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- TriviaThe 1925 version has more scenes of plot development and different inter titles, but the two films are the same. The print of this version is incomplete; it ends in the middle of the great battle.
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Dynamic early western, worth seeing!
This film was directed by Francis Ford (John's brother) who also stars as Custer. The film opens with Rain-in-the-face, a bloodthirsty killer, an Indian of course in striking close-up killing two white men, he is overheard boasting of this and is imprisoned. On his escape he joins the other sioux who are forced to move from their reservations due to hunger. The rest of the film builds towards a spectacular (for the period) battle. This culminates with a powerfully visual scene with Custer, his brother and officers engulfed with heavy fire and falling one by one . A horse moves in from the left and collapses, very immediate for cinema in this period . Although hardly progressive in its attitudes towards native Americans it is less offensive than say the dog eating indians portrayed in Griffith's Battle at Elderbush Gulch two years later(1914). The film runs approx 20mins, I saw the re-released version (1922) on 16mm of the 1912 film which I believe is the only version that exists. Overall this is very good example of building narrative and visual style form the silent period and highly enjoyable.
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- bristolsilents
- Jan 13, 2002
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