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Romance of the Rio Grande (1929)
Directed by Alfred Santell
Overview
Fox’s immediate follow-up to its successful early-talkie western In Old Arizona was 1929’s Romance of the Rio Grande. The story focuses on the Alvarez family of Mexico, specifically fabulously wealthy Don Fernando. Intending to bequeath his vast fortune and estate to his long-estranged grandson Pancho, Don Fernando must contend with his ne’er-do-well nephew Juan.
Length 95 minutes
Actors
Warner Baxter | Mona Maris | Mary Duncan | Antonio Moreno | Robert Edeson | Agostino Borgato | Albert Roccardi | Soledad Jiménez | Majel Coleman | Charles Byer | Merrill McCormick