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Shon the Piper is a american film of genre Romance directed by Otis Turner with Robert Z. Leonard

Shon the Piper (1913)

Shon the Piper
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Length 30minutes
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OriginUSA
Genres Romance

Shon the Piper is a 1913 American silent short historical romantic drama film directed by Otis Turner and starring Robert Z. Leonard. The film follows a Scottish Duke who disguises himself as a piper and falls in love with a woman by the name of Madge. The woman's father, refuses to let the two marry because he wants his daughter to marry the Laird of the Isla. At the wedding, Shon steals Madge away and a battle ensues between the clans. The film was produced the 101 Bison Film Company and released on September 30, 1913. The film saw a widespread national release and garnered some positive attention. It was claimed that Lon Chaney appeared in this film, but this has been disputed. The film is presumed lost.

Synopsis

The synopsis of the film was provided in Moving Picture News as: "The action is laid in the latter part of the eighteenth century while the story revolves about a young Scotch duke who, determined not to marry one seeking his money, searches for adventure in the Highlands, disguised as a piper. He meets, during his wanderings, Madge, the daughter of Donald Maclvor. They fall in love at sight. Unaware of Shon's real identity, the old father refuses to sanction the match. He prefers to give his daughter to the wealthy Laird of the Isla. When the girl carries this news to her lover he tells her to "Be of good cheer, my bonny lass; I'll pipe them a tune of another class." The wedding day is fixed and the Laird leads his melancholy fiancee forth. Shon visits the feast in the garb of a harpist. He amuses the guests for a while and then, throwing off his disguise, escapes with Madge from a window. But previous to this, Shon has called his clan together and when speeding away to his mansion, they cover his retreat. What follows is a remarkably thrilling and fresh piece of business; a battle between two kilted Scotch clans. And then the title of the youth is discovered and all ends well.

Actors

Robert Z. Leonard

(Shon the Piper)
Joseph Singleton

(The Laird of the Isla)
Lon Chaney

(a member of the Scottish clans (Disputed))
Margarita Fischer

(Madge of the Hills)
John Burton

(Tam McIvor)
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