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The Werewolf (1913 film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Werewolf' (1913) is a silent film short that is considered the first werewolf film. It was directed by Henry MacRae, produced by Bison Film Company, and released by Universal Film Manufacturing Company. The script is by Ruth Ann Baldwin, based on the short story "The Werewolves" (1898) by Henry Beaugrand. It is now considered a lost film, all prints supposedly having been destroyed in a 1924 fire at Universal Studios.
Plot
Kee-On-Ee, a Navajo woman, becomes a witch after erroneously believing that her husband has abandoned her. She teaches the same skills to her daughter Watuma, who transforms into a wolf 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 as Ezra Vance, Prospector and Trail Blazer
*Marie Walcamp as Kee-On-Ee (as a young woman)
*Phyllis Gordon as Watuma, daughter of Kee-On-Ee
*Lule Warrenton as Kee-On-Ee (years later)
*Sherman Bainbridge as Stone Eye
*William Clifford as Jack Ford
See also
*List of lost films
References
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