The Gaucho
1927 film by F. Richard Jones / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Gaucho (the official full title of the film is Douglas Fairbanks as The Gaucho[2]) is a 1927 American silent adventure film starring Douglas Fairbanks and Lupe Vélez that is set in Argentina. The lavish adventure extravaganza, filmed at the height of Fairbanks' box office clout, was directed by F. Richard Jones with a running time of 115 minutes.
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Directed by | F. Richard Jones |
Written by | Douglas Fairbanks |
Produced by | Douglas Fairbanks |
Starring | Douglas Fairbanks Lupe Vélez |
Cinematography | Tony Gaudio |
Edited by | William Nolan |
Music by | Arthur Kay (uncredited) |
Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Box office | $1.4 million[1] |
Fairbanks biographer Jeffrey Vance considers the film "a near masterwork" and "an anomaly among his [Fairbanks’] works."[2] Vance also considers it a "daring departure, the film is an effort of unanticipated darkness in tone, setting, and character. The spirit of adolescent boyish adventure, the omnipresent characteristic of his prior films, is noticeably absent. It has been replaced by a spiritual fervor and an element of seething sexuality the likes of which has never been seen before in one of his productions.”[2]