Rose of the Rancho (1914 film)

1914 film

November 15, 1914 (1914-11-15)

CountryUnited StatesLanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Rose of the Rancho is a 1914 American silent Western film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. It is based upon the play of the same name by David Belasco and Richard Walton Tully. The film cost $16,988 to make, and grossed $87,028.^[1]^[2]

The film was remade in 1936 by Paramount and starred John Boles and Gladys Swarthout.^[3]

Plot

Esra Kincaid (La Reno) takes land by force and, having taken the Espinoza land, his sights are set on the Castro rancho. US government agent Kearney (Johnston) holds him off till the cavalry shows up and he can declare his love for Juanita "The Rose of the Rancho" (Barriscale).

Cast

Bessie Barriscale as Juanita
Dick La Reno as Esra Kincaid
Jack W. Johnston as Kearney, Government Agent (as J.W. Johnston)
Monroe Salisbury as Don Luis Del Torre
James Neill as Padre Antonio
Sydney Deane as Espinoza
William Elmer as Half Breed
Jane Darwell as Senora Castro Kenton, Juanita's
Al Ernest Garcia
Jeanie Macpherson (as Jeanie McPherson)
Mrs. Lewis McCord
Francisca de la Vinna as Priest at wedding ceremony
William C. deMille (uncredited)
Lucien Littlefield (uncredited)

Preservation

A complete 35 mm print of Rose of the Rancho is held by the George Eastman Museum in Rochester, New York.^[2]^[4]

References

^ Birchard, Robert S. (2004), Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood, Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky, p. 30, ISBN 0-8131-2324-0
^ ^a ^b "Progressive Silent Film List: Rose of the Rancho". silentera.com. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
^ "Rose of the Rancho". afi.com. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
^ "American Silent Feature Film Database: Rose of the Rancho". Library of Congress. Retrieved March 25, 2024.

External links

Rose of the Rancho at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
Rose of the Rancho at IMDb
Novelization of Rose of the Rancho in the January 1915 issue of Photoplay Magazine