''The Yaqui Cur'' is a 1913 American silent

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directed by

D. W. Griffith David Wark Griffith (January 22, 1875 – July 23, 1948) was an American film director. Considered one of the most influential figures in the history of the motion picture, he pioneered many aspects of film editing and expanded the art of the n ...

, written by Stanner E.V. Taylor and starring Robert Harron,

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, Walter Miller,

Charles Hill Mailes Charles Hill Mailes (25 May 1870 – 17 February 1937) was a Canadian actor of the silent era. Biography Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1870, Mailes appeared in 290 films between 1909 and 1935. He married the actress Claire McDowel ...

and Victoria Forde. Griffith directed seven films with more than one

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, including ''The Yaqui Cur'' and '' The Little Tease'' (1913). This film is one of the most ambiguous spatial moments in Griffith's work because the

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is so forcefully directed outward, and it is considered one of Griffith's most bizarre films. There is a romance between a Native American woman and a white man.

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* Robert Harron as Strongheart, a

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Youth *

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as Strongheart's Mother * Walter Miller as Ocallo, Strongheart's Friend *

Lionel Barrymore Lionel Barrymore (born Lionel Herbert Blyth; April 28, 1878 – November 15, 1954) was an American actor of stage, screen and radio as well as a film director. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in '' A Free Soul'' (1931) ...

as The Easterner * Frank Opperman as The Preacher *

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 William Christy Cabanne (April 16, 1888 – October 15, 1950) was an American film director, screenwriter, and silent film actor. Biography Born in 1888 in St. Louis, Missouri, Cabanne (pronounced CAB-a-nay) was educated at the Culver Military ...

as Undetermined Minor Role * Frank Evans as Goldseeker * Charles Gorman as In Tribe *

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as Goldseeker * J. Jiquel Lanoe as In Tribe * Audrey Littlefield as Yaqui Child * Joseph McDermott as Goldseeker *

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as In Tribe * Baby Lillian Wade as Yaqui Child

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yaqui Cur 1913 films 1913 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Biograph Company films Short films directed by D. W. Griffith Films shot in California Films with screenplays by Stanner E.V. Taylor General Film Company Silent American Western (genre) short films 1910s American films 1910s English-language films Yaqui in popular culture English-language Western (genre) short films

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