The scenic effects are charming. Through a love story, the early silent short explores racial injustice to Native Americans and stars Mary Pickford and Henry B. Walthall. Del Río made a rapid climb to stardom, usually playing innocents battered by fate or love (or both) into compromised circumstances. The newly preserved print of the Dolores Del Rio starrer premiered on March 29 at the Billy Wilder Theater in Los Angeles and screened at … This romantic tragedy relays the tragic death of Ramona and Alessandro’s child at the hands of a Caucasian doctor, who refuses to help their child because of his skin color. He died six years later. Del Río’s contract with Carewe specified that all her pictures would be made with “first-class scenarios and produced in a high class and artistic manner.”. Topics: Billy Bitzer, silent film, silent movie stars, classic film, old movies, silent film streaming,... Silent … When her 1881 nonfiction work A Century of Dishonor and a later government report on the Mission Indians of Southern California failed to effect change, she decided to mobilize public opinion with a novel to detail the prejudice, displacement, and outright murder Native Americans suffered at the hands of intolerant whites and Mexican Americans. Other versions were made in 1928, 1936 and 1946. Henry B. Walthall as Alessandro and Mary Pickford as Ramona in 1910 silent film. Edwin Carewe) with Dolores del Río and 1936 (dir. Carewe, born Jay Fox and of Chickasaw ancestry, was a well-established director for First National, MGM, Universal, and Paramount. adaptation of Helen Hunt Jackson's 1884 novel gives viewers a pretty harsh revisionist glimpse at how Native Americans were treated in Southern California during the Gold Rush era. Del Río’s successes in Mexico were of little help to her as she tried to make a re-entry into Hollywood, then in the grip of McCarthyism. Del Río’s relationship with Carewe became strained as the director suggested they were romantically involved, a deception the popular press helped to spread. Ramona will be accompanied by theatre organist Bob Salisbury, who’ll be playing our Mighty 1924 Wurlitzer pipe organ! She created Ramona, a half-caste Indian adopted by a wealthy Mexican-American widow, who falls in love with and marries a Native American sheep shearer, only to suffer great hardship, including the death of a child after a white doctor refuses her treatment. Shortly after, the couple moves away, and Alessandro is killed by a white man for robbing him of his horse; Ramona eventually reunites with her childhood friend Felipe and starts a new life as a depressed woman. Ramona (1910) A Silent Film Review One of the first brand name novel-to-screen adaptations and an early California production, this was one of the most expensive films ever made when released in 1910. Carewe's older brother Finis Fox had written Ramona's screenplay and created its intertitles. Ramona has been adapted several times for other media. Ramona came to typify del Río’s early screen image. In only her fourth film, she played the coveted part of Charmaine de la Cognac in Raoul Walsh’s 1926 version of What Price Glory? There is at once a feeling of interest noticeable between them which ripens into love. Come to the Mission Playhouse for a free silent film screening of the 1928 classic Ramona, directed by Edwin Carewe starring Dolores del Rio & Warner Baxter. Instead, it became a best-seller on the strength of its central romance and picturesque rendering of Southern California. Ramona is a little orphan of the great Spanish household of Moreno. [4] Ramona is differentiated from most films with a typical Hollywood ending because of its authentic cultural values embedded throughout. Both the book and the film, however, were popularized because of their dramatic, romantic, and cultural aspects.[7]. The Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division of the Library of Congress later transferred Ramona’s highly flammable original nitrate film to acetate safety stock. Under the auspices of Edwin Carewe Productions and Inspiration Pictures, Carewe and his screenwriter brother Finis Fox developed properties for del Río to capitalize on her beauty and exoticism, among them an adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s Resurrection (1927), in which she played a Russian peasant girl. Del Río’s relationship with Carewe became strained as the director suggested they were romantically involved, a deception the popular press helped to spread. Musicians She was ultimately unable to avoid stereotyped roles altogether—Photoplay described her in the Bizet-opera-inspired The Loves of Carmen (1927) as “raven-haired, olive-skinned sinuous-limbed Carmen”—but she escaped the fate of her her less-well-connected compatriot, Lupe Vélez, who was irretrievably typecast as a Latina sex kitten. Del Río had a hit with Ramona and with the title song, which the public loved even before the movie opened. “He told me I was the female Valentino,” del Río recalled in a 1981 interview, a label that was picked up by the entertainment press of her time. A family secret threatens their happiness. It was directed by D. W. Griffith and starred Mary Pickford. The