The Squaw Man (1914)
1914 · Silent film · 74 min · dir. Cecil B. DeMille
- Western
- silent film
- Action
Synopsis
Blamed for the theft of an orphans fund, Captain James Wynnegate flees to the West where he makes a new life with the Indian woman Nat-U-Rich.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Cecil B. DeMille
- Writer
- Oscar Apfel
- Studio
- Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company
- Released
- 1914-02-15
- Running time
- 74 minutes
Cast & crew
Cecil B. DeMille Director
Edgar Lewis
Winifred Kingston
Richard L'Estrange
Monroe Salisbury
Joseph Singleton
Gordon Sackville
Fred Montague- Dick La Reno
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · It's From C.B. DeMille. No Dis-Respect From Me · bobsluckycat · 2014-06-08
Like it says at the top of the page, the first full-length feature film ever made in Hollywood, period. Due to having been pre-sold by vigorous work on the part of Jesse Lasky, this was a tremendous hit and it was all it was supposed to be. A tremendous story, a really great cast top to bottom, and an ending you're not really expecting. A little over-wrought at times by a few of the main players, but for 100 years old I'll take it. Dustin Farnum became a film star with this and deserved to be. Still the hand of Demille being in charge and the investment made by Famous Players-Lasky is what…
