A Romance of the Western Hills (1910) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1910 · 16 mins

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Directed by

D.W. Griffith

Starring

Mary Pickford

Adopted by a caring white couple, a young Indian girl is raised as their own, educated and cherished. She falls in love with the couple’s nephew, but learns he is already engaged to a woman of his race. Returning to her people, her former lover attacks the boy in revenge. Upon learning his betrayal, the white boy’s fiancée breaks off the engagement.