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Comata, the Sioux

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Comata, the Sioux
Directed byD. W. Griffith
Written byStanner E. V. Taylor
E. S. Hirsch
Produced byAmerican Mutoscope and Biograph Company
StarringJames Kirkwood
Marion Leonard
Arthur V. Johnson
CinematographyG. W. Bitzer
Distributed byAmerican Mutoscope and Biograph Company
Release date
  • September 9, 1909 (1909-09-09)
Running time
one reel; 10 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Comata, the Sioux is a 1909 American short silent Western film directed by D. W. Griffith. It was produced and released by the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company.[1][2][3]

Plot

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Comata is in love with the daughter of the tribal chief, Clear Eyes, but she runs off to marry a white cowboy named Bud Watkins. Two years later, she returns to the Sioux time after being abandoned by her husband for a white woman, who believed him single. Comata exposes Bud and shows their child as evidence of their relationship, and he later kills Bud. Both Comata and Clear Eyes meet back up on top of a mountain, and he holds her child as they walk home.[4]

Cast

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See also

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References

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  1. ↑ Comata, the Sioux at silentera.com
  2. ↑ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893–1993:Comata, the Sioux
  3. ↑ Pictorial History of the Silent Screen, p.14 c.1953 by Daniel Blum ISBN 0-399-50667-5
  4. ↑ The Film Index. New York City: Films Publishing Company. September 11, 1909. p. 6.
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