James Young Deer

Birth : 1876-04-01, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Death : 1946-04-06

History

Nanticoke filmmaker.

Movies

Lieutenant Daring RN and the Water Rats
Writer
A naval lieutenant saves his fiancée from drug smugglers.
Lieutenant Daring RN and the Water Rats
Director
A naval lieutenant saves his fiancée from drug smugglers.
Under Handicap
Lonesome Pete (as James Youngdeer)
Greek Conniston, after living a life of ease and comfort, is forced by his millionaire father to get a job and earn his own living. While traveling West with his friend Roger Hapgood, Greek meets Argyl Crawford and, entranced by the girl, takes a job on her father's ranch.
The Great Secret
Writer
A wealthy young athlete comes to the aid of a beautiful heiress, whose fortune is being threatened by two arch villains, The Great Master and Doctor Zulph.
The Savage
Director
A short silent film directed by James Joung Deer and starring a very young Bebe Daniels.
The Arrow of Defiance
Director
The U.S. Army orders a small band of Indians to move their camp out of U.S. territory, an order that Sergeant Stewart explains to the Indian chief, Dark Buffalo. The chief rejects the order with an arrow of defiance, the signal of war.
Attack Of The Indians
Director
Little Dove's Romance
A white woodsman rescues Little Dove from danger on two occasions and she crushes out on him... but wiser heads prevail.
The Cheyenne's Bride
The chief of the Sioux and the Cheyennes having fought a duel to the death, there is enmity between the tribes. In consequence, when the son of the Cheyenne chief woos a daughter of the Sioux he is taken prisoner by the men of the latter tribe and about to be killed. He is saved, however, by the girl's interference, but her chief's contempt for her soft-heartedness and desiring to settle the matter, ties her on the back of a wild horse and selecting two other horses gives one to the Cheyenne and one to a Sioux, telling them that the one who catches the maid wins her. A most exciting picture ensues that everyone will enjoy.
The Indian Raid
Director
An 1911 silent western.
The Red Girl and the Child
Director
A cowboy's daughter is kidnapped.
The Red Girl and the Child
Dick Sutton
A cowboy's daughter is kidnapped.
White Fawn's Devotion: A Play Acted by a Tribe of Red Indians in America
Writer
A frantic child reports to the tribal chief that her father killed her mother. The tribe chases and captures the man, dragging him back for tribal justice.
White Fawn's Devotion: A Play Acted by a Tribe of Red Indians in America
Director
A frantic child reports to the tribal chief that her father killed her mother. The tribe chases and captures the man, dragging him back for tribal justice.
The Cowboy and the Schoolmarm
Jess Wilson, a young and pretty school teacher of the "Golden West." is just leaving the little schoolhouse in which she teaches, when Joe Blackburn, a man with a "bad reputation," meets her and forces his attentions upon her, finally proposing marriage. Jess is insulted and orders him away. Blackburn, angry and vindictive, swears he will get her yet. A few nights later, Jim Brady, a cowboy, who is courting Jess, proposes marriage and is accepted. As Jim is slipping an engagement ring on Jess' finger, Blackburn appears and again makes his threat, saying, "You haven't got her yet and you never will." Young Deer, an Indian, and his squaw. Red Wing, are trying to sell some beadwork, when Blackburn, who has been drinking very hard and is in a fighting mood, attacks both of them. Jim Brady, seeing the plight of the Indians, comes to their aid and drives off Blackburn, who is now more determined than ever to get revenge.
Young Deer's Bravery
Short western
The Mended Lute
Indian
In an Indian tribe, a girl escapes from her father and suitor to be with the man she loves.
The Falling Arrow
Director
An outlaw is in love with a Mexican painter's daughter.
The Falling Arrow
Young Deer
An outlaw is in love with a Mexican painter's daughter.