The Yaqui Cur is a 1913 American silent Western black and white film directed by D. W. Griffith, written by Stanner E.V. Taylor and starring Robert Harron, Kate Bruce, Walter Miller, Charles Hill Mailes and Victoria Forde.[1][2] Griffith directed seven films with more than one reel, including The Yaqui Cur and The Little Tease (1913).[3]
| The Yaqui Cur | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | D. W. Griffith |
| Written by | Stanner E.V. Taylor |
| Produced by | American Mutoscope and Biograph Company |
| Starring | Robert Harron Kate Bruce Walter Miller |
| Cinematography | G. W. Bitzer |
| Distributed by | General Film Company Silent Hall of Fame Enterprises |
Release date |
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Running time | 33 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
This film is one of the most ambiguous spatial moments in Griffith's work because the gesture is so forcefully directed outward,[4] and it is considered one of Griffith's most bizarre films.[5] There is a romance between a Native American woman and a white man.[6]
Cast
edit- Robert Harron as Strongheart, a Yaqui Youth
- Kate Bruce as Strongheart's Mother
- Walter Miller as Ocallo, Strongheart's Friend
- Lionel Barrymore as The Easterner
- Frank Opperman as The Preacher
- Charles Hill Mailes as The Yaqui Chief / Goldseeker
- Victoria Forde as The Yaqui Chief's Daughter
- Jennie Lee as Yaqui Woman
- William J. Butler as In Tribe / Goldseeker
- Christy Cabanne as Undetermined Minor Role
- Frank Evans as Goldseeker
- Charles Gorman as In Tribe
- Harry Hyde as Goldseeker
- J. Jiquel Lanoe as In Tribe
- Audrey Littlefield as Yaqui Child
- Joseph McDermott as Goldseeker
- Alfred Paget as In Tribe
- Baby Lillian Wade as Yaqui Child
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Langman, Larry (1992). A Guide to Silent Westerns. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 525. ISBN 9780313278587.
- ^ Agrasánchez, Jr., Rogelio (May 14, 2010). Guillermo Calles: A Biography of the Actor and Mexican Cinema Pioneer. McFarland Publishing. p. 52. ISBN 9780786456482.
- ^ Stokes, Melvyn (January 15, 2008). D.W. Griffith's the Birth of a Nation: A History of the Most Controversial Motion Picture of All Time. Oxford University Press. p. 88. ISBN 9780199887514.
- ^ Jesionowski, Joyce E. (November 6, 1989). Thinking in Pictures: Dramatic Structure in D. W. Griffith's Biograph Films. University of California Press. p. 44. ISBN 9780520067929.
- ^ Bowser, Eileen (2003). Usai, Paolo Cherchi (ed.). Films produced in 1913. BFI Publ. p. 79. ISBN 9780851709918.
- ^ Hilger, Michael (October 16, 2015). Native Americans in the Movies: Portrayals from Silent Films to the Present. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 393. ISBN 9781442240025.