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The Squaw Man


Date: 1931
Type: Drama / Western / Romance
Rating: 3 Stars 3/5
Colour: Black and White
Director: Cecil B DeMille
Producer: Cecil B DeMille

Comment/Synopsis

An Englishman (Warner Baxter) takes the blame for another man stealing from an orphan fund, escapes to the mid west of America where he has an affair with a native American woman (Lupe Velez) despite being in love with a married woman in England. This is Cecil B DeMille's sound remake of of his earlier silent 1914 version of the story. The plot has its problems as it cuts between stiff upper lip British aristocracy and a ranch in the American west. Lupe Velez gives the most convincing performance and there is a solid performance from Warner Baxter.

Oscars

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Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer