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Hiawanda's Cross (1913)

Hiawanda's Cross poster
Directed by
Romaine Fielding
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A silent short drama about a woman named Hiawanda who faces a moral or personal dilemma. The story is told through the conventions of early filmmaking with no spoken dialogue.

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What happens

Hiawanda's Cross is a 1913 silent short drama film directed and written by Romaine Fielding with scenario by Jeanette Spiess. Mary Ryan returns as costar. It was produced by the Lubin Manufacturing Company and distributed through the General Film Company. It was filmed in Las Vegas, New Mexico. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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