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Mountain Dew
Magazine writer J. Hamilton Vance travels to the mountains of Kentucky to get local color for his stories, and falls in love with Roxie Bradley, the daughter of a moonshiner. Regarded at first with suspicion by the mountaineers, Vance finally wins their confidence and is appointed teacher in the little log school house. The former teacher, resentful at the intrusion, attempts to shoot Vance through the schoolhouse window, but Roxie intercepts the bullet. Vance nurses her back to health, engendering the jealousy of Lily Bud Raines, who starts a rumor that Vance is a federal agent spying on the moonshiners.
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Plot Summary
This short documentary likely showcased the natural beauty and perhaps the production of Mountain Dew, a soft drink that originated in Appalachia. It may have aimed to capture the spirit and landscape associated with its early days.
Critical Reception
As a 1917 short film, detailed critical reception is largely unrecorded and unavailable in modern databases. Its purpose was likely promotional or ethnographic rather than for broad critical review.
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Information unavailable for this early short.
Likely served a specific, perhaps local, purpose.
Historical context suggests it was not widely distributed for critical analysis.
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Fun Fact
The original Mountain Dew soda was created in the 1940s, decades after this film's release. This 1917 film likely refers to a different context or perhaps an unrelated subject with the same name.
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