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Massacre. (1934 film) Massacre is a 1934 American drama film directed by Alan Crosland. The film stars Richard Barthelmess and Ann Dvorak as its Native American protagonists, and also features Charles Middleton, Sidney Toler, Claire Dodd and Clarence Muse .
Massacre: Directed by Alan Crosland. With Richard Barthelmess, Ann Dvorak, Dudley Digges, Claire Dodd. Joe Thunderhorse, a Sioux Indian who has become the wealthy star of a Wild West show, returns home to his reservation after years away and finds that his father is dying and his people are being abused by corrupt white officials.
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- Action, Drama
- Alan Crosland
- 1934-01-20
In William Keighley's "G" Men" (1935), opposite James Cagney (in turnabout mode from thug to federal agent), the actress played the good girl in stark contrast to Margaret Lindsay's gangster's moll, but in Alan Crosland's Massacre (1934), she walked on the wild side as a Native American woman who helps convicted murderer Richard Barthelmess (as a Wild West trick shooter in initial denial of ...
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Oh, hey, it confronts racial prejudice and social issues in that Warner Brothers “let’s be as sensationalistic as possible” way.
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The film’s plea for Indian self regulation and independence were timely, as both were being mimicked in the adaption of the Indian Reorganization Act (IRA) of 1934 was passed almost five months aft...
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This film is part of Warner Archive’s Forbidden Hollywood, Volume 6 collection, which also contains Mandalay and Downstairs. It’s available on Amazon and Warner Archive, and can be rented from Clas...
Cast. Richard Barthelmess Ann Dvorak Dudley Digges Claire Dodd Henry O'Neill Robert Barrat Arthur Hohl Clarence Muse Charles Middleton Tully Marshall Wallis Clark William V. Mong DeWitt Jennings Juliet Ware James Eagles Frank McGlynn Sr. Agnes Narcha Sidney Bracey Iron Eyes Cody. 70 mins More at IMDb TMDb.
- Alan Crosland
- First National Pictures
Aug 23, 2017 · Massacre (1934) received little public attention upon its release. In the decades since, it has gone unexamined by scholars, aside from a few production studies that have pointed to the effects of New Deal ideology and Hays Office censorship in manufacturing the film’s simplistically triumphant conclusion.
Massacre is a 1934 American drama film directed by Alan Crosland. The film stars Richard Barthelmess and Ann Dvorak as its Native American protagonists, and also features Charles Middleton, Sidney Toler, Claire Dodd and Clarence Muse.
