Lasca
Cast & Crew
Norman Dawn
Frank Mayo
Edith Roberts
Arthur Jasmine
Veola Harty
Lloyd Whitlock
Film Details
Synopsis
The fiery, impulsive, yet purehearted Lasca lives in a Mexican settlement near the Rio Grande with her twin brother Ricardo and their aunt. She falls in love with cattle rancher Anthony Moreland, whose teasings bring out her jealous temper, but Moreland, although fond of Lasca, thinks of her as a child. Seeing the flirtatious, though engaged, Clara Vane fall in love with Anthony, Lasca, in a vicious fit, stabs his wound and begs forgiveness. When Clara's fiancé, John Davis, angered by the flirtation, bribes one of Anthony's men to allow his cattle to stampede during the Texas "norther" blowing in, Lasca warns Anthony. After trying to head off the stampede, Lasca lies on Anthony and dies protecting him from the cattle onslaught. For revenge, Ricardo leaves Davis to die in quicksand. Anthony, crushed in spirit, buries Lasca, builds a shrine, and remains faithful to her the rest of his life.
Director
Norman Dawn
Cast
Frank Mayo
Edith Roberts
Arthur Jasmine
Veola Harty
Lloyd Whitlock
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In addition to this version of Desprez's poem, Universal made the two reel Lasca in 1913, the one reel The Mad Stampede in 1917, and the feature Lasca of the Rio Grande, starring Leo Carrillo and directed by Edward Laemmle, in 1931 (see below)
