The full title for this film is "The Female of the Species: A Psychological Tragedy".
Wow, is this a bizarre film. It begins with a man and three women leaving their mining camp to head for supplies--they're out of food and water and it's in what looks like the desert of California. Soon after leaving, and does this appear out of no where, the man attacks one of the women because he's a pervert. However, when his wife and one of the other women return to see this happening, two odd things happen. First, they think the lady came on to the man! Second, and this is truly strange, the guy just up and dies when they return in some sort of apoplectic fit or heart attack or something! Talk about a contrived plot!!! So, they bury him (why--he IS a potential source of food) and the two women grudgingly take her with them.
The next day, an American-Indian man and woman are stumbling about in the desert as well. This is actually pretty funny, as the Indian lady overacts horribly--I mean REAAALLLY horribly. To shut her up, the guy tries to steal some supplied from a couple cowboys and is shot for his efforts. Soon, the three women happen upon the Indian lady. She's dead but her child is alive--and the three put aside their hatred to take the child with them back to civilization in a strange and somewhat happy ending! Overall, an odd but entertaining film. Note that one of the three women (not the wife but the sister-in-law) is played by a young Mary Pickford.
Wow, is this a bizarre film. It begins with a man and three women leaving their mining camp to head for supplies--they're out of food and water and it's in what looks like the desert of California. Soon after leaving, and does this appear out of no where, the man attacks one of the women because he's a pervert. However, when his wife and one of the other women return to see this happening, two odd things happen. First, they think the lady came on to the man! Second, and this is truly strange, the guy just up and dies when they return in some sort of apoplectic fit or heart attack or something! Talk about a contrived plot!!! So, they bury him (why--he IS a potential source of food) and the two women grudgingly take her with them.
The next day, an American-Indian man and woman are stumbling about in the desert as well. This is actually pretty funny, as the Indian lady overacts horribly--I mean REAAALLLY horribly. To shut her up, the guy tries to steal some supplied from a couple cowboys and is shot for his efforts. Soon, the three women happen upon the Indian lady. She's dead but her child is alive--and the three put aside their hatred to take the child with them back to civilization in a strange and somewhat happy ending! Overall, an odd but entertaining film. Note that one of the three women (not the wife but the sister-in-law) is played by a young Mary Pickford.