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5/10
Miscegenation
boblipton7 July 2012
That's what this movie is about. Lester Cuneo was discovered as a toddler by a couple of Sioux and raised as their son. Now grown, he has been attending college back east and has fallen in love with Francelia Billington. But because everyone thinks he is a dirty redskin, her father won't let them marry. Cuneo, thinking he is a full-blooded Sioux, plays it like a wooden Indian, while Miss Billington throws the occasional fit.

That being the sort of movie this is, the question for the modern viewer is how is the photography? In the hands of cinematographer Floyd Jackman, it's pretty good in the outdoor shots, with some very nice scenery. The interiors are good, if a trifle old fashioned even for the year this was made, with lots of portrait shots.
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4/10
One for Lafe McKee Fans!
JohnHowardReid24 August 2012
Warning: Spoilers
"Blazing Arrows" (1922) is mainly of curiosity value for die-hard western fans like myself who are anxious to see every western ever made, no matter how corny, imitative, or lacking in production values it may be. "Blazing Arrows" certainly falls into all three of these categories, to which you can add rotten acting. Even ever-reliable Lafe McKee lets us down with a nothing performance, but he's a darn sight more professional than the rest of the players who hog the camera and seem to imagine they're playing in a third-rate music hall or a minor Hal Roach farce rather than a movie that takes its boisterous shenanigans seriously. As for the title, I remember seeing an arrow or two, but I don't recall that any of them were "blazing". But that's just one more disappointment in what turned out to be a very disappointing movie with virtually nothing to offer but its curiosity appeal.
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