Iola's Promise 1912 Directed by DW Griffith Mary Pickford

It's rare to see great quality D.W. Griffith Biograph Films, in this case a remarkable print restored by the Library of Congress. Learn more at TVDAYS.com Iola, an Indian girl, is held captive by a gang of cutthroats. She is rescued by Jack Harper, a prospector. In gratitude, she promises to help him to find gold, and, when his fiancee is about to be burned at the stake by her own tribe, she repays him by sacrificing her own life. Mary Pickford, Alfred Paget, Dorothy Bernard, Frank Opperman, Kate Toncray, William Carroll, Henry Lehrman, Charles Hill Mailes, William J. Butler, Antonio Moreno, Charles Gorman, Kate Bruce, J. Jiquel Lanoe, Charles H. West, Harry Hyde, Robert Harron, Frank Evans.