Old San Francisco (1927) Online
The Vasquez family are one of the oldest families in San Francisco, but their day of glory is past and now all that remains of them are an old man and his granddaughter, the innocent Dolores. The villainous Chris Buckwell wants to steal their land and ranch from them, even using unfair means to get his hands on it. One of his employees' has a nephew who falls for Dolores, however, and together they make plans to save the ranch. Unfortunately for them, Buckwell has a secret and discovering it might prove dangerous.
Complete credited cast: | |||
Dolores Costello | - | Dolores Vasquez | |
Josef Swickard | - | Don Hernandez de Vasquez | |
Anders Randolf | - | Michael Brandon (as Anders Randolph) | |
Charles Emmett Mack | - | Terrence O'Shaughnessy (as Chas. E. Mack) | |
Warner Oland | - | Chris Buckwell | |
Angelo Rossitto | - | Chang Loo - the Dwarf (as Angelo Rossita) | |
Anna May Wong | - | A Flower of the Orient | |
Lawson Butt | - | Captain Enrique de Solano Y Vasquez - in Prologue | |
Walter McGrail | - | Vasquez's Grandson - in Prologue | |
Otto Matieson | - | Vasquez's Grandson - in Prologue | |
Martha Mattox | - | Mother - in Prologue | |
Tom Santschi | - | Captain Stoner - in Prologue |
The original credits include a music score, conductor and orchestra, despite the film being a silent film. The Vitaphone Symphony Orchestra played at the first-run performance in New York, and the credit was also in printed programs distributed to the audience.
Vitaphone production reels #576-585; 5th Warner Bros. full-length feature to be released with Vitaphone musical accompaniment.
This is Charles Emmett Mack's final film appearance; he was killed in an automobile accident six months prior to the film's release.
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