The Yaqui Cur

The Yaqui Cur
Directed by	D. W. Griffith
Written by	Stanner E.V. Taylor
Produced by	American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
Starring	Robert Harron Kate Bruce Walter Miller
Cinematography	G. W. Bitzer
Distributed by	General Film Company Silent Hall of Fame Enterprises
Release date	May 17, 1913 (1913-05-17)(U.S.)
Running time	33 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Yaqui Cur is a 1913 American silent Western black and white film directed by D. W. Griffith, written by Stanner E.V. Taylor, and starring Robert Harron, Kate Bruce, Walter Miller, Charles Hill Mailes, and Victoria Forde. ^{[1] [2]} The film was one of seven multi-reel works Griffith directed that year, alongside The Little Tease (1913). ^[3] The film has been preserved and released on VHS and DVD. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

The film has been noted for its formal experimentation, particularly in staging and expressive use of gesture. ^[7] Scholars have described it as one of Griffith's most unusual productions. ^[8] The narrative centers on a romantic relationship between a Native American woman and a white man. ^[9]

Cast

• Robert Harron as Strongheart, a Yaqui youth
• Kate Bruce as Strongheart's mother
• Walter Miller as Ocallo, Strongheart's friend
• Lionel Barrymore as The Easterner
• Frank Opperman as the preacher
• Charles Hill Mailes as the Yaqui chief / goldseeker
• Victoria Forde as the Yaqui chief's daughter
• Jennie Lee as Yaqui woman
• William J. Butler as in tribe / goldseeker
• Christy Cabanne as undetermined minor role
• Frank Evans as goldseeker
• Charles Gorman as in tribe
• Harry Hyde as goldseeker
• J. Jiquel Lanoe as in tribe
• Audrey Littlefield as Yaqui child
• Joseph McDermott as goldseeker
• Alfred Paget as in tribe
• Baby Lillian Wade as Yaqui child

See also

• D. W. Griffith filmography
• Lionel Barrymore filmography

References

1. Langman, Larry (1992). A Guide to Silent Westerns. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 525. ISBN   978-0-313-27858-7.
2. Agrasánchez, Jr., Rogelio (May 14, 2010). Guillermo Calles: A Biography of the Actor and Mexican Cinema Pioneer. McFarland Publishing. p. 52. ISBN   978-0-7864-5648-2.
3. Stokes, Melvyn (January 15, 2008). D.W. Griffith's the Birth of a Nation: A History of the Most Controversial Motion Picture of All Time. Oxford University Press. p. 88. ISBN   978-0-19-988751-4.
4. "The Yaqui cur". WorldCat. Retrieved July 18, 2025.
5. "The Yaqui cur". WorldCat. Retrieved July 18, 2025.
6. "The Yaqui cur". WorldCat. Retrieved July 18, 2025.
7. Jesionowski, Joyce E. (November 6, 1989). Thinking in Pictures: Dramatic Structure in D. W. Griffith's Biograph Films. University of California Press. p. 44. ISBN   978-0-520-06792-9.
8. Bowser, Eileen (2003). Usai, Paolo Cherchi (ed.). Films produced in 1913. BFI Publ. p. 79. ISBN   978-0-85170-991-8.
9. Hilger, Michael (October 16, 2015). Native Americans in the Movies: Portrayals from Silent Films to the Present. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 393. ISBN   978-1-4422-4002-5.

External links

• The Yaqui Cur at IMDb
• The Yaqui Cur at Rotten Tomatoes