Romance of the Rio Grande

Name: Romance of the Rio Grande
Director: Alfred Santell
Genre: Western, Romance
Released: 1929-11-17
Duration: 1 h 35 min
Rating: 8
Cast: Warner Baxter, Mona Maris, Mary Duncan, Antonio Moreno, Robert Edeson

“Jealousy, hatred, strife...only served to make this handsome caballero...more fearful to men...more desirable to women.”

1929

1h 35m

Western Romance

Director: Alfred Santell

Writer: Marion Orth

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.