THE SQUAW MAN
aka The White Man
DIRECTED, WRITTEN & PRODUCED BY CECIL. B DeMILLE
CO-DIRECTED BY OSCAR APFEL
JESSE L. LASKY FEATURE PLAY COMPANY
FAMOUS PLAYERS-LASKY CORPORATION
INFORMATION FROM IMDb
Plot Summary
Captain Wynnegate leaves England, accepting the blame for embezzling charity funds though knowing that his cousin Sir Henry is guilty. Out West he and the Indian girl Nat-U-Rich save each other from the evil cattle rustler Cash Hawkins and marry. Lady Diana shows up to announce Sir Henry's death. After Nat-U-Rich's suicide Wynnegate takes his half-breed son and Lady Diana back to England as the new Earl of Kerhill.
Written by Ed Stephan
Cast
Dustin Farnum ... Capt. James Wynnegate - aka Jim Carston
Monroe Salisbury ... Sir Henry - Earl of Kerhill
Winifred Kingston ... Lady Diana - Countess of Kerhill
Mrs. A.W. Filson ... The Dowager Lady Elizabeth Kerhill
Haidee Fuller ... Lady Mabel Wynnegate
... Nat-U-Ritch
Foster Knox ... Sir John
Fred Montague ... Mr. Petrie
'Baby' Carmen De Rue ... Hal (as Baby de Rue)
Fernando Gálvez ... Sir John Applegate
Eugene De Rue ... Lieutenant
H.R. Macy ... Lieutenant
H.L. Swisher ... Lieutenant
Michael J. Kilpatrick ... Lieutenant
Sydney Deane ... Dean of Trenton
J.H. Alston ... The Bookmaker
Harry A. Hiscox ... Fletcher
Slim Whitaker ... The Detective
Lew Longenecker ... The Ship Captain
Harry McCabe ... The Bunco Man
Dick La Reno ... Big Bill
William J. Burns ... Shorty
Gordon Sackville ... Andy
Richard L'Estrange ... Grouchy
Charles Figee ... Bull Cowen
Joseph Singleton ... Tabywana
Old Elk ... Baco Willie
William Elmer ... Cash Hawkins
Art Acord ... Townsman
Earl Simpson ... McSorley
Crispino ... Crispino
O.A. Moor ... Smith
Edgar Lewis ... Nick
Milton Brown ... Budd Hardy
Tex Driscoll ... Clark
Jack Ellis ... Parker
Jack Rube Clifford ... Pete (as Jack Clifford)
J.G. Harper ... Justice of the Peace
William Mauer ... Punk
Jack Big Deer ... Medicine Man
Freddy De Rue ... Little Hal
Gordona Bennet ... The Ship Captain's Wife
Utahna La Reno ... The Ship Captain's Child
Maureen Rasmussen ... Mrs. Chichester Jones
Kathleen De Vois ... The Bunco Woman
Ruth De Rue ... The Bar Maid
Cecilia de Mille ... Child (uncredited)
Cecil B. DeMille ... Faro Dealer (uncredited)
Raymond Hatton ... Cowhand (uncredited)
Hal Roach ... Townsman (uncredited)
Directed
Oscar Apfel
Cecil B. DeMille
Writing Credits
Edwin Milton Royle ... (play)
Cecil B. DeMille ... (picturized by) (as Cecil B. De Mille) and
Oscar Apfel ... (picturized by) (as Oscar C. Apfel)
Produced
Cecil B. DeMille ... producer (uncredited)
Jesse L. Lasky ... executive producer (uncredited)
Music
H. Scott Salinas ... (original music by)
Cinematography
Alfred Gandolfi ... (uncredited)
Trivia
Cecil B. DeMille's ledger noted that he hired an extra named Hal Roach for $5 per day, and rejected actress Jane Darwell, who was already commanding $60 per week.
