She lives with bears, wears leaves, and gets shot by a man who thinks she's fauna. 1916 was WILD.
A teenage girl lives with two grizzly bears in a cave in the California Sierras and plays with rabbits and birds. When gambler Jim Hamilton and his mistress try to interest wealthy Bob Jordan in purchasing an abandoned mine in the Sierras, Jordan, mistakes the girl clothed in leaves and feathers for an animal, shoots her in the arm.
Practical Effects
Actual bears on set with Mae Marsh — OSHA didn't exist.
Costume
Leaf-and-feather couture that predates every Coachella influencer.
Director
Paul Powell
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mae Marsh's bear co-stars were allegedly 'tame' — a claim no insurance lawyer would touch today. Powell filmed in the actual Sierras with local animals.
This 'feral woman' trope peaked in 1910s cinema as Progressive-era anxieties about female independence met nature-as-escape fantasies.
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