Annie Laurie (1927)

Information From IMDb

Plot Summary
Lillian Gish plays Annie Laurie, who's father tryies to mediate
the feud between the MacDonalds and Campbells
in mid eighteenth century Scotland.
Annie Laurie falls in love with Ian MacDonald,
son of the MacDonald chieftain and ends up in the middle
of a treacherous massacre by the Campbells.
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Full Cast
Lillian Gish ... Annie Laurie
Norman Kerry ... Ian Macdonald
Creighton Hale ... Donald
Joseph Striker ... Alastair
Hobart Bosworth ... The MacDonald Chieftain
Patricia Avery ... Enid
Russell Simpson ... Sandy
Brandon Hurst ... The Campbell Chieftain
David Torrence ... Sir Robert Laurie
Frank Currier ... Cameron of Lochiel
Richard Alexander ... One of the MacDonalds (uncredited)
Mary Gordon ... First Midwife (uncredited)
Carmencita Johnson ... Baby (uncredited)
Henry Kolker ... King's Representative (uncredited)
Margaret Mann ... Second Midwife (uncredited)
Carl 'Major' Roup ... (uncredited)
Duke Morrison ... Extra (uncredited)

Writing Credits
Marian Ainslee titles
Ruth Cummings titles
Josephine Lovett screenplay
Josephine Lovett story

Original Music
William Axt (uncredited)
David Mendoza (uncredited)

Cinematography
Oliver T. Marsh

Trivia
Movie Status
In 1987, a film collector donated a copy of this film to the Oregon Historical Society
which then gave the film to the Library of Congress for restoration.

Filming Locations
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

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Annie Laurie is a 1927 silent film directed by John S. Robertson,
released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and starring Lillian Gish and Norman Kerry.

This was the third film of Lillian Gish at MGM,
and its poor boxoffice returns marked a decline in the star's career.
On a down note Gish stated that her mother became ill
during the production of this film and that "...
she only showed up for work" as opposed to putting her all into the film.
John Wayne makes an early film appearance as a crowd extra.

In the Spring of 1926, Just after Brown Of Harvard
and Bardelys The Magnifcent,
near the end of Duke's second semester ar USC,
he worked as an extra on the movie.

Iron Eyes Cody and Indian actor at the time
remembered Duke taking some screen tests at MGM
but didn't pass.

User Review

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20 October 2002 | by kdowling (United States)

A copy of this film was recently found and restored by the U.S. Library of Congress. It is well written, directed, acted and filmed. It is about the need to end cycles of vendettas and the courage required to say that you will not allow the cycle of death and hatred to continue. It is about the fact that humans by nature are loving and that only a perverse heart hates indefinitely. This is a story about courage and the cowardice of people who misuse power to their own petty ends.

Some dangerous stunts from a time in which leads did their own stunt work. Miss Gish's fall down a mountain face might not have been as dangerous as jumping around on ice flows as in Way Down East. Yet it reminds us of a time when actors no only did their own stunts in uncontrolled environments but COULD ACT as well!

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Elli, You mentioned having a copy of "Annie Laurie" I am intersted in obtaining a copy for my John Wayne Collection. This is one of very few I do not have. Please email me at: genegerm(at)gmail.com. Thanks, Jim

WELCOME, and just to say,
Elly is in-active on the board these days, so you
may not get an answer to your question.

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And I for one am glad you are reactive. :^) Your insights and posts on the early days are part of what drew me here.

Thanks for posting this and hopefully reminding our members of Ellys invaluable contribution to this forum, particularly relating to Dukes' and indeed John Ford's early movies. It takes endless hours to post these lists and information.I have welcomed back Elly by PM

I. “In production on the MGM lot during the summer of 1926, Wayne and several other USC friends worked as costumed extras, wearing kilts, in the film.” Page 202

II. “Duke also worked that semester [second] as an extra in MGM’s Annie Laurie.”

III. I remember working in a Norman Kerry picture at MGM recalled the Duke in a letter on the subject, ‘in which I was dressed in a Scotsman outfit but for the life of me, I could not tell you the name of the picture.’ (the film was Annie Laurie) Vol VI, No 3, October 19899

IV. Print held in Library of Congress.21

V. When viewed by the authors the opening credits on this film list (amongst others) “Lillian Gish, Norman Kerry. Directed by John S. Robertson.”

VI. This film has been viewed by the authors, however the quality is so poor that we were unable to say if John Wayne can be seen in this film or not. We were able to establish that John Wayne’s name does not appear in the opening or closing credits of this film.

With thanks to Elly
John Wayne Before Stagecoach