song, performed by del Río for RCA Victor, was synched with a scene in the otherwise silent film; her version was reused for the 1936 Ramona. The novel had been previously filmed by D. W. Griffith in 1910 with Mary Pickford, remade in 1916 with Adda Gleason, and again in 1936 with Loretta Young. The film deals with complex issues of race and was adapted from a best-selling book by Helen Hunt Jackson, first published in 1884. The film depicts Ramona, who is half Native American, as she is raised by a Mexican family. Ramona is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Edwin Carewe,[1] based on Helen Hunt Jackson's 1884 novel Ramona, and starring Dolores del Río and Warner Baxter. She took television and movie roles in the United States (including playing Elvis Presley’s mother in 1960’s Flaming Star), Italy, and Mexico until 1978, when she made her last film, The Children of Sanchez, an American production with fellow Mexicans Anthony Quinn and Katy Jurado. Cast: Mary Pickford [Ramona], Henry B. Walthall [Alessandro], Kate Bruce [Ramona’s stepmother], Francis J. Grandon [Felipe, Ramona’s stepbrother], W. Chrystie Miller, Charles H. West [native American man in chapel], Dorothy West, Frank Opperman, Gertrude Claire, Mack Sennett [the first white persecutor] The sound era, however, saw her fortunes and those of her benefactor, Edwin Carewe, wane. We are proud to present to all silent film lovers our multiple award-winning documentary! Ramona was to be reintroduced several times. Ramona is a 1910 American short drama film directed by D. W. Griffith, based on Helen Hunt Jackson's 1884 novel Ramona. Filmed April 1 and 2, 1910, D.W. Griffith’s adaptation of Helen Hunt Jackson’s novel, “Ramona,” is the earliest film known to have been made in the Santa Clara River Valley. Media in category "Ramona (1928 film)" The following 5 files are in this category, out of 5 total. [6], Helen Hunt Jackson and Edwin Carewe shared a goal of exposing the mistreatment of the Native Americans at the hands of the U.S. Federal Government through the means of Ramona. Helen Hunt Jackson wrote her 1884 novel Ramona as a beacon against racism and injustice, the Uncle Tom’s Cabin for the Native American. Del Río grew up in privileged circumstances in Mexico City and married Jaime Martinez del Río, a British-educated lawyer from a wealthy Mexican family. Cast: Dolores Del Rio [Ramona], Warner Baxter [Alessandro], Roland Drew [Felipe], Vera Lewis [Señora Moreno], Michael Visaroff [Juan Canito], John T. Prince [Father Salvierderra], Mathilde Comont [Marda], Carlos Amor [the sheepherder], Jess Cavin [the bandit leader], Rita Carewe [the baby], Jean the dog [5] An article by Indian Country Today revealed the fact that Carewe discovered del Río in Mexico and invited her to Hollywood to perform in his film. The restored version of the 1928 film had its world premiere in the Billy Wilder Theater with the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra playing live at the University of California, Los Angeles on March 29, 2014. Del Río recorded the film's theme song, "Ramona." Presented at SFSFF 2014 with live music by Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra, Photos by Pamela Gentile and Tommy Lau. Based on a weepy, once-popular novel by Helen Hunt Jackson, Ramona tells the story of a mixed-race (Scottish and American Indian) girl who is raised by a Mexican family and suffers racial discrimination. Carewe met del Río at a party in Mexico City and induced her and her husband, an aspiring screenwriter, to come to Hollywood. Interior Department agent, became radicalized after attending a lecture given by Ponca Chief Standing Bear, who told harrowing tales of forced removal from their lands in Nebraska and mistreatment by government agents. The first was a silent film by the same name, released in 1910. Fashion designer Peggy Hamilton, whose most famous client was fashion plate Gloria Swanson, created a wardrobe for del Río that ranged from traditional Spanish lace to haute couture and ensured that del Río fashion spreads appeared in women’s magazines and newspapers. The San Francisco Silent Film Festival is a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating the public about silent film as an art form and as a culturally valuable historical record. The star was denied a work permit to appear in 20th Century Fox’s Broken Lance (1954) because she had aided anti-Franco refugees of the Spanish Civil War. He not only directed her in many of her early films but also acted as her manager, developing her on-screen persona and guiding her toward stardom. Other silents of note for Dolores were “Ramona” (1928), and “Evangeline” (1929). Together we contrive characterizations exactly suited to her abilities and her limitations.”