Michael Vavitch – MRQE

Valencia

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

“Felipe, a sailor falls madly in love with Valencia, a Spanish dancing girl, who is sought after by Don Fernando, the governor. When Felipe deserts his ship, the Don throws him in prison, but Valencia obtains his release and shares his disgrace and exile.” Moving Picture World, 8 Jan 1927, p. 144.

The Wolf Song

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In 1840, Sam Lash heads west for adventure. He meets up with some Mountain Men, and they head for the Rockies to trap beavers and cats. In Taos he meets Lola, a beautiful Mexican girl from a proud and rich family. They fall in love and he persuades her to elope with him. After they get married, Sam is torn between his love for Lola and his yearn for traveling.

The Dove

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Norma Talmadge plays a Mexican saloon singer, known as ‘The Dove.’ She is romanced by a young caballero and menaced by a Villa-like brute of a dictator, played by Noah Beery.

A Devil with Women

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Soldier of fortune Maxton is stranded in a Central American country. He and Tom, the nephew of the country’s richest man, try to end Morloff’s banditry but just barely escape a firing squad. They become rivals for Rosita.

The Woman Disputed

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

An adventuress in love with an Austrian agrees to become the mistress of a Russian officer in exchange for the release of Austrian hostages.

Glorious Betsy

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Vitaphone production reels #2471-2478; third Warner Bros. feature film – the first being The Jazz Singer and the second Tenderloin – to include talking sequences, along with the by now usual Vitaphone musical score and sound effects. A copy of this film survives at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., but the sound disks are lost.

The Gaucho

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A girl is saved by a miracle after she falls from a cliff in the Argentine Andes, and is blessed with healing powers. A shrine is built on the site, and a whole city grows around it, rich with gold from the grateful worshipers. Ruiz, an evil and sadistic general, captures the city, confiscates the gold, and closes the shrine. But the Gaucho, the charismatic leader of a band of outlaws, comes to the rescue.

The Devil Dancer

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

An English explorer disturbed by the practices of an isolated tribe attempts to rescue a native girl he has become fascinated with. THE DEVIL DANCER was highly praised at time of release for its exquisite cinematography, especially in the use of light and shadow. The film received an Academy Award nomination in this category. Sadly, it is among the lost. No prints or negatives are known to survive.

Two Arabian Knights

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

During World War I, two American soldiers fight to escape the Germans while squabbling over a beautiful harem girl.

Venus of Venice

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A slick caper movie about a petty thief falls for a wealthy American artist.