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A Nest Unfeathered
(1914) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: Claire McDowell [Kate], Harry Carey [the foreman], Edna Foster [Kate’s little brother], Kate Bruce [Kate’s mother], Betty Harte [the foreman’s wife]
Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / From a screen story by Minnie Krakauer. / Released 14 February 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? At her dying mother’s bedside, Kate promises to bring her young brother into manhood. Eager to gain possession of the farm by marrying Kate, the foreman intends to get rid of the boy. He brings a physician to prove him demented. Kate refuses to believe this. Later, the foreman is a worthless husband to another and for the sake of the son that might have been hers, Kate demonstrates the golden rule.
Reviews: [The Moving Picture World, 28 February 1914, page ?] The plot worked out in this offering is rather original in conception. The leading characters are convincing in the portrayal of their roles, especially Harry Carey, as the farm foreman, and Miss McDowell as the daughter, Kate Bruce as the mother and the person who played the boy hated by the foreman; all did fine work. The photography was up to the Biograph standard and the locations well chosen. It is a picture that will please and hold attention, although it is considerably depressing in places.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 3 June 2024.
References: Spehr-American p. 3 : Website-IMDb.
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