The Squaw Man
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Cecil B. Demille
Elliott Dexter
Ann Little
Theodore Roberts
Katherine Macdonald
Thurston Hall
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Jim Wynnegate is so deeply in love with Diana, the wife of his cousin Henry, the Earl of Kerhill, that when Henry embezzles an orphanage trust fund, Jim saves Diana from shame by assuming the blame himself and disappearing. Soon after settling on a ranch in Wyoming, Jim saves an Indian girl named Naturich from the cruel Cash Hawkins, thereby incurring the outlaw's enmity. Later Cash attacks Jim, but Naturich ambushes Cash and kills him. Jim gratefully marries the Indian, and soon Naturich gives birth to little Hal, who is deeply loved by his parents and idolized by the ranch hands. Several years later, Henry is mortally wounded on a hunting trip, but before he dies, he confesses his part in the embezzlement, exonerating his cousin. Diana visits Jim, who, although loath to leave his loyal wife, agrees to allow the woman he still loves to rear Hal to his rightful station in England. Overhearing the conversation, Naturich realizes that she is about to lose her son and commits suicide. Her death overwhelms Jim, but after several years, he assumes the title of earl and finally marries Diana.
Director
Cecil B. Demille
Cast
Elliott Dexter
Ann Little
Theodore Roberts
Katherine Macdonald
Thurston Hall
Jack Holt
Tully Marshall
Pat Moore
Edwin Stevens
Herbert Standing
Helen Dunbar
Winter Hall
Julia Faye
Noah Beery
Jim Mason
Monte Blue
William Brunton
Charles Ogle
Guy Oliver
Jack Herbert
M. Hallward
Clarence Geldart
Crew
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Only the final reel survives.
Notes
Modern sources credit Anne Bauchens as the editor, and Wilfred Buckland as art director. For information on other versions of the film, for DeMille's 1931 The Squaw Man.
