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Flick Friday: The Heart Of Wetona 1919

Posted on January 5, 2024 Updated on January 4, 2024

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One hundred, five years ago, today, the silent, adventure film The Heart Of Wetona was released. Directed by Sidney Franklin, it was written by Mary Murillo, basing it on a theatrical work by George Scarborough. Produced by Joseph M. Schenck, it starred Norma Talmadge (as Wetona), Fred Huntley, Thomas Meighan, Gladden James, F. A. Turner and Charles Edler.

“After the half-breed daughter of a Comanche Chief falls for a young engineer who deserts her, she turns to a white Indian agent who marries her.”

IMDb Short

“Wetona, the daughter of Indian Chief Quannah and a white mother, returns to her tribe after an education in a white school in the East, [only] to find herself torn between the two cultures of her heritage.”

IMDb Storyline

“The film tells the story of some Comanche Indians and their preparations for a Corn Dance. The father of Wetona finds out she loves a white man.

Wikipedia Plot

♦ Heart Of Wetona (World War One era song, sung by Wetona’s soldier)

Complete Movie

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