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His Squaw
(1912) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by Charles Giblyn
Cast: Francis Ford, Rhea Mitchell, Sherman Bainbridge, Grace Cunard, Chief William Eagleshirt, Hazel Buckham, Robert Stanton, Mildred Harris, Mama Lone Bear
New York Motion Picture Company production; distributed by Mutual Film Corporation [Broncho]. / Produced by Thomas H. Ince. Scenario by Monte M. Katterjohn. / Released 4 December 1912. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama: Western.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Jim Hale is engaged to a pretty girl, Irene Smith, and goes west to search for gold. After enduring many privations he finally strikes a promising vein of rock, and spends his last money for powder to blast with. A terrific explosion rends the mountainside, revealing no yellow metal. Despondent and discouraged, Jim writes to his sweetheart, releasing her from her engagement and bidding her good-bye forever, and goes on his way. In his abstraction he becomes lost in the desert and suffers from the blistering rays of the sun and raging thirst. In a dying condition he is found by the Indians, who bring him back to health, and Jim marries an Indian girl and becomes a fur trader. Irene Smith and her father go in search of Jim, joining an emigrant train. The Indians plan to capture the train, and Jim determines to prevent the massacre of the whites. His squaw aids him in this, and he reaches the emigrants and leads the women and children to a distant fort, while the men remain to guard the horses, oxen and equipment. The meeting between Jim and Irene is pathetic, Jim confessing his marriage. A terrible battle takes place between the whites and the Indians, while Jim leads the soldiers to the scene. They arrive too late, as they find nothing but the smoking ruins of the camp. The squaw, thinking her husband is among the slain, determines to avenge Jim’s death, and during the night enters the chief's tent and kills him. She is caught by the squaws, who beat her and throw her over a cliff. She painfully drags herself to the door of the cabin, where Jim finds her, and she expires in his arms. The picture ends with a silhouette dissolving scene after a title, “The call of the blood,” showing Jim riding slowly back to civilization and Irene.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Children - Native Americans
Listing updated: 4 April 2020.
References: ClasIm-224 p. 42 : Website-IMDb.
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