The Kentuckian (1908)
- Directed by
- Wallace McCutcheon, Sr.
- Genre
- silent film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 8 min
- Rating
- 1.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
In this short silent Western, a white man from Kentucky marries an American Indian woman. The story focuses on the woman's devotion and personal sacrifice for her husband.
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What happens
The Kentuckian is a 1908 short silent black-and-white Western film directed by Wallace McCutcheon, Sr. and starring Edward Dillon, Florence Auer and Mack Sennett. The plot centers on the marriage between the titular white Kentuckian and an American Indian woman. The film provides a type of Indian hero, in the form of a "squaw's devotion and sacrifice." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Cow-boy and the Squaw (1910)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.