The Werewolf (1913 film)

Infobox Film
name = The Werewolf


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director = Henry MacRae
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writer = Ruth Ann Baldwin
starring = Clarence Burton Marie Walcamp Phyllis Gordon Lule Warrenton Sherman Bainbridge William Clifford
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released = December 13, 1913
runtime = 18 min.
country = USA
language = Silent film
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amg_id = 1:149367
imdb_id = 0003526

The Werewolf is a 1913 silent short that is the first werewolf film, directed by Henry MacRae. It is also a lost film, all prints supposedly having been destroyed in a 1924 fire. The script is by Ruth Ann Baldwin, based on the short story "The Werewolves" by Henry Beaugrand.

Plot summary

A Navajo woman becomes a witch after erroneously coming to believe that her husband has abandoned her. She teaches the same skills to her daughter Watuma, who transforms into a wolf in order to carry out vengeance against the invading white settlers. Then, 100 years after Watuma's death, she returns from the dead to kill again.

External links

*imdb title|id=0003526|title=The Werewolf
*" [http://www.werewolf-movies.com/movie.php?MovieID=227 The Werewolf] " at [http://noel.simianzombie.com/ Werewolf Movies]