The Squaw Man
(1914) United States of America
B&W : Six reels
Directed by Cecil B. De Mille (Cecil B. DeMille) and Oscar C. Apfel (Oscar Apfel)
Cast: Dustin Farnum [Captain James Wynngate, also known as Jim Carston], Monroe Salisbury [Sir Henry Wynngate, Earl of Kerhill], Winifred Kingston [Lady Diana, Countess of Kerhill], Mrs. A.W. Filson [the dowager Lady Kerhill], Haidee Fuller [Lady Mabel Wynnegate], Dick La Reno [‘Big’ Bill], W.J. Burns [Shorty], Gordon Sackville [Andy], Charles Figee [‘Bull’ Cowan], Billy Elmer (William Elmer) [Cash Hawkins], Princess Red Wing [Nat-U-Rich], Foster Knox [Sir John Applegate], Joseph E. Singleton (Joseph Singleton) [Tabywana], Fred Montague [Malcolm Petrie], Baby de Rue (Carmen de Rue) [Hal], Dick Le Strange (Dick L’Estrange) [‘Grouchy’ Bill], F.O. Galvez [Bates], Eugene De Rue [Lieutenant Henry George], H.R. Macy [Lieutenant Alex Leslie], H.L. Swisher [Lieutenant Charles McGrath], M.J. Kilpatric [Lieutenant Cecil Harrison], Sydney Dean (Sydney Deane) [Dean of Trenthum], J.H. Alston [the bookmaker], Harry A. Hickox [Fletcher], Charles E. Whitaker (Slim Whitaker) [the detective], Lew Longenecker [the ship captain], Cordonna Bennet [the ship captain’s wife], Harry McCabe [the bunco man], Kathleen De Vois [the bunco woman], Old Elk [Bucko White], [?] Art Acord [Art]?, Earl Simpson [McSorley], [?] Crispino [Crispino]?, O.A. Moor [Smith], Ed Lewis [Nick], Milton Brown [Budd Hardy], Tex Driscoll [Clark], Jack Ellis [Parker], Jack Clifford [Pete], J.G. Harper [the parson], J. Kramer [the justice of the peace], William Mauer [Punk], Jack Big Deer [the medicine man], Maurine Rassmausen [Mrs. Chichester Jones], [?] Cecilia de Mille? [a child], [?] Cecil B. DeMille? [a Faro dealer], [?] Raymond Hatton? [a cowhand], [?] Hal Roach? [a townsman]
Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company, Incorporated, production; distributed on State Rights basis by Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company, Incorporated. / Produced by [?] Cecil B. DeMille? Executive producer, [?] Jesse L. Lasky? Scenario by Cecil B. DeMille and Oscar C. Apfel, from the adaptation by Oscar C. Apfel of the play The Squaw Man by Edwin Milton Royle. Art direction by [?] Wilfred Buckland? Assistant director, [?] Eugene de Rue and/or Arthur J. Flaven? Cinematography by Alfred Gandolfi (Alfredo Gondolfi). Assistant cameramen, Johnny Cramer and Bert Longenecker. Film editor, Mamie Wagner. Presented by Jesse L. Lasky. / © 18 February 1914 by Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company, Incorporated [LU2169]. Released 15 February 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot from 29 December 1913 through at least 20 January 1914, and cost $15,450.25. The Lasky company’s first release. The net profit from the film was approximately $244,700. A contemporary advertisement lists the play’s author as Edward Milton Royle in error. Katchmer-Eighty p. 4 mistakenly lists Haidee Fuller as Haidee Folier. [?] Katchmer-Eighty p. 4 and McCaffrey-Guide pp. 17 and 18 may have mistakenly listed Art Acord as a member of the cast?
Drama: Western.
Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.4239.
Survival status: Prints exist [16mm reduction positive, 35mm acetate duplicate negative, 35mm master positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Gambling - USA: California: Los Angeles
Listing updated: 3 May 2024.
References: Film credits, film viewing : AFI-F1 n. F1.4239; Bardèche-History pp. 66-67, 104; Birchard-DeMille pp. ix, x, 1-13; Bohn-Light p. 90; Brownlow-Parade p. 33; Cary-Hollywood pp. 44, 48, 91; Dardis-Keaton pp. 46-47; Edmonds-BigU p. 117; Everson-American pp. 56, 59, 86f, 369; Fell-History pp. 91, 106; Katchmer-Eighty p. 4; Koszarski-Hart pp. ix, xii; Lahue-Gentlemen p. 94; Leyda-Before p. 61; Maeder-Hollywood p. 57; McCaffrey-Guide pp. 17, 18; Robertson-Guinness p. 7; Shipman-Cinema p. 52; Sinyard-Silent p. 55; Sklar-Movie pp. 44, 68; Slide-Aspects pp. 20-21; Tarbox-Lost pp. 26, 188; Webb-Hollywood p. xi : ClasIm-240 p. 45 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb; Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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