Product Details
- SKU: MILEBD00146
- Format: BLU-RAY DISC
- UPC: 784148014654
- Street Date: 07/19/16
- PreBook Date: 06/14/16
- Label: Milestone Films »
- Genre: Western
- Run Time: 80 mins
- Number of Discs: 1
- Audio: STEREO
- Year of Production: 1920
- Region Code: 0
- Box Lot: 30
- Territory: US
- Language: English
Cast & Crew
- Actors:
- Belo Cozad
- Em-koy-e-tie
- Hunting Horse
- Director: Norbert Myles
Product Assets
The Daughter Of Dawn
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THE DAUGHTER OF DAWN is an 80-minute, six-reel silent film that was shot in May, June, and July of 1920 in the Wichita Mountains of southwest Oklahoma. The story, played by an all-Native American cast of 300 Kiowas and Comanches, includes a romantic rivalry, buffalo hunts, a battle, village scenes, dances, deceit, courage, hand-to-hand combat, and even a happy ending. The Native American actors, who in 1920 had been living on reservations for less than fifty years, brought with them their own tipis, horses, clothing, and material culture. White Parker, the film's male lead, and Wanada Parker, who appears in a supporting role, were two of the 25 children of legendary Comanche chief, Quannah Parker. Chief Parker has recently been profiled in two nonfiction bestsellers, S. C. Gwynne's Empire of the Sun and Glenn Frankel's The Searchers. Parker was a son of chief Peta Nocona and Cynthia Ann Parker, who like the character in the John Ford movie, was kidnapped as a young girl and later married and identified as a Comanche. The film was directed by a young director, Norbert Myles and written by Richard E. Banks who had spent 25 years living with various tribes. It is fascinating that, by accident or design, the film's plot hinges on story on a very similar to Quannah Parker's real encounter with his first wife.
