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Ramona (1910)

1910 · Silent film · 17 min · dir. D.W. Griffith

A Story of the White Man's Injustice to the Indian

  • Drama
  • Romance
  • Western

Synopsis

Ramona is a little orphan of the great Spanish household of Moreno. Alessandro, the Indian, arrives at the Camulos ranch with his sheep-shearers, showing his first meeting with Ramona. There is at once a feeling of interest noticeable between them which ripens into love. This Senora Moreno, her foster mother, endeavors to crush, with poor success, until she forces a separation by exiling Alessandro from the ranch. He goes back to his native village to find the white men devastating the place…

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Details

Director
D.W. Griffith
Writer
D.W. Griffith
Cinematography
Billy Bitzer
Studio
American Mutoscope & Biograph, Biograph Company
Released
1910-05-23
Running time
17 minutes

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