The Third Woman

Routine entry in the Ramona, Squaw Man cycle with star Blackwell less grotesque when younger here as the product of the unions of an Eastern States business man and an Indian mother. ("Luke has some of the desert in him. Some day he'll hear the call")

This one starts like a society drama then picks up with village life second unit of grinding flour for corn bread as an introduction to "Sun baked pueblos neath the painted mesas." However the western segment is also static. The Indian fiancé gets little time in the Reservation School material where Blackwell has become a teacher to connect with his heritage.

We get Lovely as the Third Woman who sets out after Blackwell in a Prairie Schooner and Walter Long (BIRTH OF A NATION) as the blackmailing bandit who Carlyle fights though he's been shot, in the finale.

Competent dullish direction by Swickard who once handled HELLS HINGES. There are the usual attempts at style - masking and irises and a painting that comes to life.