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Rosita
Director:
Ernst Lubitsch
(Dir)
Release Date:
3 Sep 1923
Duration (in feet):
8,800
Duration (in reels):
9
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Cast:
Mary Pickford
(Rosita)
Holbrook Blinn
(The King)
Irene Rich
(The Queen)
George Walsh
(Don Diego)
Charles Belcher
(The Prime Minister)
Frank Leigh
(Prison commandant)
Mathilde Comont
(Rosita's mother)
George Periolat
(Rosita's father)
Bert Sprotte
(Big jailer)
Snitz Edwards
(Little jailer)
Madame De Bodamere
(The maid)
Philippe De Lacey
Donald McAlpin
(Rosita's brothers)
Doreen Turner
(Rosita's sister)
Mario Carillo
(Majordomo)
Marian Nixon
Charles Farrell
Summary:
The King of Spain falls in love with Rosita, a Spanish streetsinger, who in turn loves Don Diego, a penniless nobleman who defends her when the guards arrest her for singing a song lampooning the lusty king. Rosita and Don Diego are imprisoned; Don Diego is sentenced to die; and Rosita is summoned by the king and tempted with gifts of clothing and a luxurious villa. The king arranges a marriage between Rosita and Don Diego--both blindfolded--making Rosita a countess before she is to become a widow. The queen saves Don Diego's life by putting blank cartridges in the executioner's guns. Don Diego, feigning death, is brought to Rosita's villa and jumps up to earn his pardon by saving the king just as the bereaved Rosita raises her knife to stab him.
Production Company:
Mary Pickford Co.
Distribution Company:
United Artists
Director:
Ernst Lubitsch
(Dir)
James Townsend
(Asst dir)
Writer:
Edward Knoblock
(Scen)
Edward Knoblock
(Adpt)
Norbert Falk
(Story)
Hans Kraly
(Story)
Photography:
Charles Rosher
(Dir of photog)
Art Direction:
William Cameron Menzies
(Art dir)
Set Decoration:
Svend Gade
(Set dec)
Music:
Louis F. Gottschalk
(Mus score)
Country:
United States
Music:
Songs:
Source Text:
Based on the novel
Don César de Bazan
by Adolphe Philippe Dennery and Philippe François Pinel (1844).
Authors:
Philippe François Pinel
Adolphe Philippe Dennery
Copyright Claimant
Copyright Date
Copyright Number
Mary Pickford Co.
17/10/1923
dd/mm/yyyy
LP19505
Physical Properties:
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Genre:
Romance
Sub-Genre:
Historical
Subjects (Major):
Nobility
Royalty
Singers
Spain
Note:
Another film adapted from the same source was released by Paramount Pictures in 1923 under the title
The Spanish Dancer
. That film was directed by Herbert Brennon and starred Pola Negri and Antonio Moreno (see
AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30
).
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