Comata, the Sioux (1909)
Directed by D.W. Griffith
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Synopsis by Hans J. Wollstein
Indian maiden Clear Eyes (Marion Leonard) makes the mistake of marrying a white man, Bud Watkins (Arthur Johnson), who leaves her for a rich white girl (Linda Arvidson). Happily, an old flame, Indian Brave Comata (James Kirkwood), brings her back home to the Black Hills of Dakota. This early Biograph one-reel Western melodrama was filmed at Cuddebackville, New York, in early August of 1909 and has been preserved in the paper print collection of the Library of Congress.