The Chief’s Daughter
(1911) United States of America
B&W : [?] Split-reel or One reel?
Directed by Hobart Bosworth
Cast: Hobart Bosworth [Daniel Boone], Jane Keckley [Mrs. Daniel Boone], Viola Barry [Mary Boone], Adele Worth [Lucy Boone], Jack Conway [Boone’s son], Leonide Watson [Boone’s youngest child], J. Barney Sherry [the old trapper], Major McGuire (Major J.A. McGuire) [the Indian chief], Bessie Eyton [the Indian chief’s daughter], Donald MacDonald [the Indian sub-chief], Roy Watson [the first young trapper], Leo Pierson [the second young trapper]
The Selig Polyscope Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Produced by W.N. Selig. Scenario by Hobart Bosworth. / Released 11 December 1911; [?] in a split-reel with April Fool (1911)? / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama: Western.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Daniel Boone, soon after moving to the wilderness of Missouri, in his early pioneer days, undergoes an experience which is familiar to every school boy in the land. His son captures the Chief’s daughter; Boone’s daughters plead for her release and she is given her liberty. Soon after this the girls are captured by the Indian band. The Indian girl comes to their rescue, sets them free at night and guides them to their stockade, and then, fearing to go home, she remains there. The band attack the little stockade and are in the act of setting it on fire when the chief’s daughter proposes that Boone threaten her in sight of the band. Boone acts upon her suggestion and it accomplishes the desired effect. The hatchet is buried, the pipe of peace is smoked and another incident is passed in Boone’s romantic frontier life.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Native Americans
Listing updated: 6 April 2020.
References: ClasIm-225 p. 43 : Website-IMDb.
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