Strongheart (film)

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Strongheart
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Directed by James Kirkwood Sr.
Written by Frank E. Woods
Based on Strongheart
by William C. deMille
Produced by
Starring Henry B. Walthall
Lionel Barrymore
Blanche Sweet
Antonio Moreno
Distributed by General Film Company
Release date
  • March 19, 1914 (1914-03-19)
Running time
30 min
CountryUnited States
Languages Silent
English intertitles

Strongheart is a 1914 American silent Western black and white film directed by James Kirkwood Sr., produced by Henry B. Harris, written by Frank E. Woods and starring Henry B. Walthall, Lionel Barrymore, Blanche Sweet and Antonio Moreno. [1] The film was supervised by D.W. Griffith. [2]

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It is based on the four-act play of the same name by William C. deMille, [3] produced by Henry B. Harris at the Hudson Theater on 30 January 1905 for 66 performances with Robert Edeson. [4]

The melodrama Braveheart is a remake of Strongheart. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ McCaffrey, Donald W.; Jacobs, Christopher P. (1999). Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema . Greenwood Publishing Group. p.  287. ISBN   9780313303456.
  2. ↑ Menefee, David W. (November 26, 2012). The First Male Stars: Men of the Silent Era. BearManor Media. p. 1966.
  3. ↑ Hearne, Joanna (January 25, 2013). Native Recognition: Indigenous Cinema and the Western. SUNY Press. p. 117. ISBN   9781438443997.
  4. ↑ Tibbetts, John C. (1985). The American Theatrical Film: Stages in Development. Popular Press. p. 75. ISBN   9780879722890.
  5. ↑ Oriard, Michael (December 15, 2005). King Football: Sport and Spectacle in the Golden Age of Radio and Newsreels, Movies and Magazines, the Weekly and the Daily Press. Univ of North Carolina Press. p. 371. ISBN   9780807864036.


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