Captain John Smith and Pocahontas
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Captain John Smith and Pocahontas is a 1953 American
historical film directed by Lew Landers
. The distributor was United Artists
. It stars Anthony Dexter
, Jody Lawrance
and Alan Hale. It depicts the foundation of the Jamestown Colony in Virginia
by English
settlers and the relationship between John Smith and Pocahontas
. She married John Rolfe
in real life. It is also known by the alternative title
Burning Arrows. Christopher Newport
and Samuel Argall
do not appear in this motion picture.
Cinema of the United States
The cinema of the United States, also known as Hollywood, has had a profound effect on cinema across the world since the early 20th century. Its history is sometimes separated into four main periods: the silent film era, classical Hollywood cinema, New Hollywood, and the contemporary period...
historical film directed by Lew Landers
Lew Landers
Lew Landers was a prolific American film and television director.-Biography:Born Louis Friedlander in New York City, he began his movie career as an actor. In 1914 he appeared in two features, D. W. Griffith's The Escape and the comedy short Admission -- Two Pins, opposite Glen White, under his...
. The distributor was United Artists
United Artists
United Artists Corporation is an American film studio. The original studio of that name was founded in 1919 by D. W. Griffith, Charles Chaplin, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks....
. It stars Anthony Dexter
Anthony Dexter
Anthony John "Tony" Dexter was an American actor known for his resemblance of Rudolph Valentino, whom he portrayed in the 1951 biographic Valentino. Dexter sometimes used the pseudonym Walter Craig...
, Jody Lawrance
Jody Lawrance
Jody Lawrance , whose birth name was Nona Josephine Goddard , was an American actor who starred in many Hollywood adventures during the '50s through the early '60s.-Biography:...
and Alan Hale. It depicts the foundation of the Jamestown Colony in Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
by English
Kingdom of England
The Kingdom of England was, from 927 to 1707, a sovereign state to the northwest of continental Europe. At its height, the Kingdom of England spanned the southern two-thirds of the island of Great Britain and several smaller outlying islands; what today comprises the legal jurisdiction of England...
settlers and the relationship between John Smith and Pocahontas
Pocahontas
Pocahontas was a Virginia Indian notable for her association with the colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia. She was the daughter of Chief Powhatan, the head of a network of tributary tribal nations in Tidewater Virginia...
. She married John Rolfe
John Rolfe
John Rolfe was one of the early English settlers of North America. He is credited with the first successful cultivation of tobacco as an export crop in the Colony of Virginia and is known as the husband of Pocahontas, daughter of the chief of the Powhatan Confederacy.In 1961, the Jamestown...
in real life. It is also known by the alternative title
Alternative title
An alternative title is a film distribution device. Films are commonly released under a different title when they are screened or sold in a different country. This can vary from small alteration to the title, such as the addition of The, to wholesale changes...
Burning Arrows. Christopher Newport
Christopher Newport
Christopher Newport was an English seaman and privateer. He is best known as the captain of the Susan Constant, the largest of three ships which carried settlers for the Virginia Company in 1607 on the way to find the settlement at Jamestown in the Virginia Colony, which became the first permanent...
and Samuel Argall
Samuel Argall
Sir Samuel Argall was an English adventurer and naval officer.As a sea captain, in 1609, Argall was the first to determine a shorter northern route from England across the Atlantic Ocean to the new English colony of Virginia, based at Jamestown, and made numerous voyages to the New World...
do not appear in this motion picture.
Main cast
- Anthony DexterAnthony DexterAnthony John "Tony" Dexter was an American actor known for his resemblance of Rudolph Valentino, whom he portrayed in the 1951 biographic Valentino. Dexter sometimes used the pseudonym Walter Craig...
- Captain John Smith - Jody LawranceJody LawranceJody Lawrance , whose birth name was Nona Josephine Goddard , was an American actor who starred in many Hollywood adventures during the '50s through the early '60s.-Biography:...
- Pocahontas (Matoaka) - Alan Hale Jr. - Fleming
- Robert ClarkeRobert ClarkeRobert Irby Clarke was an American actor best known for his cult classic science fiction films of the 1950s.-Early life:...
- John Rolfe - Stuart Randall - Opechanco
- James SeayJames SeayJames Seay was an American character actor who often played minor supporting roles as government officials....
- Edward Maria WingfieldEdward Maria WingfieldSir Edward Maria Wingfield, sometimes hyphenated as Edward-Maria Wingfield, was a soldier, Member of Parliament, and English colonist in America... - Philip Van ZandtPhilip Van ZandtPhilip "Phil" Van Zandt was a Dutch actor of film, stage and television. He made over 220 film and television appearances between 1939 and 1958.-Career:...
- Davis - Shepard MenkenShepard MenkenShepard Menken was an American voice actor and character actor.Menken began his career at the age of 11, when he started appearing on children's radio programs...
- Nantaquas - Douglass DumbrilleDouglass DumbrilleDouglass Dumbrille was a Canadian actor and one of the Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood.-Life and career:...
- Chief PowhatanChief PowhatanChief Powhatan , whose proper name was Wahunsenacawh , was the paramount chief of Tsenacommacah, an alliance of Algonquian-speaking Virginia Indians in the Tidewater region of Virginia at the time English settlers landed at Jamestown in 1607...
(Wahunsonacock) - Anthony EustrelAnthony EustrelAnthony Eustrel was a British actor. His ashes are inurned at Chapel of the Pines Crematory.-Selected filmography:* Under the Red Robe * Second Bureau * The Wife of General Ling * Gasbags...
- King JamesJames I of EnglandJames VI and I was King of Scots as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the English and Scottish crowns on 24 March 1603... - Henry RowlandHenry Rowland (actor)Henry Rowland was an American film actor.-Biography:Rowland had heavily Teutonic facial features, making him an invaluable commodity in wartime films, even though he was born in the American Midwest. Rowland "heiled" and "achtunged" his way through films ranging such as Casablanca to Russ Meyer's...
- Turnbull - Eric Colmar - Kemp
- William Cottrell - Macklin (uncredited)
- Francesca De Scaffa - Indian Maiden (uncredited)
- Joan DixonJoan DixonJoan Dixon was an American film and television actress in the 1950s. She is known for her role in the film noir, Roadblock .-Biography:...
- Indian Maiden (uncredited) - Jack Kenny - Settler who Discovers Gold (uncredited)
- John MaxwellJohn Maxwell (actor)John Maxwell was an American film and television actor who appeared in over 100 films of the 1940s and 1950s. Many times the actor appeared in films uncredited. Occasionally he played larger roles in movies, such as in The Prowler...
- Ship's Doctor (uncredited) - Billy Wilkerson - Sub-Chief (uncredited)