Romance of the Rio Grande

Romance of the Rio Grande

95 mins | Western | Nov. 17, 1929

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.

Romance of the Rio Grande

95 mins | Western | Nov. 17, 1929

Romance of the Rio Grande
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.
Producers Fox Film Corporation
Original title Romance of the Rio Grande
Directors Alfred Santell
Writers Katherine Fullerton Gerould, Marion Orth

Cast

Warner Baxter

as Pablo Wharton Cameron

Mona Maris

as Manuelita

Mary Duncan

as Carlotta

Antonio Moreno

as Juan

Robert Edeson

as Don Fernando

Agostino Borgato

as Vincente

Albert Roccardi

as Padre Miguel

Soledad Jiménez

as Catalina

Majel Coleman

as Dorry Wayne

Charles Byer

as Dick Rivers