Rose of the Rancho
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Cecil B. Demille
Bessie Barriscale
Jane Darwell
Dick La Reno
J. W. Johnston
Monroe Salisbury
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Synopsis
In 1850 the Federal Government sends secret agent Kearney to investigate land fraud in California among the Spanish owned rancheros. Ezra Kincaid, a land jumper, goes to Señor Espinoza's ranch to seize the property, and in the raid Espinoza and his daughter Isabella die. Meanwhile, Kearney sees Juanita, the "Rose" of the Castro rancho, and they become mutually attracted, although Juanita is engaged to Don Luis del Torre. When Kearney discovers that Kincaid plans to seize the Castro ranch, he warns Juanita and her mother, but Señora Castro-Kenton does not believe "The Gringo," and refuses to register her ranch. At Juanita's betrothal dance, Kearney is able to coerce Kincaid into delaying his raid, and the federal troops arrive just in time. In the end, the ranch is saved, and Kearney and Juanita are married.
Cast
Bessie Barriscale
Jane Darwell
Dick La Reno
J. W. Johnston
Monroe Salisbury
James Neill
Sydney Deane
William Elmer
Jeanie Mcpherson
Padre Francisca De La Vinna
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Notes
Moving Picture World mentions in a news item that this was the first Lasky-Belasco feature. A photograph of the San Fernando mission in Southern California, which was used as a location site for the film, appears in New York Dramatic Mirror October 14, 1914, p. 28. Modern sources list Wilfred Buckland as the film's art director. Richard Walton Tully assisted in the production. Rose of the Rancho was remade in 1936 by Paramount by Marion Gering and starred John Boles (see below)
