About the film: The Heart of an Indian Maid

The Heart of an Indian Maid

Year: 1911

To escape death that awaits him at the hands of the Indians, a bison hunter kept prisoner resigns himself to marry the tribal chief’s daughter, who has fallen madly in love with him.  But one night he manages to escape and finds his wife and child.  Humiliated and wronged, the young squaw in love is not in the mood for revenge however …
The Indian represents one of the roles characteristic of a cinematographic genre that established itself in the twenties.

Director: Anonymous
Nationality: American
Actor: Pearl White
Length: 12' 8"
Genre: western
Sound: silent with soundtrack
Original elements: stencil coloured
Producer: American Kinema
Composer: Denis Ramos
Original language: English

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