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Opitsah (Apache for Sweetheart)
(1912) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by Colin Campbell
Cast: Tom Santschi [Jim McGuire], Wheeler Oakman [Tom Jarvis], Fred Huntley [Sheriff Jack Warner], Bessie Eyton [Opitsah, an Apache maiden], Ferdinand Galvez (Fernando Gálvez) [Chip Ortego], Lillian Hayward [an ancient squaw], Eugenie Besserer [Mrs. McGuire, Jim’s mother]
The Selig Polyscope Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Produced by William N. Selig. From a story by Helen Merritt. / Released 16 December 1912. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama: Western.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Opitsah (the sweetheart), a charming Indian maiden, while befriending the only white man, McGuire, who has ever acted decently to her, stops him from killing Jervis, her brutal assailant and eventually saves him from lynching. She loves McGuire, and lives with him, and keeps the secret of his mine, but he forgets all her devotion and leaves her to spend his fortune. He returns with his mother to the place where he struck it rich, and finds the faithful Opitsah and a little stranger. His mother urges an honorable marriage.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Native Americans: Apache tribe
Listing updated: 16 April 2024.
References: Lahue-Selig p. 122 : Website-IMDb.
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