Thursday, November 22, 2007

The Squaw Man (1914)

Synopsis: A man takes the blame for an embezzlement committed by his gambling-addicted brother. He flees England to the U.S. where he decides to go West. There he meets a Native-American woman .

Appraisal: A competent film within the range of its primitive grammar, which excludes practically all camera movement and of course sound. The story is filmically rendered in an intelligent way, so as to make it quite absorbing and suspenseful.

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