The Massacre (1914)
1914 · Silent film · 30 min · dir. D.W. Griffith
A TRAGI-DRAMA OF AMERICA'S PAST IN TWO UNFORGETTABLE ACTS - Being an account of the tragic events befalling the Cavalry of Gen. George Custer and the innocents in his care at Little Big Horn
- Action
- War
- Western
Synopsis
As the woman he loved lay dying, the former suitor swore to protect the child of the other man, just killed in battle. The baby grown to womanhood, the man's love for the mother was felt again, but a stranger claimed the girl's love. So the man with his trust left for the far Northwestern country and joined in the government wars against the Indians. There again he met the life which he had sworn to protect. How well he succeeded, the returning young husband could most appreciate, after one of…
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Details
- Director
- D.W. Griffith
- Writer
- D.W. Griffith
- Cinematography
- Billy Bitzer
- Studio
- American Mutoscope & Biograph
- Released
- 1912-12-19
- Running time
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
D.W. Griffith Director
Wilfred Lucas
Blanche Sweet
Charles West
Alfred Paget
Frank Opperman
Jack Pickford
Claire McDowell
Edward Dillon
