A man plans to seek revenge on his wealthy family, who were responsible for his fiance’s suicide. He lands up at a saloon, where he is shot by an Indian. There he meets Tonita, a nurse. He proposes marriage to Tonita – a perfect revenge for his prejudice family. They marry and he takes her to New York, in full Indian dress hoping to embarrass the family.
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One of Ann's earliest roles. And one of sixteen films Ann appeared in during 1934.
this film is awesome guys well worth watching. thankyou good old movies
Entertaining and amusing, too!
Oh, brother! Fascinating relic, in its way. Heavy handed and absurd and overdone and overwrought and very telling of its time – and these times. The prejudices that abound now and then and the insanities of such prejudice.. The fat man whose heart she threatens to cut out is a piece of acting so overplayed it stops short even a hint of reality that might exist. Happy ending, out of the blue.
Overwrought??????????
The perspective of one who lives in the time of soulless, emotionless zombies………. thinking all is normal.
Very nice.
Sylvia Sidney stars in this vintage early talkie along with Gene Raymond. Her final role was in "Mars Attacks" playing grandma, who's love of the recording of "Indian Love Call", which she plays over and over again, causes the Martian's brains to explode.
They stuck poor Dean Jagger in an Indian outfit but fast forward and watch him in the fine WW2 movie classic "Twelve-O'clock High" starring Gregory Peck. Excellent performance.
What a dark, sad beginning. It's almost Shakespearean in its tragedy.
This stinks! Your watching a movie and it just stops!!
'So like her kind!' Oh, those Park Avenue iron maidens…
Gene Raymond was such a cutie when he was this young. And Ann Sheridan was just a baby. I'd never seen her with such dark hair. Looking at google images, some of her earliest publicity shots picture a dark, blown-out bob (a la Norma Shearer) while in another, it's ash blonde and brushed back smooth. With that facial structure, any style looks striking. Lovely!
As for the rest… I'm glad I didn't read the synopsis first; I'd have never gone for it. That was… er… something else.
not only she's so pretty, she also had talent, she was really really great actress. sometimes people forget that fact and it's worth reminding, worth repeating, that behind this beautiful face was a legendary actress. she had a lot of presence on screen. you simply can't take your eyes off her, she was like a magnet…and those cute pigtails, gee, what a babe!
Laura Hope Crewes was part of the army of actors recruited from Broadway in the wake of the talkies.
Surprisingly advanced for its time in its depiction of a fully developed Native American who effortlessly entrances NYC's 1% — not to mention such a sympathetic depiction of an interracial romance. Wow. Great find.
She is unbelievably gorgeous, was he blind? Anyways she had it all! This movie had me LOL and in the verge of tears what an amazing watch!
What a great opportunity to see some of the stable of fine character actors at Paramount in the early 1930s. H. B. Warner, Dean Jagger, Eric Blore, the wonderful Charles Middleton (AKA Emperor Ming the Merciless), and even an appearance by Eddie "Rochester" Anderson. Such a feast!
What a wild plot!!!! Gene Raymond was always a favorite, I met him a few times at golf tournaments in his later years. One of the few blond men of the old days. Sylvia was so Myrna Loy-esq.
Wow!! That Was Sylvia Sydney?? Boy,she Was Beautiful!! Gene Raymond Was Such a handsome person! Wasn't Jeanette MacDonald&he married? This began as a "far-fetched" plot to me,however,as the movie progressed,I became more involved& interested in the story line.Thanks4 Showing this Very Good Film!!