The Loyalty of Don Luis Verdugo (1911) User Reviews

Features which rouse enthusiasm in the audience

[deickemeyer · 25 January 2016]

The story given here is of California in the days of 1848 after Southern California had been ceded to the United States. It represents a Spanish Don objecting strenuously to the domination of the new government and refusing to haul down his Mexican flag. A love episode begins between the Don's daughter and an American lieutenant, with corresponding jealousy on the part of the Mexican. The setting is picturesque, much of the action taking place around a house more than 100 years old. The girl's ride for help and the soldiers' ride to the ranch are features which rouse enthusiasm in the audience. - The Moving Picture World, May 27, 1911