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The Hills of Strife (1913)
Short | 22 min | Short, Drama

The Hills of Strife (1913)

Short | 22 min | Short, Drama

A long-existing and bitter feud between two clans of the Kentucky hills culminates in a fierce battle, the factions being headed by Bill Knox and Pete Harris. Knox's wife, fleeing from her burning cabin, is hit by a stray bullet and falls ...See moreA long-existing and bitter feud between two clans of the Kentucky hills culminates in a fierce battle, the factions being headed by Bill Knox and Pete Harris. Knox's wife, fleeing from her burning cabin, is hit by a stray bullet and falls with her baby in her arms. Harris' young child has also been killed, and the mother in mad fury, picks up a rifle and joins the battle. She chances upon the dead Knox woman, and her rage melts away as she takes up the motherless baby. Harris is killed in the fight, and Jane Harris rears the baby as her own, at first with the idea of working a splendid revenge upon the Knox clan by making the boy a deadly enemy of his own blood, but later forgetting this motive as she comes to love the boy, whom she names Tom. Tom grows up a kind, lovable youth without the other mountaineers' fierce warlike instincts. By chance he meets Mary, a girl of the Knox faction who is really a distant cousin of his, and they fall in love, though their courtship is necessarily secret and dangerous, as the feud suddenly flares up again. Bill Knox, grown old but more savage than in his youth,learns that Mary is meeting one of the enemy and determines to ambush Tom. The boy's foster mother learns of old Bill's plans, and reaches the ambushed trysting place just in time to throw herself in front of Tom and with her own body stop Bill's bullet. Before the old man can fire again, he is disarmed by Tom, whose swift vengeance is stopped just in time by the wounded woman, who, before she dies, tells them that Tom is old Bill's son. Though old Bill endeavors to keep his new-found son, Tom hates this fierce, bloody land, and with Mary turns his back forever on the mountains, passing down into the peaceful valleys. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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6 cast members

Name	Known for
John Ince Tom Knox Tom Knox See fewer	The Great Jewel Robbery (1925)
Jennie Nelson Mary Knox - Tom's Cousin Mary Knox - Tom's Cousin See fewer	The Battle of Shiloh (1913)
Arthur Matthews Bill Knox - Tom's Father Bill Knox - Tom's Father See fewer	Ignorance (1916)
Blanche West Mrs. Knox - Tom's Mother Mrs. Knox - Tom's Mother See fewer	The Battle of Shiloh (1913)
Eleanor Blanchard Jane Harris Jane Harris See fewer	Life's Whirlpool (1916)
William Carr Pete Harris - Jane's Father Pete Harris - Jane's Father See fewer	Wedding Rings (1929)