Catalogue of Pathépictures Selected for Educational, Religious and Social Groups (1925)

20 PATHE PICTURES Indian Frontier Series Two reels each. Six in the series. These stories of frontier life and adventures are told from a new angle. Some old Indians on reservations in the West tell of experiences that they and other members of their tribes had when the "palefaces" first came into their country. We've had many stories told by early settlers, but never before has the Indian side of the story been told on the screen. THE MAN WHO WOULD NOT DIE (M., H.S., J.) 2 Reels An old chief tells a friendly white man a story of his youth. A white man stopped in the village on his way towards the setting sun. The Indians made him welcome. When he left he took with him the daughter of the chief betrothed to a member of her own tribe. The young brave went in pursuit and rescued the girl before any harm came to her. The old chief knows the story is true because in the long ago he was the young brave. THE MAN WHO SMILED (M., H.S., J., Ch.) 2 Reels An old chief of the peaceful tribe of Arapoes tells a tale of a friend of his youth who was a scout with the famous Seventh Cavalry in Wyoming. A pioneer bound for California with his daughter was attacked by a white renegade and his Indian allies. The "Man Who Smiled" used the strategy of his race and helped to rescue the trayellers. He was shot but still smiled and did not give up until the girl was restored to her lover, the First Lieutenant of the Seventh. An interesting story of friendship between Indian and white man in the early days of the West. WHITE MAN WHO TURNED INDIAN (M., H.S.) 2 Reels Col. McCoy, the friend of the Indians who knows their sign language, goes to an Arapo village to visit some of the old chiefs. He sees a man who talks the Indian language, but who unquestionably belongs to the white race. Years ago a young boy and his sister sought shelter with the Indians after a runaway in which their wagon was smashed and their uncle killed. The girl was kidnapped by a half-breed and rescued by the boy and a young man of the girl's own race who loved her. She married her lover and the boy decided he'd be an Indian brave and remained all his life with the people he had chosen. THE MANDAN'S OATH (M., H.S.) 2 Reels The Tribe of the Mandans was practically obliterated through smallpox and the survivors swore eternal vengeance on the white men, whom they believed to be the cause of the plague. This picture deals with the last of the Mandans who planned his revenge but was thwarted. THE DIRTY LITTLE HALF BREED (M., Ch.) 2 Reels An Indian woman relates the story of her son who was a half breed. He is beaten and tormented by everyone but a white girl, who loves a trader. She is betrayed by the trader, and when her small brother discovers her trouble he tells the half breed. The girl kills herself, but the trader accuses the half breed. With everyone attacking him, he makes his way to the trader, avenges the girl and dies. THE MEDICINE HAT (M., H.S.) 2 Reels Returning from a conference with the White Men in Washington, the Medicine Man of the Arapoes brings with him two hats, the hat worn by the white men in war and a top hat, which he and the Indians believe to have wonderful powers. While the Medicine Man is displaying his possessions, his daughter accidentally shoots an arrow through the top hat, and he promises her to the first man who asks for her. The Weasel speaks first and in spite of her protest, she is given to him. But her lover threatens the Weasel and he agrees to give her up. Her father refuses to take back his word, but the girl proves that the Weasel is a thief and the lover mends the top hat, so he takes back his word and the girl and her lover are united.