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The New Medicine Man
(1914) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: Art Ortega (Artie Ortego) [Tall Feather, a young doctor], Princess Mona Darkfeather [Laughing Water, Tall Feather’s sweetheart], Big Moon [Chief Roaring Lion, Laughing Water’s father], Jack Messick [Red Moon, Tall Feather’s father]; James Davis (J. Gunnis Davis) [Two Buffalos, the medicine man], Chief Hailstorm
Kalem Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Released 9 May 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama: Western.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Red Moon goes to meet his son. Tall Feather, who is on his way home from medical college. Like Laughing Water, his son’s sweetheart. Red Moon expects to see Tall Feather return a blanketed Indian. When the stagecoach arrives, Red Moon is greeted by an immaculately clad youth. The father stares at the son, who has adopted the white man’s dress. Later, Tall Feather meets Laughing Water. His altered appearance and ways disappoint her bitterly. Tall Feather makes an enemy of Two Buffaloes, the tribal Medicine Man. The latter gazes with suspicion upon the young physician’s method of treating sickness and incites the tribe against him. The red men decide to go on the warpath. Knowing the power of the white men. Tall Feather tries to dissuade his people from their rash step. He is mocked for his pains. Laughing Water adds to his humiliation by striking him across the face when he refuses to don his war paint. Before the tribe can attack the whites, some of their number are stricken with fever. Unable to cure them, Two Buffaloes warns his people to flee. Tall Feather stays with the stricken men. Laughing Water, who has fled with the rest of the tribe, is suddenly taken ill. Knowing the Medicine Man can do nothing for her, the chief sends for Tall Feather. The doctor hastens to his sweetheart’s side. His treatment gradually restores her to health. Two Buffaloes rails against the boy and warns his tribe of the wrath of the gods. Angered, Chief Roaring Lion drives the Medicine Man from camp. Laughing Water realizes that the knowledge Tall Feather has gamed at the white man’s school has saved her life. She begs his forgiveness. Chief Roaring Lion, grateful for Tall Feather’s efforts in saving the tribe from a terrible fate, asks the young doctor to instruct his people in the ways of the white men.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 11 April 2024.
References: Tarbox-Lost p. 197, 279 : Website-IMDb.
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