The Red, Red Heart

Overview

Concerned about the failing health of Rhoda Tuttle, his fiancée, John DeWitt takes her to the lavish Arizona home of his friends, Jack and Katherine Newman. Although the Newmans try to cheer Rhoda, who has lost her parents in a train wreck, she remains listless and melancholy. While walking in the desert, Rhoda is bitten by a tarantula but is saved by Kut-le, a Yale-educated Indian employed as a superintendent on Newman's irrigation project. Because of his strong belief in the curative effects of life in the desert, Kut-le kidnaps Rhoda and forces her to live in a manner far removed from the comforts and confinements of civilization.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

April 8, 1918

Original language

English

Production

Universal Film Manufacturing Company

Cast

Ruth Clifford,Neola May,Gretchen Lederer,Monroe Salisbury,Allan Sears,Monte Blue,Val Paul

Director

Wilfred Lucas

Writer

Bess Meredyth,Honore Morrow

Cinematography

Allen G. Siegler,Dal Clawson

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0009540