The Lieutenant's Last Fight

1912
20m

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Francis Ford, Ray Myers, and J. Barney Sherry in The Lieutenant's Last Fight (1912)

The story opens with an Indian village, the home of Big Bear, the son of the Sioux chief. The government agent, impressed with the brightness of the lad, persuades his father to permit him t... Read allThe story opens with an Indian village, the home of Big Bear, the son of the Sioux chief. The government agent, impressed with the brightness of the lad, persuades his father to permit him to be sent to a military school. The cadets, perfectly disciplined, are shown in their trim... Read allThe story opens with an Indian village, the home of Big Bear, the son of the Sioux chief. The government agent, impressed with the brightness of the lad, persuades his father to permit him to be sent to a military school. The cadets, perfectly disciplined, are shown in their trim uniforms, drilling on the parade grounds and the young savage is introduced into their mi... Read all

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- Thomas H. Ince
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Art Acord applies blackface to play an Indian brave who encounters racism as an officer in the army, and then finds his loyalties torn when his tribe launch an attack on the wives and daughters of the servicemen who drummed him out of the force. A comparatively sophisticated tale that marks a noticable improvement in the competence of its director, Thomas H. Ince, and makes a statement about racism at a time when most screen Indians were depicted as murderous savages.