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An Indian’s Loyalty
(1913) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by [?] D.W. Griffith and/or Frank Powell and/or W. Christy Cabanne?
Cast: Frank Opperman [the ranchero], Lillian Gish [the ranchero’s daughter], Edward Dillon [the young foreman], Fred Burns [the ranchhand], Lionel Barrymore [the cattle buyer], William A. Carroll [the accomplice], Dark Cloud, Eagle Eye
Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by Fred Burns. Cinematography by G.W. Bitzer. Presented by Biograph Company. / Released 16 August 1913. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / [?] Katherine Stone (in Barry-Griffith p. 43) notes that this film was probably directed by D.W. Griffith, though no contemporary facts confirming this are available.
Drama: Western.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Suspected of theft, the Indian was discharged on the ranch-hand’s accusation, but the foreman’s suspicions against the hand were confirmed in time to reinstate the Indian. In gratitude the Indian captured the thief with the ranchero’s money and saved the girl as well.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Native Americans
Listing updated: 20 December 2024.
References: Barry-Griffith p. 43; Spehr-American p. 2; Weaver-Twenty p. 145 : Website-IMDb.
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