Trapped by the Mormons

(1922)

Drama / Silent

72 minutes

Directed by H.B. Parkinson

Cast:

Evelyn Brent as Nora Prescott 
Louis Willoughby as Isoldi Keene 
Ward McAllister as Elder Kayler 
Olaf Hytten as Elder Marz 
Olive Sloane as Sadie Keane 
George Wynn as Jim Foster 
Cecil Morton York as Mr. Prescott 

Extremely bizarre and twisted British film, which is based on a 1911 novel written by a woman who tried her best to end the Mormon faith.  This propaganda film is about an innocent young girl who falls prey to an evil Mormon man.  First the man steals her away from her parents and then he tries to control her every move.  The film tries oh so hard to demean the Mormon faith and in the end it comes off as a spoof of faith films.  The film is just so over the top in its writing and direction that you can’t help but laugh at everything you see.  The close–ups of the man’s eyes whenever he does something evil is downright funny.