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The Chief's Blanket (1912)

The Chief's Blanket poster
Directed by
D. W. Griffith
Genre
Western film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
11 min
Rated
NR
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Native American chief and a white settler have a conflict over a blanket. The film shows an early example of Western storytelling from the silent era.

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What happens

The Chief's Blanket is a 1912 American short silent Western film directed by D. W. Griffith, starring Blanche Sweet and Lionel Barrymore. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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