"Ramona" (1910) - with film
Mary Pickford and Henry Walthall
Directed by D.W. Griffith
Produced by Biograph Company
Scenario by Stanner E. V. Taylor from the novel Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson
Cinematography Billy Bitzer
Starring Mary Pickford, Henry B. Walthall, Kate Bruce, Francis Grandon
Distributed by Biograph Company
Release date May 23, 1910
Running time 16 min.
Country United States
Language Silent, English intertitles
"Ramona", A Story of the White Man’s Injustice to the Indian, is a short drama directed by D. W. Griffith. This film illustrates the work of our star cinematographer Billy Bitzer. Robert Harron also gets credit, but it is difficult to spot him.
Mary Pickford plays a Hispanic girl who falls in love with an Indian. Undeterred by the vehement objections of her mother, she elopes with her man. Then when white settlers drive the Indians from their homes the young family meets a tragic end.
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Ramona
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Henry Walthall sees Mary Pickford and is immediately attracted to her in "Ramona" (1910), directed by D. W. Griffith, cinematographer Billy Bitzer.
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Mary Pickford and Henry Walthall meet face to face for the first time in "Ramona" (1910), directed by D. W. Griffith, cinematographer Billy Bitzer.
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Mary Pickford falls in love with Henry Walthall in "Ramona" (1910), directed by D. W. Griffith, cinematographer Billy Bitzer.
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Mary Pickford and Henry Walthall are separated by her mother Kate Bruce in "Ramona" (1910), directed by D. W. Griffith, cinematographer Billy Bitzer.
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Mary Pickford leaves her home for the man she loves in "Ramona" (1910), directed by D. W. Griffith, cinematographer Billy Bitzer.
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Mary Pickford and Henry Walthall raise a happy family, but an ominous shadow approaches from behind in "Ramona" (1910), directed by D. W. Griffith, cinematographer Billy Bitzer.
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Mary Pickford and Henry Walthall are driven away by white settlers in "Ramona" (1910), directed by D. W. Griffith, cinematographer Billy Bitzer.
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Mary Pickford and Henry Walthall are left homeless and without hope in "Ramona" (1910), directed by D. W. Griffith, cinematographer Billy Bitzer.
Mary Pickford