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The Silent Enemy is a 1930 American sound part-talkie drama film directed by H.P. Carver and written by W. Douglas Burden, Richard Carver and Julian Johnson. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. The drama stars Chauncey Yellow Robe (billed as "Chief Yellow Robe"), Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance, Chief Akawanush and Mary Alice Nelson Archambaud. It premiered on May 19, 1930, at the Criterion Theater in New York City and was later distributed by Paramount Pictures in August of the same year.

The story dramatizes a famine experienced by the post-classical Ojibwe tribe and its leaders (the tribe is anglicized as "Ojibway" in the film). It also depicts a power struggle between skilled hunter Baluk and corrupt medicine man Dagwan.

Before the film begins, Chauncey Yellow Robe greets the audience with a sound speech, in which he explains the tribe's connection to the story and expresses hope for the Ojibwe tribe's history and future.

According to the 26 Dec 1930 Motion Picture Daily, it was filmed in the “timber limits” outside Arnprior, Ontario, while another source cites Lake Temagami as the location. 200 indigenous people were employed in the film's production.

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