With Sitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre
1927 · 1h 15m · Passed
Western
Directed by
Robert N. Bradbury
Overview
The story of a controversial white settlement in 1860s Spirit Lake, Iowa. Unbowed by the encroachment, Chief Sitting Bull vows to reclaim the land of his fathers. A long-thought-lost film finally surfaces after being unseen for over eight decades. Created and copyrighted by Sunset Productions in 1925 but not released until June 15, 1927, this silent epic features the superior Native American actor Chief Yowlachie (performing here under the name Chief Yowlache) as Sitting Bull.
Director and cast
- Robert N. Bradbury Director
- Bryant Washburn as Donald Keefe
- Chief Yowlachie as Sitting Bull
- Anne Schaefer as Mame Mulcain
- Jay Morley as Pat Mulcain
- Shirley Palmer as Ceila Moore
- James O'Neill as Elder Indian (as James O'Neil)
- Bob Steele as Bob Keefe (as Bob Bradbury Jr.)
- Fred Warren as Happy Hartz
- Leon De La Mothe as John Mulcain (as Leon Kent)
- Lucille Ballart as Mary Moore (as Lucille Balart)
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