In the Land of the Head Hunters [SEP] director
In the Land of the Head Hunters
In the Land of the Head Hunters (also called In the Land of the War Canoes) is a 1914 silent film fictionalizing the world of the Kwakwaka'wakw peoples of the Queen Charlotte Strait region of the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada, written and directed by Edward S. Curtis and acted entirely by Kwakwaka'wakw native people.
The film was selected in 1999 for preservation in the US National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, and aesthetically significant.
and Clara Whipple (third wife of director James Young, married and divorced).
Partial filmography.
- "The Brass Bottle" (1914)
- "The Wishing Ring" (1914)
- "The Lure" (1914)
- "In the Land of the Head Hunters" (1914)
- "Uncle Tom's Cabin" (1914)
- "The Boss" (1915)
- "Camille" (1915)
- "The Cub" (1915)