Who directed The Squaw Man?

• A. Cecil B. DeMille
• B. D. W. Griffith
• C. Charlie Chaplin
• D. Sergei Eisenstein

Answer: (A)

This item tests your knowledge of early American cinema and who directed a specific silent-era feature. Cecil B. DeMille directed The Squaw Man, a 1914 American silent drama. This film marks one of his early feature projects and helped establish him as a leading filmmaker in Hollywood, setting the stage for his later reputation for ambitious, large-scale productions. The other artists listed are famous in film history for different works or styles—D. W. Griffith directed other landmark silent-era films but not this one, Charlie Chaplin was renowned for his comedies, and Sergei Eisenstein was a pioneering Soviet director known for different groundbreaking works. So the director of The Squaw Man is Cecil B. DeMille.