Tom Mix, Kathryn Williams, and Joseph W. Girard in Selig scene still. | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society

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Tom Mix, Kathryn Williams, and Joseph W. Girard in Selig scene still.

Tom Mix, Kathryn Williams, and Joseph W. Girard in Selig scene still. | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society
In this scene still from the 1911 Selig silent film "Back to the Primitive," a group of four men dressed for safari (pith helmets, jungle jackets, puttees) aided by two natives (who appear to be played by American Indians) have killed a lion in order to rescue a man and a woman dressed as castaways in ragged clothes and animal skins. The young man in pith helmet and dark shirt is John Wilton, played by Tom Mix. His sister, Helen Wilton, played by Kathlyn Williams, wears a leopard skin and is embraced by Will Carson, played by Charles Clary, in ragged clothes.

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DESCRIPTION
In this scene still from the 1911 Selig silent film "Back to the Primitive," a group of four men dressed for safari (pith helmets, jungle jackets, puttees) aided by two natives (who appear to be played by American Indians) have killed a lion in order to rescue a man and a woman dressed as castaways in ragged clothes and animal skins. The young man in pith helmet and dark shirt is John Wilton, played by Tom Mix. His sister, Helen Wilton, played by Kathlyn Williams, wears a leopard skin and is embraced by Will Carson, played by Charles Clary, in ragged clothes.
RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:103681
Creation Date: 1911
Creator Name:Selig Polyscope Company
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Collection Name:WCFTR Film Title File
Genre:Photograph
Original Format Type:photographic print, b&w
Original Format Number:TF Back to the Primitive
Original Dimensions:8 X 6 Inches
SUBJECTS
Lions
Actors
Actresses
Silent films
Costume
Hunting
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