The Werewolf (1913 film)
| The Werewolf | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Henry MacRae |
| Written by | Ruth Ann Baldwin |
| Produced by | Bison Film Company |
| Starring | Clarence Burton Marie Walcamp Phyllis Gordon Lule Warrenton Sherman Bainbridge William Clifford |
| Distributed by | Universal Studios |
Release date | December 13, 1913 |
Running time | 18 minutes (540 m) |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent film English intertitles |
The Werewolf (1913) is a silent film short that is the first werewolf film, and was directed by Henry MacRae. It was produced by Bison Film Company, released by Universal Studios, and is now considered a lost film, all prints supposedly having been destroyed in a 1924 fire. The script is by Ruth Ann Baldwin, based on the short story The Werewolves by Henry Beaugrand.
Plot summary
A Navajo woman becomes a witch after erroneously coming to believe that her husband has abandoned her. She teaches the same skills to her daughter Watuma, who transforms into a wolf in order to carry out vengeance against the invading white settlers. Then, 100 years after Watuma's death, she returns from the dead to kill again.
Cast
- Clarence Burton – Ezra Vance, Prospector and Trail Blazer
- Marie Walcamp – Kee-On-Ee (as a young woman)
- Phyllis Gordon – Watuma, daughter of Kee-On-Ee
- Lule Warrenton – Kee-On-Ee (years later)
- Sherman Bainbridge – Stone Eye
- William Clifford – Jack Ford
See also
External links
- The Werewolf at IMDb
- The Werewolf at AllMovie
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