Rose of the Rancho
Scene from the film.
Directed byCecil B. DeMille
Written byDavid Belasco (play)
Richard Walton Tully (play)
Cecil B. DeMille
Produced byCecil B. DeMille
Jesse L. Lasky
StarringBessie Barriscale
CinematographyAlvin Wyckoff
Edited byCecil B. DeMille
Production
company
Jesse Lasky Feature Plays
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • November 15, 1914 (1914-11-15)
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
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] A 35mm print of this film exists in the George Eastman House film archive.[3] The film was remade in 1936 by Paramount and starred John Boles and Gladys Swarthout.

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

References

  1. ^ Birchard, Robert S. (2004), Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood, Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky, p. 30, ISBN 0-8131-2324-0
  2. ^ Rose of the Rancho at SilentEra
  3. ^ Rose of the Rancho at SilentEra

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Films directed by Cecil B. DeMille
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