''The Red Woman'' is a 1917 American silent

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film directed by Harry R. Durant and starring

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and

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Plot

The head character, Morton Dean, is a spoiled child of a rich landowner. His father wants him to take responsibility and attempts to send him to New Mexico to manage some of his mines. The son refuses, focusing on his upcoming marriage to the socialite Dora Wendell. He eventually discovers that she is only interested in him for his wealth, but do to his refusal to follow his father's wishes he is cut away from his inheritance. He travels to New Mexico where he meets, falls in love, and fathers a child with an Eastern educated native woman.

Cast

as Maria Temosach *

as Morton Deal *

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as Sancho *

as Dora Wendell *

Charlotte Granville Charlotte Granville (née Stuart; 9 May 1860 – 8 July 1942) was a British actress who starred in films from 1917 to 1936. Biography Granville acted in Dublin with a company headed by George Alexander. She debuted on Broadway in ''Mr. Preed ...

as Her Mother *

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as Chica

References

Bibliography

* Angela Aleiss. ''Making the White Man's Indian: Native Americans and Hollywood Movies''. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2005.

External links

* 1917 films 1917 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Silent American Western (genre) films World Film Company films 1910s English-language films 1910s American films English-language Western (genre) films {{1910s-US-Western-film-stub