Before the White Man Came (1912)
- Directed by
- Otis Turner
- Genre
- silent film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 21 min
- Rated
- NR
- 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 is a silent short film from 1912. It shows a story set before European contact with Native Americans. The plot involves a Hopi legend.
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What happens
Before the White Man Came è un cortometraggio muto del 1912 diretto da Otis Turner. Prodotto dalla Reliance Film Company, aveva come interpreti Wallace Reid (anche sceneggiatore) e Gertrude Robinson. Nel 1913, Reid riprese la sua sceneggiatura e diresse (e interpretò) per la Nestor Film Company un rifacimento del film dal titolo A Hopi Legend. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Last of Her Tribe (1912)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.