Rosita, a peasant singer in Seville, captures the attention of the King.Rosita, a peasant singer in Seville, captures the attention of the King.Rosita, a peasant singer in Seville, captures the attention of the King.
- Awards
- 3 wins
Mathilde Comont
- Rosita's Mother
- (as Mme. Mathilde Comont)
George Bookasta
- Child Role
- (uncredited)
Mario Carillo
- Majordomo
- (uncredited)
Marcella Daly
- Undetermined Bit Role
- (uncredited)
Charles Farrell
- Undetermined Bit Role
- (uncredited)
- Directors
- Ernst Lubitsch
- Raoul Walsh(uncredited)
- Writers
- Edward Knoblock
- Norbert Falk
- Philippe Dumanoir(uncredited)
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaDespite its success, Mary Pickford demanded all copies of the films to be ruined.
- Quotes
Title Card: A woman can always be expected to do the unexpected -...
- ConnectionsEdited into American Experience: Mary Pickford (2005)
Featured review
Neither Pickford's nor Lubitsch's best
The King of Spain (Holbrook Blinn) visits the carnival in Seville where he listens incognito to Rosita (Mary Pickford) singing a cheeky song that criticises his rule. Rosita is arrested, though Don Diego (George Walsh) intervenes while she is being dragged off to jail, only to be jailed himself. Of course the lecherous king has become interested in the pretty street singer - but so has Don Diego, who is now being sentenced to death because he killed the officer who had arrested Rosita... and so on. What follows is a quite convoluted affair, and that is one of my points of criticism. The whole setup is so complicated that there would have been material enough for a couple of films. As it is the whole thing feels rushed, despite the one hour forty minutes it takes. A consequence of this is that the characters remain pretty one-dimensional (this is my second point of criticism). The king cannot control his sex drive, Don Diego is noble, Rosita not above accepting favours but nevertheless sweet, pretty and lovable. At the end of all this the queen appears more or less like a deus ex machina to resolve the complications. The settings of the film are sumptuous, as are the costumes that place the story roughly in the Napoleonic era (when Spain had other problems than the king's libido). In sum: Fundamentally this is a watchable picture, but there are a number of weaknesses that make it more difficult to enjoy than many other silent films.
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- Philipp_Flersheim
- Jan 31, 2022
Details
- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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