Hiawatha (1913 film)

Hiawatha (1913 film)
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Directed byEdgar Lewis
Based onThe Song of Hiawatha
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Produced byFrank E. Moore
StarringJesse Cornplanter
Soon-goot
CinematographyVictor Milner
Music byJohn Joseph Braham, Sr.
Distributed byStates Rights
Release date
  • March 1913 (1913-03)
Running time
40 minutes (four reels)
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Hiawatha is a 1913 American silent drama film directed by Edgar Lewis and based upon Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's epic poem The Song of Hiawatha (1855). The film stars Jesse Cornplanter of the Seneca people and Soon-goot, a 17-year-old unknown actress. The movie is the first feature film to use a cast of Native Americans.