| The Crucible | |
| Director: | Edwin S. Porter Hugh Ford |
| Based On: | The Crucible by Mark Lee Luther |
| Starring: | Marguerite Clark Harold Lockwood |
| Studio: | Famous Players Film Company |
| Distributor: | Paramount Pictures |
| Runtime: | 50 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | Silent 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.