The Werewolf (1913 film)
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The Werewolf | |
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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 | United States |
Language | Silent film English intertitles |
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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.
[edit] Plot summary
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.