. In September of 1927, Dolores Del Rio traveled to Zion National Park with a film company, to film exterior sequences for the film Ramona (1928). Del Río’s public image became the responsibility of publicist Harry D. Wilson, whom Carewe hired to give her a makeover into a fashionable woman of, alternately, Mexican, Spanish, or Castilian heritage. She has said, indeed, that she is happiest when acting in stories by me, directed by my brother. Transferred to acetate safety stock, the restored version had its world premiere in Los Angeles in March of this year. The 1928 silent film Ramona, directed by Edwin Carewe, jump-started her career, as well as that of her co-star Warner Baxter, depicted as Alessandro in one of the photographs. Iconic screen siren Dolores del Río starred in this silent film thought long lost until a print was discovered ten years ago in the Czech Republic. Silent Movie Mondays: Ramona Recommended. The title character is beautiful, carefree, happy, and innocent as she plays with her adopted brother Felipe. "[3], An article published by UCLA revealed that the 1928 film is believed to be the most authentic of the five film adaptations of Ramona since the director Edwin Carewe was part Chickasaw and Dolores del Río was raised in Mexico. Ramona suffers racism and prejudice in her community, and when she finds out that she is half Native, she chooses to identify as a Native American instead of a Mexican American so that she can marry Alessandro, who is a Native as well. Many film enthusiasts see Carewe as del Río’s steppingstone to fame in Hollywood as an actor and singer. The novel had been previously filmed by D. W. Griffith in 1910 with Mary Pickford, remade in 1916 with Adda Gleason, and again in 1936 with Loretta Young. It was directed by prominent Native American director Edwin Carewe and highlighted problems with racism in the culture at the time. Ramona Parlor is planning a screening of a silent film entitled "Ramona" which will be co-presented by the Playhouse as a Community Engagement event, and also with support of the Los Angeles Theatre Organ Society (LATOS). With the advent of sound movies and Technicolor, Ramona was reintroduced in 1936 to a new generation in a version starring Don Ameche and Loretta Young. Ramona (1910) American B&W : One reel / 995 feet Directed by D.W. Griffith. She headed back to Mexico where, over the next 30 years, she helped put the burgeoning Mexican national cinema on the map, most notably with the Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix winner María Candelaria (1943), one of five collaborations she made with director Emilio Fernández, writer Mauricio Magdaleno, cinematographer Gabriel Figueroa, and actor Pedro Armendáriz. Carewe and Finis Fox both made claims that they were the sole reason for the actress’s success. This was the first United Artists film with a synchronized score and sound effect, but no dialogue, and so was not a talking picture. At a time when “exotics” were played almost exclusively by Anglo actors and actresses, del Río won acceptance through careful image management by Carewe. Following Ramona, del Río searched for appropriate roles to dignify her heritage. Dolores del Río died in 1983 in Newport Beach, California, leaving behind a legacy of integrity and excellence for future Latina actresses to emulate. The Library of Congress has completed preservation of the recently repatriated silent film Ramona (1928), long considered lost. The beautiful Mexican actress Dolores del Rio starred in another silent film version in 1928. Del Río was the antithesis of Hollywood glamour when she first arrived in the United States, beautiful, but old-fashioned in her modest dress and appearance. This was the first United Artists film with a synchronized score and sound effect, but no dialogue, and so was not a talking picture. The film was remade in 1928 (dir. Join us on Thursday, February 15th, at 7 p.m. for the silent-era motion picture, “Ramona,” starring Dolores Del Rio, which will have live organ accompaniment by noted organist Blaine Gale. by D. W. Griffith in 1910. In 1910, director D.W. Griffith and his crew used Camulos as the set for a silent-film version of “Ramona,” starring Mary Pickford in the title role. [8], "Recovered and Restored: 'Ramona,' Silent Movie by Chickasaw Filmmaker", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ramona_(1928_film)&oldid=996694463, Films based on Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 28 December 2020, at 03:32. The 1928 film version features internationally acclaimed Mexican actress Dolores Del Rio in the title role and non-Native actor Warner Baxter as her ill-fated Indian husband Alessandro. The only available copy was given to the Library of Congress to replicate and then send back to the Czech Republic. In 2015 I t... English (US) Del Río is utterly convincing as a tragic, romantic figure despite the mawkish device of amnesia she had to negotiate. Journey into Fear (1942) was her swan song to both her lover Orson Welles (the film’s producer and uncredited director) and Hollywood. But she falls in love with Alessandro (Warner Baxter), a Native American. For decades, the 1928 silent version of Ramona was thought lost until archivists discovered it in the Národní Filmový Archiv in Prague, Czech Republic. Ramona, however, failed to accomplish its author’s mission. Nonetheless, the atmospheric, authentic story Jackson wrote from her experiences among the Mission Indians struck a lasting chord with the public. Mary Pickford and Henry B. Walthall play a Native American couple who encounter oppression and tragedy. Ramona is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Edwin