The Werewolf (1913 film)
| The Werewolf | |
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| Directed by | Henry MacRae |
| Produced by | Bison Film Company |
| Written by | Ruth Ann Baldwin |
| Starring |
Clarence Burton Marie Walcamp Phyllis Gordon Lule Warrenton Sherman Bainbridge William Clifford |
| Distributed by | Universal Studios (as Universal Films) |
Release dates |
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Running time | 18 minutes (540 m) |
| Country | United States |
| Language |
Silent film English intertitles |
The Werewolf (1913) is a silent film short that is considered the first werewolf film and the earliest film of the Universal Monsters series.[1] It was directed by Henry MacRae, produced by Bison Film Company, and released by Universal Studios.[2] The script is by Ruth Ann Baldwin, based on the short story "The Werewolves" (1898) by Henry Beaugrand.[3] It is now considered a lost film,[4] all prints supposedly having been destroyed in a 1924 fire at Universal Studios.[5][6]
Plot
Kee-On-Ee, 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
References
- ↑ "The Werewolf (1913) ~ My Bloody Obsession". bradmiddleton.ca.
- ↑ "The Werewolf (1914)". BFI.
- ↑ "The werewolves (1898) by". mtroyal.ca.
- ↑ "The Werewolf". silentera.com. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
- ↑ "Silent Era : Progressive Silent Film List". silentera.com.
- ↑ "TCM - Vault and Nitrate Fires- A History". tcm.com.