The Squaw Man (Dir.
Oscar Apfel, Cecil B. DeMille) starring Dustin Farnum, Monroe Salisbury,
and Winifred Kingston, may be watched or downloaded at archive.org by clicking here.
Summary: Call this a corny and unauthentic Western if you wish, but Buffalo Bill (1846 - 1917) and many pioneers of the Old West were still living when The Squaw Man was made. In fact this was the first full-length Western feature movie ever made in Hollywood, and director Cecil B. DeMille's first-ever movie assignment.
The Squaw Man brought to screen a 1905 stage play by Beulah Marie Dix, a popular children's book writer. The plot is pure sap and Sarsaparilla: Accepting blame for his brother's charity fraud, Capt. Wynngate leaves England for the Wild West, punches out men in a saloon and meets a beautiful Indian princess . . . . The romantic storyline was so popular, that DeMille successfully remade this film in 1918 and 1931.
The Silent Era website gives film details here. Note bit parts (uncredited) played by DeMille and Hal Roach, director of the "Spanky and Our Gang" comedies.
Summary: Call this a corny and unauthentic Western if you wish, but Buffalo Bill (1846 - 1917) and many pioneers of the Old West were still living when The Squaw Man was made. In fact this was the first full-length Western feature movie ever made in Hollywood, and director Cecil B. DeMille's first-ever movie assignment.
The Squaw Man brought to screen a 1905 stage play by Beulah Marie Dix, a popular children's book writer. The plot is pure sap and Sarsaparilla: Accepting blame for his brother's charity fraud, Capt. Wynngate leaves England for the Wild West, punches out men in a saloon and meets a beautiful Indian princess . . . . The romantic storyline was so popular, that DeMille successfully remade this film in 1918 and 1931.
The Silent Era website gives film details here. Note bit parts (uncredited) played by DeMille and Hal Roach, director of the "Spanky and Our Gang" comedies.
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