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Missy (1916)
Short | Short, Drama

Missy (1916)

Short | Short, Drama

Trapper and guide Dave Briscoe lives with his wife Jenny and baby daughter Missy in the big woods. Jenny has long rebelled against her life and made the acquaintance of Joe Boggs. who owns a gambling house and saloon. Finally, one day, she...See moreTrapper and guide Dave Briscoe lives with his wife Jenny and baby daughter Missy in the big woods. Jenny has long rebelled against her life and made the acquaintance of Joe Boggs. who owns a gambling house and saloon. Finally, one day, she and Boggs leave together, taking baby Missy with them. Dave returns home and learns of their elopement. He intercepts the two and takes the baby from her, but forces her to go with Boggs in the life she has chosen. Many years pass. Missy grows up to be a child of the wilderness and is loved by trapper Lon McDonald. Missy and Lon become great friends and Dave has hopes that someday Lon will become more than a partner to him. Jenny, meanwhile, is enjoying the better things of life. Boggs is considered wealthy and their names are among the head of the list of the newly-rich. Boggs had been fair to the woman and legally married her. As Missy is now grown, her mother writes Dave, begging him to send their daughter to her so she can take advantage of the better education she can give her. Dave leaves it up to Missy--it would be all right if she wanted to go, but he refuses to influence her either way. Lon, knowing the yearning of Missy for little extravagances, had several times on his trips to town brought her different articles. When Missy learns that her mother is in the city, she also learns that by going to her she will have all the clothes and other little things that she has read about but never seen, but when decision time comes, she refuses to leave her father and Lon. When hunting season opens, Walter Hart, a sportsman of the same city where the Boggses live, arrives in the woods to hunt and makes his headquarters at Dave's home and becomes acquainted with Missy. The girl learns that Hart knows her mother, and the two spend much time together. A love affair develops between them and Dave orders Hart to leave. Missy shows a mind of her own and insists that if the hunter leaves that she will go to her mother. Dave is insistent, however, and Hart is forced to leave. Missy, true to her word, slips away to her mother. In the city, Hart again renews his attentions to Missy, and after a year, arrangements are made for their wedding. Although Missy thinks a great deal of Hart, she has vague suspicions against him, and the night before their wedding she bribes a dancing girl to change places with her, and Missy is present at the big party in Hart's home. She sees the attention Hart pays to the dancing girl and his true character is shown to her. Hart finally discovers his sweetheart's presence and they have a stormy scene. Brokenhearted, Missy thinks of Lon's true love and the peace of her mountain home and decides to return. She receives a hearty welcome from Lon and old Dave and is given a big celebration. She has learned her lesson and decides that love in a hut with a true man is better than all the fineries of civilization with a "cad." Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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6 cast members

Name	Known for
Myrtle Gonzalez Missy Missy See fewer	The Level (1914)
Alfred Allen Dave Briscoe Dave Briscoe See fewer	An Old Fashioned Boy (1920)
Josie Sedgwick Jenny Jenny See fewer	The Lone Hand (1920)
Frank Newburg Walter Hart Walter Hart See fewer	The Story of Cupid (1914)
Val Paul Blonde McDonald Blonde McDonald See fewer	Suspense (1913)
William Brunton Joseph Boggs Joseph Boggs See fewer	Stingaree (1915)