Rose of the Rancho (1936)
It is California in 1852 that only recently being surrendered by Mexico to the United States and admitted into the union. Most of the land-owners of California were the descendants of the Dons who had colonized it a hundred years before and whose title deeds bore the signature and seal of a long-dead Spanish king. But, by a loop-hole in the law, the title-deeds of the Dons could not be recognized, and this opened the door of organized gangs of land-grabbers, such as the one led by Joe Kincaid, to operate with a prime excuse for legitimate plunder and robbery. In most cases the law was unable to cope with the situation. Then Rosita Castro, the daughter of Don Pasqual Castro, masked and disguised as a man, organized a band of vigilantes to fight against the tyranny of the outlaws, aided by an undercover federal agent, Jim Kearney.
Director:
Marion Gering
Writers:
Charles Brackett, Frank Partos, Nat Perrin, Arthur Sheekman.
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John Boles as Jim Kearney |
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Gladys Swarthout as Rosita Castro aka Don Carlos |
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Charles Bickford as Joe Kincaid |
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H.B. Warner as Don Pasqual Castro |
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Don Alvarado as Don Luis Espinosa |
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Grace Bradley as Flossie |
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Charles Middleton as Horse Doctor (uncredited) |
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Willie Howard as Pancho Spiegelgass |
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Charlotte Granville as Dona Petrona |
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Minor Watson as Jonathan Hill |
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Louise Carter as Guadalupe |
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Pedro de Cordoba as Gomez |
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Paul Harvey as Boss Martin |
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Arthur Aylesworth as Sheriff James |
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Harry Woods as Bull Bangle |
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Benny Baker as Hill-Billy Boy |
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Russell Hopton as Frisco |
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Herb Williams as Phineas P. Jones |
| Directing | Marion Gering | Director |
| Writing | Charles Brackett | Screenplay |
| Production | William LeBaron | Producer |
| Sound | Hugo Friedhofer | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Frank Partos | Screenplay |
| Writing | Richard Walton Tully | Theatre Play |
| Sound | John Leipold | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | David Belasco | Theatre Play |
| Writing | Nat Perrin | Screenplay |
| Writing | Arthur Sheekman | Screenplay |
| Sound | Friedrich Hollaender | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Ernst Fegté | Art Direction |
| Camera | Leo Tover | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Hugh Bennett | Editor |
| Sound | Heinz Roemheld | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Hans Dreier | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Travis Banton | Costume Design |
