Mexicali Rose

1929 DramaRomance 70 minutes Directed by Erle C. Kenton

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About Mexicali Rose

Joe runs a gambling saloon in a border town and falls for Rose. She takes up with another man. He throws her out of town. She comes back by marrying his younger brother. Barbara Stanwyck plays Rose. Sam Hardy plays Joe. William Janney plays the brother.

Cast & crew

More about Mexicali Rose

Erle C. Kenton directed. Gladys Lehman and Norman Houston wrote it. Harry Cohn produced. Columbia released it. A publication date on record is December 26, 1929. It is also called The Girl from Mexico. A silent version and a sound version are both at the Library of Congress. Claude Gillingwater is billed.

Themes

  • A saloon owner and Rose
  • She is put out of town
  • A marriage to his brother
  • Mexicali
  • Rose
  • gambling saloon
  • Barbara Stanwyck
  • Sam Hardy

Preservation

A silent version and a sound version are preserved at the Library of Congress.

Notes

  • Stanwyck is Rose. The revenge is the marriage to the younger brother.
  • The picture is pre-Code.
  • Louis Natheaux and Arthur Rankin are on the catalog cast.
  • Both the silent and the sound copies are at the Library of Congress.

Scenes

  • Joe puts Rose on the road out of town.
  • She returns as his brother's wife.

Also available

  • Library of Congress

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