Driven (1923)

Essie, a mountain girl, moves in with a family of neighboring bootleggers when her father, also a bootlegger, is killed by federal agents. She falls in love with Tom, one of the family's ... See full summary »

Director:

Charles Brabin

Writers:

Jay Gelzer (story), Albert Raboch

Stars:

Emily Fitzroy, Burr McIntosh, Charles Emmett Mack

Cast

Cast overview:
Emily Fitzroy	...	Mrs. Tolliver
Burr McIntosh	...	Mr. Tolliver
Charles Emmett Mack	...	Tom Tolliver
George Bancroft	...	Lem Tolliver
Fred Koser	...	Tolliver Son
Ernest Chandler	...	Tolliver Son
Leslie Stowe	...	John Hardin
Elinor Fair	...	Essie Hardin

Storyline

Essie, a mountain girl, moves in with a family of neighboring bootleggers when her father, also a bootlegger, is killed by federal agents. She falls in love with Tom, one of the family's brothers, but another brother, the violent and brutal Lem, decides he wants her for himself, and beats Tom badly. What the girl doesn't know is that it wasn't the feds who killed her father--it was Lem. Complications ensue.

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Plot Keywords:

rural | melodrama

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 February 1923 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Charles J. Brabin

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Silent

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

A Jewel Production. Universal, not owning its own theater network, devised a 3-tiered brand system that helped market its features to independent theater owners: Red Feather (low budget programmers), Bluebird (mainstream releases) and Jewel (prestige productions). Jewel productions were often promoted as special engagements in hopes of attracting higher roadshow ticket prices. This branding system would cease in late 1929.

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