Carewe. The hardships and cruelty piled on Ramona arouse pity in the audience. Learning that she is actually half-Indian reveals the source of her stepmother’s contempt yet frees her to marry. A copy of the print survives in the Library of Congress film archive. She is only able to recover from her depression and remember her feelings for Felipe when he sings a song from their childhood to restore her memory. FEEL FREE TO FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @SilentFilmGems "Ramona", A Story of the White Man’s Injustice to the Indian, is a short drama featuring Billy Bitzer, a star of Silent Hall of Fame. Learn about our incredible musical partners, SFSFF Preservation restores and preserves silent era films. The coming of sound limited the roles Dolores could play because of her accent, but she did manage to score big in “Bird of Paradise” (1932), and “Flying Down To Rio” (1933), an … Movie Still Photographs, Plot Synopsis and Credits for the Silent Film RAMONA, released in 1920 ~Ramona~ 1928 ~Dolores Del Rio & Warner Baxter~ ~Plot Synopsis~ The 1928 production Ramona was the third film version of the Helen Hunt Jackson novel of the same name, first dramatized (in one reel!) Ramona (Dolores Del Rio), raised on a Spanish rancho in 1850's California, is loved by her step brother, Felipe (Roland Drew). Alessandro, the Indian, arrives at the Camulos ranch with his sheep-shearers, showing his first meeting with Ramona. Paramount Theatre Downtown Mon., Feb. 6, 7-10 p.m. 2017 All Ages $10. Ramona has never been out of print and was adapted for the screen four times: a 1910 short directed by D.W. Griffith with Mary Pickford in the title role; a 1916 feature film (now lost) directed by Donald Crisp and starring Adda Gleason; a 1936 feature directed by Henry King with Loretta Young; and the 1928 version directed by Edwin Carewe, starring Dolores del Río. In 1943 Del Rio returned to Mexico to continue her career. In 1916 the full-length silent film “ Ramona ” was released. Ramona is a dramatization of Helen Hunt Jackson’s best-selling 1884 novel of Spanish colonial California of a young woman of mixed heritage and her marriage to Allesandro, a Native American. Ramona is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Edwin Carewe, based on Helen Hunt Jackson's 1884 novel Ramona, and starring Dolores del Río and Warner Baxter. [2]:286, Mordaunt Hall of The New York Times found much to praise in what he called "an Indian love lyric": "This current offering is an extraordinarily beautiful production, intelligently directed and, with the exception of a few instances, splendidly acted. Released in 1910, the silent film was directed by D.W. Griffith, and stars Mary Pickford as Ramona and Henry B. Walthall as Alessandro. Henry King) with Loretta Young. The dramatic lighting of cinematographer Robert D. Kurrle almost beatifies del Río and lends dignity to a character who might just as easily have aroused prejudice. Jackson, a writer and U.S. Parts of the film were shot in Zion National Park, Springdale, and Cedar Breaks National Monument, all in Utah. Ramona (1928) American B&W : Eight reels / 7650 feet Directed by Edwin Carewe. Language Silent, English intertitles "Ramona", A Story of the White Man’s Injustice to the Indian, is a short drama directed by D. W. Griffith. Some of the characters have been changed to enhance the dramatic worth of the picture, but this is pardonable, especially when one considers this subject as a whole. For decades, Ramona was thought to be lost until archivists rediscovered it in the Národní Filmový Archiv in Prague in 2010. Her (wicked) stepmother pampers Felipe and openly scorns Ramona, strenuously opposing her wish to marry Alessandro, a match that would disgrace the Moreno name. There will be live organ accompaniment for this recently re- discovered and restored silent film. Besides being an absorbing Western melodrama, this (third!) Del Río’s second marriage to MGM art director Cedric Gibbons helped secure her as a member of the Hollywood elite, but her thick accent consigned her to ethnic roles in melodramas and a number of Busby Berkeley musical comedies. UC Davis professor and composer Pablo Ortiz has scored a dramatic new work to accompany a classic silent film, Ramona (1910), adapted from Helen Hunt Jacksons novel of the same name … In March 2015 it won the distinction "Award of Merit" at the San Francisco Film Awards. Fox told the Los Angeles Times, “I feel that I understand Miss Del Rio better than she does herself. Jackson’s story dovetails with the heritages of both the star and director of the 1928 version. Carewe did not make the transition and his career ended in 1934. Related Please make your tax-deductible donation to Rancho Camulos Museum today. The song, performed by del Río for RCA Victor, was synched with a scene in the otherwise silent film; her version was reused for the 1936 Ramona. The different episodes are told discreetly and with a good measure of suspense and sympathy. After she passionately defended herself in a letter to the House Un-American Activities Committee, she regained her U.S. work privileges. 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