Who Is the Savage? (1913)
- Directed by
- Romaine Fielding
- Genre
- silent film
- Country
- United States
- 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
A silent short film from 1913 about a white woman who takes a child from a Native American mother. The story is played for comedy but stirred criticism for its subject.
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What happens
Who Is the Savage? is a lost 1913 silent dramatic short directed, written by, and starring Romaine Fielding with Mary Ryan. Moving Picture World gave it a favorable writeup, calling it a comedic farce. The plot featured a white woman stealing the child of an "Indian" woman. This storyline caused some controversy with some critics. It was a Lubin film. Moving Picture World gave it a favorable write up, calling it a comedic farce. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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