The Crucible (1914 film)

50 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguagesSilent
English intertitles

The Crucible is a 1914 American silent romantic drama film directed by Edwin S. Porter and Hugh Ford and released through Paramount Pictures. Based on a novel of the same name by Mark Lee Luther (1872–1951), the film stars Marguerite Clark and Harold Lockwood.^[1] The film is now presumed lost.^[2]

The film production does not relate to Arthur Miller's 1951 play, The Crucible.

As described in a film magazine,^[3] Jean (Clark) is brought up as a boy by her father and, after Mr. Fenshaw dies, her boyish manner offends her mother and sisters. Jean is nagged and punished until one day she picks up a sickle and, without really intending to, cuts her sister's hand. She is sent to a reformatory. She later meets Craig Atwood (Lockwood), an artist in the woods, and goes through a series of trials to prove she is worthy of the love of her friend, the painter.

• Marguerite Clark as Jean
• Harold Lockwood as Craig Atwood
• Justina Johnstone as Amelia
• Lucy Palmer as Mrs. Fanshaw
• Barbara Winthrop as Miss Van Ostyn
• Helen Hall as Stella Wilkes
• Blanche Fisher as Amy
• Clifford Grey as Harry
• Mrs. Mathilde Brundage

• Edwin S. Porter filmography

• The Crucible at IMDb
• The Crucible at AllMovie
• The Crucible entry in the AFI Catalog of Feature Films