By most accounts, this was the first
werewolf movie ever
filmed. It was released way back in
1913 and was only
18 minutes long. As I'm sure you'd expect, it was a
silent film. It was directed by
Henry MacRae. The
players included
Clarence Burton,
Marie Walcamp,
Phyllis Gordon,
Lule Warrenton,
Sherman Bainbridge, and
William Clifford.
The
plot centers around a
Navajo woman who believes that her husband has left her. She becomes a
witch and raises her daughter to hate all
white men. The daughter gains the ability to
transform into a
wolf and seeks
revenge against the people she's been taught to
hate.
The
werewolf itself was portrayed by a real
wolf, not by an
actor in
makeup.
Most research from the Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com)