Although scalping was known by Native Americans in other areas, it was not practiced in Virginia in the early 17th Century.
Rolfe did not arrive with Smith in the original Jamestown settlement in 1607.
Smith left Jamestown in 1609 and Rolfe did not arrive until 1610.
Pocahantas was only 11 years old when she supposedly saved Smith from execution.
This independent production of the famous story coming out of Jamestown's founding released from United Artists plays like a combination of one of those educational films and a Grade C western. Even the Indians are made up to look like plains Indians instead the ones east of the Mississippi.
This whitewashed version of the story doesn't say much about the disastrous first attempt at the Jamestown colony but despite the whitewashing, gets most of the subsequent story right. Jody Lawrence is a beautiful Pocahontas but looks to be in her twenties rather than the teen she really was.
ANTHONY DEXTER (he played "Valentino", the silent screen matinée idol), is the nominal star of CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH AND POCAHONTAS but his wooden performance suffers by comparison to the just as attractive ROBERT CLARKE who plays John Rolfe.JODY LAWRENCE makes a pretty Pocahontas but is somewhat unbelievable as the Indian maiden who saves Smith's life.
After having made a bit of a splash as "Valentino," Dexter took part in several films that further suggested him as a dashing hero in the silent star mold. One of them, "The Brigand," cast him in a dual role as a King and a commoner who masquerades as the King and costarred Lawrence as his love interest.
Squirm producing account of the Captain John Smith, Pocahontas and the founding of Jamestown. Its stiltedly acted, directed to look more like tableaux rather than real life and so historically inaccurate as to make one shake one's head and wonder if the filmmakers paid any sort of attention in history class.
