A Young Clansman