California (1927 film)

1927 film

California

Directed by| W. S. Van Dyke
Screenplay by| Marian Ainslee
Ruth Cummings
Frank Davis
Story by| Peter B. Kyne
Produced by| Erich Pommer
Starring| Tim McCoy
Dorothy Sebastian
Marc McDermott
Frank Currier
Fred Warren
Cinematography| Clyde De Vinna
Edited by| Basil Wrangell

Production
company

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Distributed by| Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Release date

* May 7, 1927 (1927-05-07)

Running time

| 56 minutes
Country| United States
Languages| Silent
English intertitles

California is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by W. S. Van Dyke and written by Marian Ainslee, Ruth Cummings and Frank Davis. The film stars Tim McCoy, Dorothy Sebastian, Marc McDermott, Frank Currier and Fred Warren. The film was released on May 7, 1927, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.[1][2]

## Plot

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The film dramatized the Battle of San Pasqual, of December 6–7, 1846, a battle of the Mexican–American War 1846-1848, in which General Stephen W. Kearny's U.S. Dragoons fought Californio lancers in the San Pasqual Valley, just east of Escondido, California.[3]

## Cast

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* Tim McCoy as Capt. Archibald Gillespie
* Dorothy Sebastian as Carlotta del Rey
* Marc McDermott as Drachano
* Frank Currier as Don Carlos del Rey
* Fred Warren as Kit Carson
* Lillian Leighton as Duenna
* Edwin Terry as Brig. Gen. Stephen W. Kearny

## References

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1. ^ "California". AFI. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
2. ^ "California (1927) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
3. ^ Grace Kingsley, "Tim McCoy's New One," Los Angeles Times, March 4, 1927.

## External links

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* California at IMDb

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