The Werewolf (1913 film)

The Werewolf
Directed by	Henry MacRae
Produced by	Bison Film Company
Written by	Ruth Ann Baldwin
Starring	Clarence Burton Marie Walcamp Phyllis Gordon Lule Warrenton Sherman Bainbridge William Clifford
Distributed by	Universal Studios (as Universal Films)
Release dates	December 13, 1913 (1913-12-13)
Running time	18 minutes (540 m)
Country	United States
Language	Silent film English intertitles

The Werewolf (1913) is a silent film short that is considered the first werewolf film and the earliest film of the Universal Monsters series. It was directed by Henry MacRae, produced by Bison Film Company, and released by Universal Studios. The script is by Ruth Ann Baldwin, based on the short story "The Werewolves" (1898) by Henry Beaugrand. It is now considered a lost film, all prints supposedly having been destroyed in a 1924 fire at Universal Studios.

Plot

Kee-On-Ee, 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.

Cast

• Clarence Burton – Ezra Vance, Prospector and Trail Blazer
• Marie Walcamp – Kee-On-Ee (as a young woman)
• Phyllis Gordon – Watuma, daughter of Kee-On-Ee
• Lule Warrenton – Kee-On-Ee (years later)
• Sherman Bainbridge – Stone Eye
• William Clifford – Jack Ford

See also

• List of lost films

External links

• The Werewolf at IMDb
• The Werewolf at AllMovie