Hiawatha (film)

Hiawatha is a 1952 American film based on the 1855 epic poem The Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, centering on Native Americans in pre-Columbian times. Directed by Kurt Neumann, with stars Vincent Edwards and Yvette Dugay, it became the final feature produced by the low-budget Monogram Pictures, a mainstay of Hollywood's Poverty Row.

Plot

Hiawatha, a member of the Ojibway tribe, is on a peace mission to the Dakotah tribe. He meets and falls in love with Minnehaha. The romance is obstructed by a threatened war between the two tribes, instigated by a hot-headed Ojibway tribe member. The war is averted and Hiawatha learns that he is actually the long-missing son of the Dakotah chief.

Cast

  • Vincent Edwards as Hiawatha
  • Yvette Dugay as Minnehaha
  • Keith Larsen as Pau Pukkeewis
  • Gene Iglesias as Chibiabos
  • Armando Silvestre as Kwasind
  • Michael Tolan as Ajawac
  • Ian MacDonald as Chief Megissogwon
  • Katherine Emery as Nokomis
  • Morris Ankrum as Iagoo
  • Stephen Chase as Lakku
  • Stuart Randall as Mudjekeewis
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    Hiawatha

    by: Laurie Anderson

    By the shores of Gitche Gumee
    By the shining big, sea water
    Downward through the evening twilight
    In the days that are forgotten
    From the land of sky blue waters
    And I said: Hello Operator, get me Memphis Tennessee
    And she said: I know who you're tryin' to call darlin'
    And he's not home he's been away
    But you can hear him on the airwaves
    He's howlin' at the moon
    Yeah this is your country station
    And honey this next one's for you.
    And all along the highways
    And under the big western sky
    They're singin' Ooo oooooo
    They're singin' Wild Blue.
    And way out on the prairie
    And up in the high chaparral
    They hear a voice it says: Good evening
    This is Captain Midnight speaking
    And I've got a song for you
    Goes somethin' like this:
    Starlight Starbright
    We're gonna hang some new stars in the heavens tonight.
    They're gonna circle by day
    They're gonna fly by night
    We're goin' sky high. Yoo Hooooo hooo.
    Yeah yoo hooo Ooo Hooooooooo
    So good night ladies
    And good night gentlemen
    Keep those cards and letters coming
    And please don't call again.
    Geronimo and little Nancy
    Marilyn and John F. dancing
    Uncle took the message
    And it's written on the wall.
    These are pictures of the houses
    Shining in the midnight moonlight
    While the King sings Love Me Tender.
    And all along the watchtowers
    And under the big western sky
    They're singing Yoo Hooooo
    They're singing Wild Blue.
    And way, way up there, bursting in air
    Red rockets, bright red glare
    From the land of sky blue waters
    Sent by freedom's sons and daughters.
    We're singing Ooo Hoooooooo
    We're singing Wild Blue.
    We're singing Ooo Hoooooooo Ooo Hooooooooo
    And dark behind it rose the forest
    Rose the black and gloomy pine trees
    Rose the firs with Cones upon them
    And right before it beat the water
    Beat the clear and sunny water




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