The Gaucho (1927)
A film by F. Richard Jones
DVD5 Kino International (VIDEO_TS) | English intertitles | NTSC 4:3 (720 x 480) | AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | 02:01:42 | 4,09 Gb
Genre: Adventure, Romance | USA
A girl (Lupe Velez) is saved by a miracle after she falls from a cliff in the Argentine Andes, and is blessed with healing powers. A shrine is built on the site, and a whole city grows around it, rich with gold from the grateful worshipers. Ruiz, an evil and sadistic general, captures the city, confiscates the gold, and closes the shrine. But the Gaucho (Douglas Fairbanks), the charismatic leader of a band of outlaws, comes to the rescue.
This film is a steaming hot cup of blasting good fun, filled with dazzling matte insert shots recreating the mountainous region of S.A. where Doug Fairbanks' character hails from. As in all of Dougs silent adventures, he puts a large expenditure of energy researching the customs, history, and ways & means of the cultures he portrays. This film is no exception.