The Werewolf (1913 film)

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The Werewolf
Directed by Henry MacRae
Written by Ruth Ann Baldwin
Starring Clarence Burton
Marie Walcamp
Phyllis Gordon
Lule Warrenton
Sherman Bainbridge
William Clifford
Release date(s) December 13, 1913
Running time 18 min.
Country Flag of the United States United States
Language Silent film
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The Werewolf is a 1913 silent short that is the first werewolf film, directed by Henry MacRae. It is also a lost film, all prints supposedly having been destroyed in a 1924 fire. The script is by Ruth Ann Baldwin, based on the short story The Werewolves by Henry Beaugrand.

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A Navajo woman becomes a witch after erroneously coming to believe that her husband has abandoned her. She teaches the same skills to her daughter Watuma, who transforms into a wolf in order to carry out vengeance against the invading white settlers. Then, 100 years after Watuma's death, she returns from the dead to kill again.

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