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Laughing Boy

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Original title

Laughing Boy

Year

1934

Running time

79 min.

Country

United States

Director

W.S. Van Dyke

Screenwriter

John Colton, John Lee Mahin. Novel: Oliver La Farge

Cast

Music

Herbert Stothart

Cinematography

Lester White (B&W)

Producer

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Genre

Drama. Romance. Western

Synopsis

Laughing Boy, is a Navaho from a remote part of the reservation, while Slim Girl was raised by whites in a town and lives as a white man's mistress. They meet at a pow-wow and marry, in spite of the disapproval of Laughing Boy's family. Slim Girl tries to be a good Indian wife, but is tempted to fall back on her old ways. The novel won the Pulitzer Prize for 1929.

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Laughing Boy

1934

W.S. Van Dyke