In Old California (1910)

Director:

D.W. Griffith

Writer:

Stanner E.V. Taylor (writer)

Release Date:

10 March 1910 (USA)

Genre:

Short | Drama | History | Western

Plot:

An historical dramatization of a Spanish woman during the reign of Spanish and Mexican owned California in the early 19th century.

Plot Keywords:

Hispanic | Partially Lost Film | Hollywood | Latino | Lost Film

Cast

Frank Powell	...	Governor Manuella
Arthur V. Johnson	...	Cortes
Marion Leonard	...	Perdita
Henry B. Walthall	...	Perdita's Son
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Charles Craig	...	Soldier
Francis J. Grandon	...	Soldier
W. Chrystie Miller	...	Indian Messenger
Frank Opperman	...	Governor's Servant
Anthony O'Sullivan	...	Soldier
Alfred Paget	...	Soldier
Mack Sennett	...	Soldier
Charles West	...	Soldier / Governor's Servant

Directed by
D.W. Griffith

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Stanner E.V. Taylor		writer

Cinematography by
G.W. Bitzer

Production Companies

• Biograph Company

Distributors

• Biograph Company (1910) (USA) (theatrical)
• American Mutoscope & Biograph (2008) (worldwide) (all media) (aka Biograph Company)

Runtime:

17 min (16 fps)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Silent

Filming Locations:

Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Biograph Company

Trivia:

For years the first film thought shot in Hollywood was Cecil B. DeMille's, The Squaw Man (1914). The discovery of this film not only made it the first ever movie filmed in Hollywood, but that it was a 'Latino' storyline based film.

The Mask of Zorro

A short film rather than a movie, it has the feel of 'The Mask of Zorro' where a Spanish woman (Catherine Zeta Jones) is the illegitimate daughter of a Californian. Old California is basically Spain coming to the west coast of America in the 19th century.