The Daughter of Dawn was considered a quirk of American cinematic history, a lost full length feature film that happened to be about American Indians and starring only American Indians. Shot in 1920, during the heyday of silent film, the film featured a cast of Comanches and Kiowas whom provided their own props, costumes, set [...]

As I’m still a little obsessed with Lois Weber I thought I’d go ahead and point out one of her better short films available on YouTube. For those not in the know, Weber was a writer, director and actor with similar output to D.W. Wright. Among film historians they share the title of Hollywood’s first [...]