Annie Laurie

1927
1h 30m

IMDb RATING

6.7/10

540

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The story of the famous battle between the Scots clans of Macdonald and Campbell, and the young woman who comes between them, Annie Laurie.The story of the famous battle between the Scots clans of Macdonald and Campbell, and the young woman who comes between them, Annie Laurie.The story of the famous battle between the Scots clans of Macdonald and Campbell, and the young woman who comes between them, Annie Laurie.

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IMDb RATING

6.7/10

540

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 3 wins total

Trivia
The movie's finale, 304 feet in length, was filmed in two-strip Technicolor.

Goofs
When Annie Laurie places the baby on Enid's chest, it's obvious that it is a doll.

Quotes
Annie Laurie: Come along - don't stand there glamoozlin'.

Alternate versions
By 1927, Lillian Gish was one of the biggest stars in Hollywood. She had been making films for 15 years, beginning as the protégé of D.W. Griffith, starring in his groundbreaking production such as Is the birth of a nation and intolerance. Gish parted ways with Griffith and made Annie Laurie (1927) after signing a new contract with MGM Studio. Of all the studios in Hollywood, MGM was one of the few that carefully preserved its existing silent films, but Annie Laurie was not among them. For decades, this film was considered lost. Then, in the 1970s, the American Film Institute acquired a copy --- the only known 35mm nitrate copy of the domestic version. The film was almost complete, but it was not in pristine condition. It was deposited at the Library of Congress where it's been preserved and recently restored, including its original two-color Technicolor ending, and a new score by Robert Israel.

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Featured review

6/10

Men in kilts

Lillian Gish plays Annie Laurie, who's father tryies to mediate the feud between the MacDonalds and Campbells in mid eighteenth century Scotland. Annie Laurie falls in love with Ian MacDonald, son of the MacDonald chieftain and ends up in the middle of a treacherous massacre by the Campbells.

Made in the grand Hollywood style, some of the action sequences are well done, but nothing to go out of the way for.