The Canadian
Subtitle: photoplay title of The land of promise : a novelization of W. Somerset Maugham's play
By: by D. Torbett ; illustrated with scenes from the photoplay ; a Paramount picture starring Thomas Meighan
Contributors: Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965; Meighan, Thomas, 1879-1936; Grosset & Dunlap
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
Published: 1914
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
Subjects: Farms; Fiction; Farmhouses; Husband and wife; Attitude change; Exploitations agricoles; Romans, nouvelles; Changement d'attitude
Other titles: Land of promise; Canadian (Motion picture : 1926)
Description: Nora Marsh, goes to Manitoba, Canada, to live on a farm run by her brother Edward. But Nora's British reserve angers Edward's hard-working wife Gertie, because she mistakes it for snobbery. One of the farm's hands, the manly Frank Taylor, has saved up a bit of money and announces that he's going to start his own farm. He also plans to go to an employment agency to find a wife who can cook and sew for him. Nora, who has been arguing with Gertie, offers herself. So they are married and Frank takes her to his crude farmhouse. Finally, after six months, he suggests that she at least kiss him. His crops wind up failing, and Edward arrives with an unexpected inheritance for Nora. He intends to take her home, but she realizes that she has come to love Frank and decides to stick by him.
Notes: "This Paramount film starring Thomas Meighan was retitled The Canadian"--Davis, p. 34.

Silent film.

Movie Tie-In (MTI), including stills and promotional material.