The Squaw Man

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'Baby' Carmen De Rue, Dustin Farnum, and Winifred Kingston in The Squaw Man (1914)

Classical Western Action Drama Romance Western

A chivalrous British officer takes the blame for his cousin's embezzlement and journeys to the American West to start a new life on a cattle ranch.A chivalrous British officer takes the blame for his cousin's embezzlement and journeys to the American West to start a new life on a cattle ranch.A chivalrous British officer takes the blame for his cousin's embezzlement and journeys to the American West to start a new life on a cattle ranch.

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- Oscar Apfel
- Cecil B. DeMille
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5.6/10

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Directors
- Oscar Apfel
- Cecil B. DeMille
Writers
Stars

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Trivia
Commonly accepted as the first feature-length film to be made in Hollywood, CA. Short films such as In Old California (1910) had previously been made in the neighborhood.

Goofs
Early in the film, when Captain James Wynnegate (played by Dustin Farnum) is on board the sailing ship, he writes a note asking that a "check" enclosed with the note be cashed for him. Since Captain Farnum is an Englishman, he would have spelled the word as "cheque", the standard British spelling. (Moreover, the handwriting in the note is scarcely that of an educated British military officer: the lines of writing are crooked and the letters are crudely formed.)

Quotes
Lady Diana: Jim, I want you to go away for my sake!

Alternate versions
A seemingly unrestored print aired 5 April 2004 on Turner Classic Movies with a new orchestral score by H. Scott Salinas.

Connections
Featured in The House That Shadows Built (1931)

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3/10

Humble beginnings

"The Squaw Man" (1914) co-directed by Cecil B. DeMille is considered the first full-length feature film from Hollywood.

In spite of it's historical significance, it is poorly directed, which can only be expected from the first effort in full-length film making.

The story revolves around a chivalrous British officer who decides to take the blame for his cousin's embezzlement and journeys to the American West to start a new life on a cattle ranch.

It is, quite simply boring and primitively executed and produced. Cecil B. DeMille would go on to direct some of early Hollywood's most genre-defining features such as his epic take on "The Ten Commandments" (1956), which I highly recommend anyone experiencing, but I only recommend his debut feature for film historians and enthusiasts.