Betty Harte survives the massacre of her family, but marauding Indians on the trail of her and Hobart Bosworth soon have them cornered. A solid Selig western which Bosworth, who would become an important leading man for the next decade, also directed.
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Exciting and Well-Directed
boblipton10 March 2016
Indians attack and massacre a wagon train. Betty Harte, the lone survivor, finds Hobart Bosworth and they try to hold off the savages in this well-directed and exciting short subject.
Miss Harte is a bit over the top -- as might be expected fleeing for her life -- but director-star Bosworth, as well as the rest of the cast, are just fine. Their performances, in which they largely do whatever it is they are doing, give this movie a reality which is immensely compelling.
Bosworth had a long and successful career in the movies, first for Selig, then for his own company, which was merged into what would become Paramount. His leading career would last through the early 1920s, and he would remain an important supporting actor until his death in 1943.
Miss Harte is a bit over the top -- as might be expected fleeing for her life -- but director-star Bosworth, as well as the rest of the cast, are just fine. Their performances, in which they largely do whatever it is they are doing, give this movie a reality which is immensely compelling.
Bosworth had a long and successful career in the movies, first for Selig, then for his own company, which was merged into what would become Paramount. His leading career would last through the early 1920s, and he would remain an important supporting actor until his death in 1943.
Somewhat more interesting than the usual run of such
deickemeyer3 June 2016
An Indian melodrama, which, although it seemed a bit too loosely made, and dragged in several places, is, nevertheless, somewhat more interesting than the usual run of such. The girl is not shown as doing any signal deed of courage; she courageously helped a prospector fight off a large band of the reds. She had met this prospector in the brush; herself an only survivor of a little group of settlers whom these Indians had just wiped out. The prospector and she are cornered, a bit later, and have a sharp fight with the murderous band, but beat them off. The girl is wounded by a brave, who crept up near them unawares but was killed by the man. Herbert Bosworth plays the prospector. I don't remember ever seeing him make any blunder that mattered in any other picture. In this film, with the intention of producing a pathetic picture, he clasps the now wounded heroine in his arms, holds her tightly, and fires over her shoulder, without realizing that she is his shield and protects him from bullets. There are some good, well made scenes, and some interesting backgrounds; but the photography is not quite as clear as in the best pictures. It is a commendable picture. - The Moving Picture World, December 16, 1911
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