Movie Details
Theatrical Release:May 24th, 1924
Original Language:English
Production Companies:United Artists Mary Pickford Company
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall (1924)
"A Picture Filled With Tender Romance"Movie
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Plot
In the year 1550 Sir George Vernon agrees to have his young daughter Dorothy betrothed to John Manners the son of the Earl of Rutland Sir George signs a contract promising that the marriage will take place on Dorothys 18th birthday or else he will have to pay a large penalty to Rutland But when the two children have grown older rumors of Johns wild behavior in France provoke Sir George to call off the engagement and to pledge his daughter instead to her cousin Malcolm Rutland now claims the forfeit from Sir George and meanwhile John has befriended Mary Stuart the sworn enemy of Elizabeth who is now Queen of England
