The Heart of Wetona
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About The Heart of Wetona
Wetona, daughter of Comanche chief Quannah and a white mother, admits she has been betrayed by a white lover. She goes to government agent John Hardin. Her father thinks Hardin is the man and orders them to marry. Hardin, who already loves her, agrees, not knowing he has covered for his assistant Tony Wells. Wetona sees that Tony never loved her, and watches him turn coward when Blackfoot riders attack John's house. Quannah learns the truth, stops the raid, apologizes to John, and shoots Tony as he runs. He asks Wetona to come back to the tribe. She stays with her husband.
Cast & crew
More about The Heart of Wetona
Sidney Franklin directed. Mary Murillo wrote the scenario. Joseph M. Schenck produced. Select Pictures distributed it. The New York opening was the week of January 5, 1919, and the Los Angeles opening the week of February 10.
Themes
Preservation
Prints are held in several film archives.
Notes
- Norma Talmadge plays Wetona. Fred Huntley plays Chief Quannah. Thomas Meighan plays John Hardin. Gladden James plays Tony Wells.
- F. A. Turner plays Pastor David Wells. Princess Uwane Yea plays Nauma.
- Wikipedia's one-line plot calls the first man an engineer. AFI names him Tony Wells, Hardin's assistant.
- The film is preserved in several archives. It is not a lost picture.
Scenes
- Quannah mistakes Hardin for the lover and orders the marriage.
- Tony runs during the Blackfoot raid, and Quannah shoots him as he flees.
