Redskin (1929)

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Director:

Victor Schertzinger

Writers:

Julian Johnson (titles), Elizabeth Pickett (screenplay)

Stars:

Richard Dix, Julie Carter, Tully Marshall

Cast

Credited cast:
Richard Dix	...	Wing Foot
Julie Carter	...	Corn Blossom (as Gladys Belmont)
Tully Marshall	...	Navajo Jim
George Regas	...	Notani (as George Rigas)
Noble Johnson	...	Pueblo Jim
Jane Novak	...	Judith Stearns
Larry Steers	...	John Walton
Augustina López	...	Grandmother Yina (as Augustina Lopez)
Bernard Siegel	...	Chahi - the Medicine Man
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jack Padjan	...	Barrett (as Jack Duane)

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

native american reservation | schoolteacher | topical | thorpe college | racism | 

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Taglines:

THE PROBLEM OF THE INDIAN WITH A WHITE EDUCATION IS HANDLED WITH SUCH POWER AND PATHOS AS TO MAKE A STORY OF GRIPPING QUALITY< AND THE SEQUENCES IN COLOUR ARE EFFECTIVE AND BEAUTIFUL. (Print Ad- Auckland Star, ((Auckland, NZ)) 7 September 1929)

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Genres:

Western | Adventure | Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 February 1929 (USA)

Also Known As:

Rothaut

Filming Locations:

Acoma Pueblo, Acoma, New Mexico, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$472,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

82 min

Sound Mix:

Silent

Color:

Black and White (reels 2 & 3) (Sepiatone) Color (2-strip Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Of its 7643 feet total length, 4463 feet were shot in 2-strip Technicolor.

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Alternate Versions

The American Film Institute's print of Redskin, in the Library of Congress, contains Technicolor sequences and amber tints over the rest of the scenes.

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Connections

Referenced in Ratskin (1929)

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Soundtracks

Redskin
(uncredited)
Music by J.S. Zamecnik
Lyrics by Harry D. Kerr
Sung during the opening credits by an unidentified female singer

User Reviews

More interesting as a document then as a story

Wing Foot, son of a Navaho chief, is forced to attend a US Government run Indian school. There he falls in love with the Pueblo Corn Blossom and pledges to marry her. They are separated when she is called home on a pretense and forced to marry a tribe member. Wing Foot soon realizes that he will never be accepted by White society and returns home. After many tribulations, he brings peace between the Navahos and Pueblos and gets to marry Corn Blossom.

One of a number of pictures made in the 1920's and 1930's that put a melodramatic story in an exotic setting.

Unusual for being sympathetic to the Indians, who are poorly treated by the US Government and by most Whites.

Most interesting for showing Navaho and Pueblo costumes and material culture of the time.