The Daughter of the Don
Cast & Crew
Henry Kabierske
Hal Cooley
Marie Mckeen
V. O. Whitehead
William Ehfe
Grant Churchill
Film Details
Synopsis
In 1846 California, Lieutenant Nelson of the American army and Ysabel Hernandez, the daughter of a California don, fall in love. Warfare between the Americans and the Californians soon breaks out, however, and Ysabel puts on man's dress and joins Pico's Californian army, distinguishing herself by her horsemanship. After many shifts of fortune, the Americans are victorious in the final battle in Los Angeles, in which Nelson narrowly escapes killing Ysabel. Holliday, the treacherous Englishman whose deceptions helped to start the hostilities, kidnaps Ysabel and her brother's fiancée, but Nelson and several others come to the rescue and the lovers are united.
Director
Henry Kabierske
Cast
Hal Cooley
Marie Mckeen
V. O. Whitehead
William Ehfe
Grant Churchill
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Although available contemporary sources only credit the director as "Costello," it is likely the director was Maurice Costello. The film had its premiere in Los Angeles on August 13, 1916, but it does not appear to have received wider distribution during 1916. Streimer put the film on the state rights market in June 1917. In the spring of 1920, Arrow Film Corp. acquired the film, now a six-reeler, and announced that it had been sold to several state rights markets, though the film May not have played theaters in this form until late 1921 or 1922. Scenes from the film were shot in the San Pedro, CA harbor. Some reviews of the film's 1921-22 release claim that it is based on a novel by Hogaboom, but this is probably an error.
