The Savage (1917 film)

The Savage is a 1917 American silent drama film starring Colleen Moore and Monroe Salisbury that is set in Canada and was directed by Rupert Julian. The film is presumed to be lost.

Shortly after Colleen Moores arrival in Hollywood, the Triangle Film Corporation went through a reorganization with the departure of D. W. Griffith for Europe. Colleens contract was with Griffiths studio, not Triangle, and so she found herself on contract with no projects. She found a part in Universal Bluebirds film The Savage and was given several weeks off from her contract to film her part. In the film, Colleen plays the part of Lizette, a halfbreed like Julio. This would be one of several exotic roles Colleen would play during her career, including her part as a Persian in The Devils Claim. After this film, Colleen went on to work at the Selig Polyscope Company.Like many American films of the time, The Savage was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors required cuts of the holdup and stealing of a letter, two scenes of the holdup of the officer at point of knife, binding the officer to the cabin wall, two closeups of men leering at the young woman after the intertitle Give me a leetle kiss, and three closeups of the halfbreeds face as he looks at the unconscious young woman in the cabin. The Board later made additional cuts in Reelof all closeups of the halfbreed leering at young woman at brookside, all but the first scene of the halfbreed chasing her, the entire incident of halfbreed laying unconscious woman on couchbed including all closeups of mans passionate contortions and girls scared face, intertitle The white mans instinct struggles for supremacy, all other views of couple, and the intertitle Theyll kill you for this. ........

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