The site where most of the interior scenes were filmed was located at the corner of Selma Ave. and Vine St. in Hollywood. The building one block south, at Sunset Blvd. and Vine, is now occupied by a Chase Bank. The building was originally designed as a Home Savings Bank in the 1950s by Millard Sheets Studio (one of nearly 100 in the Los Angeles area designed by the firm). A mural on one interior wall, by Sheets, commemorates the production by depicting four scenes from the film.
The first film made by (and involving) Cecil B. DeMille.
The Motion Picture Patents Trust, headed by Thomas A. Edison, was at that time engaged in an attempt to control all motion picture production in the U.S., and went to great lengths - often including destruction of property and physical violence - to do so. The Trust was based on the East Coast, which is why many independent producers, such as Cecil B. DeMille, began shooting their films in California. The Trust's intimidation tactics probably explain why DeMille - who was one of their most vocal opponents - put no cast or crew credits on this film.
Several one-act versions of the play were produced as early as 1904. The complete play opened on Broadway in New York City, New York, USA on 23 October 1905 and closed about 1 April 1906 after 222 performances. The opening night cast included George Fawcett, William S. Hart, William Faversham , Theodore Roberts, Adrienne Morrison (billed as Mabel Morrison), Selene Johnson, Mitchell Lewis and Cecil Ward.
The musical composition "Nat-u-ritch: An Indian idyll. Intermezzo from The Squaw Man" by Theodore Bendix was published to promote the picture.
Commonly accepted as the first feature length film to be made in Hollywood, California. Short films such as In Old California (1910) has previously been made in the neighborhood.
Interiors were filmed on an open-air soundstage, built off of a barn. The L-shaped barn was built in 1901 and stood on the corner of Selma and Vine Streets in Hollywood. The stage was connected to one wing of the barn which was destroyed by a nitrate fire in 1918. The main portion of the barn has survived and now stands across the street from the entrance to the Hollywood Bowl. The barn serves as the home of the Hollywood Heritage museum.
The original studio facilities for Paramount Pictures grew out of the barn on the corner of Selma and Vine streets. When Paramount moved to its current site in 1926 (further east, off of Melrose Avenue), they brought the barn with them.
Film debut of Raymond Hatton.
According to William C. de Mille, his brother Cecil B. DeMille, had initially no interest in motion picture production, and William had to convince him to undertake work on this film.
In order to secure the services of stage star Dustin Farnum, director Cecil B. DeMille offered him a quarter interest in the new Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company in lieu of salary. Farnum declined the offer and was salaried at $250 per week, good money for 1913. The Lasky Company later merged with Adolph Zukor's Famous Players, Bosworth Pictures, and the Pallas/Morosco Company to form Paramount Pictures. Farnum's decision netted him $5000 but ultimately cost him millions.
The first movie to be remade.
Actor Dustin Farnum was originally offered profit participation but then requested $5000 instead. In order to raise that capital Samuel Goldwyn traveled the country and sold the rights to the film to exhibitors before a single frame had been shot, making this the first film to pre sell the rights before production.
Goofs
Revealing mistakes
When he is in his hotel room in New York, Captain Wynnegate looks out of his window. This is followed by a cut to an obvious still photograph of the Broadway/Times Square district by night, meant to represent the view from the Captain's window.
Early in the film, when Captain James Wynnegate (played by Dustin Farnum) is on board the sailing ship, he writes a note asking that a "check" enclosed with the note be cashed for him. Since Captain Farnum is an Englishman, he would have spelled the word as "cheque", the standard British spelling. (Moreover, the handwriting in the note is scarcely that of an educated British military officer: the lines of writing are crooked and the letters are crudely formed.)
Filming Locations
Hollywood Heritage Museum - 2100 North Highland Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA (studio)
Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA
Green River, Wyoming, USA
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Iverson Ranch - 1 Iverson Lane, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA
Railroad Station, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA
San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, USA
Vine & Selma Corner, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA (near)
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