Dolores Costello
Dolores Vasquez
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Synopsis
A ruthless businessman pressures a Spanish Californian family to surrender its land. The owner's daughter and a young lawyer resist, uncovering a secret that threatens the magnate's public identity. Their struggle reaches a crisis as the 1906 earthquake interrupts the city's existing structures of power and danger.
Cast
DirectorsAlan Crosland
Historical context
The historical melodrama combines early Vitaphone musical accompaniment with silent performances. Its villain's concealed ancestry and its treatment of Chinatown rely on anti-Chinese stereotypes, while the earthquake supplies a spectacular resolution to the invented family conflict.
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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.
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Availability checked on September 10, 2026.
Photograph credit
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- Dolores Costello — Bain News Service · Public domain
- Warner Oland — Unknown author · Public domain
- Josef Swickard — Evans · Public domain
