The Werewolf (1913) is a silent film short that is considered the first werewolf film.[1] It was directed by Henry MacRae, produced by Bison Film Company, and released by Universal Film Manufacturing Company.[2] The script is by Ruth Ann Baldwin, based on the short story "The Werewolves" (1898) by Henry Beaugrand.[3] It is now considered a lost film,[4] all prints supposedly having been destroyed in a 1924 fire at Universal Studios.[5][6][7]
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Directed by | Henry MacRae |
Written by | Ruth Ann Baldwin |
Produced by | Bison Film Company |
Starring | Clarence Burton Marie Walcamp Phyllis Gordon Lule Warrenton Sherman Bainbridge William Clifford |
Distributed by | Universal Film Manufacturing Company |
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Running time | 18 minutes |
Country | United States |
Languages | Silent film English intertitles |
Kee-On-Ee, a Navajo woman, becomes a witch after erroneously believing that her husband has abandoned her. She teaches the same skills to her daughter Watuma, who transforms into a wolf to carry out vengeance against the invading white settlers. Then, 100 years after Watuma's death, she returns from the dead to kill again.