M'Liss (1936)
The third film version of the Bret Harte tale, starring Anne Shirley as a miner's daughter in a small town who falls for a handsome young schoolteacher.
Top billed cast
Anne ShirleyM'Liss Smith
John BealStephen Thorne
Guy KibbeeWashoe Smith
Douglass DumbrilleLou Ellis
Moroni OlsenJake
Frank M. ThomasAlf Edwards
Barbara PepperClytie Morpher
Ray MayerWhitey
William BenedictArcher Morpher
Arthur HoytJames Morpher
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