Rose of the Rancho

Rose of the Rancho is a 1914 American Western film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. The film cost 16,988 to make, and grossed 87,028.

The film was remade in 1936 by Paramount and starred John Boles and Gladys Swarthout. As a vehicle for the cinema debut of Contralto Gladys Swarthout, a revival of David Belascos famed stage success recommended itself for obvious reasons. Born of U. S. parents and reared in Deep Water, Mo., Miss Swarthout has a Latin appearance well suited to a rigmarole about Spaniards in California and their efforts to hold their ancestral estates against early landgrabbers. Furthermore, the dual roles of Rosita Castro and Don Carlos, masked leader of the Spanish vigilantes, enable her to maintain a tradition which she inaugurated at the Metropolitan Opera.

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