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	The Vanishing American Paramount Released: October 15, 1925 10 Reels
	Directed by George B. Seitz From The Novel Written By Zane Grey Adapted by Lucien Hubbard Scenario by Ethel Doherty Photographed by C. Edgar Schoenbaum & Harry Perry Cast Nophai .... Richard Dix Marion Warner .... Lois Wilson Booker .... Noah Beery Capt. Earl Ramsdall .... Malcolm McGregor Shoie .... Charles Stevens Nasja .... Son Of Man Hammer Nocki .... George Magrill Gekin Yashi .... Shannon Day Amos Halliday .... Charles Crockett Bart Wilson .... Bert Woodruff Do Etin .... Bernard Seigel Kit Carson .... Guy Oliver Jay Lord .... Joe Ryan Rhur .... Bruce Gordon Glendon .... Richard Howard Naylor .... John Webb Dillon

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The Vanishing American

The story of the Indians since the coming of the white man has been a pitiful tale of a once triumphant people reduced to slavery. Their one recourse is to go on the warpath occasionally.

There are at first glimpses of the prehistoric inhabitants of this country beginning with the basket weavers, then the slab-house men and in more detail the cliff dwellers. Hundreds of persons are used in these scenes which depict a big community dwelling with the inhabitants grown lazy and then the coming of the Indians who wiped them out of existence.

There is a stirring battle scene with scores of men swarming up the cliffs and engaging in hand-to-hand encounter and the air filled with flying arrows. Then is shown the coming of the white man, a handftil of Spaniards and the interesting fact is brought out that they were able to subdue the Indian hordes because the Indians had never seen horses and believing them to be magic monsters considered the white men as gods.

The scene changes to 1860 with the Indians finally subdued by the U. S. soldiers under the leadership of the famous scout Kit Carson.

The modern story opens in the winter of 1916-17 -- on the Navajo reservation. The Indian, who was as free as the wind, has been fifty years under the "protection" of his white conqueror, a kind of protection that has left him a barren, desolate reservation. There is only one pleasant valley with running water that assures the tribe food and water for their stock.

The Indian agent is all wrapped up in red tape and leaves most of the active work to his crooked assistant, Noah Beery, who lately has been condemning the best of the Indians' horses, giving their owners $25 apiece for them and selling them for $100 each.

Richard Dix, the last of a long line of chiefs, sees Beery's men taking away the fine pony of Nasja, a 10-year-old Indian boy, and interferes but the horse is taken anyway. Dix complains to the agent who testily refers him to Beery. Dix finds Beery in the schoolyard, forcing his attention, under the pretext of business, upon the young white teacher, Lois Wilson. Seeing Beery annoying Miss Wilson, Dix almost comes to a clash with him. Gekin Yashi, a young Indian girl who loves Dix although he is unaware of it, sees Dix and Miss Wilson together, and at first, is jealous but the fire of her jealousy dies down for she admires the white girl.

After school the next day, Beery enters the schoolhouse. His attentions are repulsed and he takes Miss Wilson in his arms, attempting to kiss her. Dix, returning some books, sees the attack, dashes in, kicks Beery over and the battle starts. Two of Beery's henchmen, passing the school, see the fight through the window and rush in. In a bitter fight, Dix whips them, leaps through the window and escapes to the hills.

A few weeks later, Malcolm McGregor, an American army captain, arrives to buy horses for the government's use in the world war. The Indians refuse to bring in their horses, fearing they will be cheated. Finally Miss Wilson tells the agent that Dix is the one man who can induce his people to bring their horses and that she will get word to him if the agent will promise him safety.

Two weeks later, Dix arrives at the head of a long column of Navajos riding horses and leading others. They not only sell their horses to the government but enlist themselves. Overseas, Dix becomes a sergeant in the company commanded by McGregor. Both are in love with Miss Wilson. She herself is in love with Dix although she does not realize it.

McGregor's company is cut off at the front and after a white runner is killed and McGregor severely wounded, the latter sends Dix across no man's land to report the crippled company's position Dix makes a successful run and leads the infantry to the position. While they wait for the support of the artillery barrage, he slips forward, brings McGregor back and saves his life. Dix hear McGregor speak Miss Wilson's name in such a way that he know the white man is in love with her.

Then the return. A little handful of Indians, still in uniforr, with Dix, comes to the agency and finds Beery in charge, the green fields fenced off and white men working them, the hogans falling into ruins and the people back in the hills. Beery tells Dix, Miss Wilson went East to marry McGregor.

Dix finds little Gekin Yashi dead -- Beery's fault. He goes into the hills to pray for guidance.

Miss Wilson returns to the reservation unexpectedly and tells Beery she is not married to McGregor.

During Dix's absence in the hills, his people declare war and march on the agency town. Dix returns in time to see the Indians and makes up his mind to warn the whites and try to prevent the raid. He sees Miss Wilson and is more anxious to save the whites.

Beery turns machine guns on the Indians and mows then down mercilessly. Dix runs into the street and is himself killed by a bullet fired by Beery. This stops everything. Little Gekin Yashi's father kills Beery with an arrow.

As Dix lies on the ground dying, he tells his people to go back to their hogans and submit -- it is inevitable. They are awed by his words and promise to obey. McGregor arrives --too late-- with word that Beery has been deposed as agent.

Dix dies with Miss Wilson's and McGregor's loving eye upon him.

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The Vanishing American was the first Richard Dix film available on DVD.

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