B004C00EKU

774212106019

1910

1910-06-18

11

11min

Awards, 1 win

James Young Deer

James Young Deer

Lucille Young

Short, Drama, Western

Pathé Frères

USA

None, English

Unrated

5.7

490

White Fawn s Devotion: A Play Acted by a Tribe of Red Indians in America is a 1910 American short dramatic silent film. Although a few writers believe the film features Young Deer s wife, Lillian St. Cyr, otherwise known as Princess Red Wing as White Fawn , the lead woman does not fit St. Cyr s description. IMDb now identifies the lead actress as Lucille Young. The movie was shot in New Jersey at 24fps.

White Fawn s Devotion is the earliest surviving film directed by a Native American. It was one of the earlier films shot in America by the French company Pathé. A reviewer in the New York Dramatic Mirror wrote that the film proves to be interesting if we can forget the New Jersey scenery and noted that it is not quite clear where the devotion comes in, nor of what it consists.

In 2008, the movie was added to the United States National Film Registry as being deemed culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant .

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