Ben Selvin & His Orch. - Redskin, 1929
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Ben Selvin & His Orchestra with Vocal refrain – Redskin (J.S.Zamecnik /Harry D. Kerr), Fox-trot 1929 (Columbia, USA)
NOTE: “Redskin” (1928) was the last of the silent films to be made in color in America. It starred Richard Dix as Wing Foot, the son of a Navajo chief who goes off to college and tries to learn the ways of the white people. There he isn't accepted however and returns to his village. When the woman that he loves, a member of a different tribe, is going to be forced to marry another against her will, Wing Foot decides to take matters into his own hands. The film was going to be all color, but the cost of the color stock was too high forcing the director to switch to black and white film for the scenes taking place in the white-man's world.
NOTE: “Redskin” (1928) was the last of the silent films to be made in color in America. It starred Richard Dix as Wing Foot, the son of a Navajo chief who goes off to college and tries to learn the ways of the white people. There he isn't accepted however and returns to his village. When the woman that he loves, a member of a different tribe, is going to be forced to marry another against her will, Wing Foot decides to take matters into his own hands. The film was going to be all color, but the cost of the color stock was too high forcing the director to switch to black and white film for the scenes taking place in the white-man's world.