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Hiawatha
(1909) United States of America
B&W : One reel / 988 feet
Directed by William Ranous

Cast: Gladys Hulette, William Ranous

Independent Moving Pictures Company, Incorporated [IMP] production. / From a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. / Released 25 October 1909. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The first IMP production. [?] Hirschhorn-Universal p. 9 states that the film was shot in Coytesville, New Jersey. The poem was subsequently filmed as Hiawatha (1913).

Drama: Western.

Survival status: Print exists in the UCLA Film and Television Archive film archive [35mm nitrate positive (M26480), 35mm safety duplicate negative (M26314), 35mm safety positive (M27519)].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Native Americans

Listing updated: 29 January 2025.

References: Blum-Silent p. 13; Edmonds-BigU pp. 23-24, 25; Hirschhorn-Universal pp. 9, 10.