Hiawatha (1909)
- Directed by
- William V. Ranous
- Genre
- silent film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 15 min
- Rating
- 9.0 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
This short silent film retells the story of Hiawatha based on a famous epic poem. It follows the Native American hero through key events from the poem.
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What happens
Hiawatha is a 1909 American silent short film directed by William V. Ranous and produced by Carl Laemmle's Independent Moving Pictures Company (IMP). It is based on the 1855 epic poem The Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The film is historically significant for being the first production of IMP, the company that later became Universal Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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