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  • The Landing of the Pilgrims (1915)
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The Landing of the Pilgrims (1915)
Short | Short, Drama, History
The Separatists of Scrooby, England, persecuted for their heterodoxies, leave England and land at Leiden, Holland. After a stay of several months. Captain Myles Standish, a British officer doing military duty there, informs them that they ...See moreThe Separatists of Scrooby, England, persecuted for their heterodoxies, leave England and land at Leiden, Holland. After a stay of several months. Captain Myles Standish, a British officer doing military duty there, informs them that they will be given religious liberty by the London Company, settling Virginia at that time. The Pilgrims sailed in the Mayflower and touched at Provincetown, Mass. after a hard voyage. Captain Standish, a power among the refugees, whom he had consented, to accompany to America, goes ashore with others to explore the coast. After a month, all the Pilgrims go ashore at Plymouth, landing upon Plymouth Rock. They set about at once to build houses. Trouble with Indians was ended practically by a treaty with Massasoit, who always held the treaty sacred. Captain Myles Standish, a soldier through and through, with little time or place for sentimentality, falls in love with the demure maiden, Priscilla. He is loath to propose to her and gets his dearest friend, John Alden, to propose marriage for him. When John makes the proposal, Priscilla asks him, "Why don't you speak for yourself, John?" Returning to Captain Standish, Alden tells him what has happened. In a fit of rage, Captain Standish flays his friend, branding him as a betrayer of his friendship. Captain Standish, after he has had time to recover from the shock of her refusal, is once more dominated by the man in him and looks at the situation more philosophically. Instead of seeking reprisal, which he at first thought was due, he gazes upon the peaceful face of Alden, asleep in the cabin, and passes out and goes afar off to get solace in fighting the Indians. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Langdon West
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Updated Apr 17, 1915
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Apr 17, 1915 (United States)

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