The Silent Enemy (1930)
August 2, 1930Release Date
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Chief Yellow Robe
Chetoga - Tribe Leader
Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance
Baluk - Mighty Hunter
Chief Akawanush
Dagwan - Medicine Man
Mary Alice Nelson Archambaud
Neewa - Chetoga's Daughter
Cheeka
Cheeka - Chetoga's Son
Mali Spotted Elk
Actress
H.P. Carver
Director
W. Douglas Burden
Writer
Richard Carver
Writer
Earl M. Welch
Assistant Director
Julian Johnson
Writer
William C. Chanler
Producer
Marcel Le Picard
Cinematographer
Media.
Details.
Release DateAugust 2, 1930
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 24m
Content RatingNR
Genres
Wiki.
The Silent Enemy is a 1930 American silent film directed by H.P. Carver and written by W. Douglas Burden, Richard Carver and Julian Johnson. The drama stars Chauncey Yellow Robe (billed as "Chief Yellow Robe"), Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance, Chief Akawanush and Mary Alice Nelson Archambaud. It premiered on May 19, 1930 at the Criterion Theater in New York City and was later distributed by Paramount Pictures in August of the same year.The story dramatizes a famine experienced by the post-classical Ojibwe tribe and its leaders (the tribe is anglicized as "Ojibway" in the film). It also depicts a power struggle between skilled hunter Baluk and corrupt medicine man Dagwan.Before the film begins, Chauncey Yellow Robe greets the audience with a sound speech, in which he explains the tribe's connection to the story and expresses hope for the Ojibwe tribe's history and future.
According to the 26 Dec 1930 Motion Picture Daily, it was filmed in the “timber limits” outside Arnprior, Ontario, while another source cites Lake Temagami as the location. 200 indigenous people were employed in the film's production.