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In the Land of the War Canoes
Also known as In the Days of the Head Hunters and In the Land of the Head Hunters in the USA
(1914) United States of America
B&W : Four reels
Directed by Edward S. Curtis
Cast: Maggie Frank [princess]
Seattle Film Company production; distributed by World Film Manufacturing Company. / Produced by Edward S. Curtis. Scenario by Edward S. Curtis. Cinematography by Edmund August Schwinke. Music score by John J. Braham. / © 7 December 1914 by Edward Sheriff Curtis [LU3709]. World premieres, 7 December 1914 at the Casino Theatre in New York, New York, and at the Moore Theatre in Seattle, Washington. Released 7 December 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was rereleased in the USA in a six-reel version as In the Days of the Head Hunters in 1915. A new version was edited by Bill Holm and George Quimby from incomplete and damaged surviving materials and reissued as In the Land of the War Canoes in 1973.
Documentary-Drama.
Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.2167.
Survival status: Prints exist [incomplete].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Abductions - Alaska territory - Canada: British Columbia - Canoes - Chases - Native Americans: Kwakiutl tribe - Pacific Northwest - Rescues - Weddings
Listing updated: 4 May 2025.
References: AFI-F1 n. F1.2167 : ClasIm-204 p. 3; ClasIm-224 p. 10 : Website-IMDb; Website-Wikipedia.
Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.
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