The Gaucho
by Christy Cabanne, F. Richard Jones, John Emerson
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Actor: Allan Sears, Bessie Love, Douglas Fairbanks, George Hall, Tom WilsonDirector: Christy Cabanne, F. Richard Jones, John Emerson
Brand: Kino International
Producer: Douglas Fairbanks
Writer: Douglas Fairbanks
Cinematographer: John W. Leezer
Writer: Anita Loos
Writer: Tod Browning
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Black & White, DVD, NTSC, Silent
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 96 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-10-09
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: 2152
Studio: Kino Video
Product features:
- GAUCHO, THE (DVD MOVIE)
Movie Reviews of The Gaucho
Movie Review: Double the Fairbanks fun and adventure!
Summary: 5 Stars
While Douglas Fairbanks, Sr's action-adventure dramas such as "The Mark of Zorro", "Robin Hood", "The Three Musketeers" and "The Iron Mask" have become legendary screen classics - and deservedly so - this lesser-known film Fairbanks made in 1928 has actually been praised by some critics as being his very best film of all. "The Gaucho" has all the elements and qualities of his other famous swashbuckling smash hits of the 1920s, with the exception that the story was not already a well-known book. Fairbanks wrote the screenplays for all of his successful movies, and adding the skills and experience of many years in the film industry, he was able to repeatedly give the movie audiences exactly what they wanted. Nearly 80 years later, "The Gaucho" can still thoroughly entertain and even astonish and impress an audience, as I have personally witnessed at a screening of this unique film. There is never a dull moment as Fairbanks and his vibrant co-star, Lupe Velez, entertain with humorous action and adventure, while at the same time telling a solid, good story involving an oppressive military regime, a young woman who performs healing miracles at a Lourdes-like shrine, and a leper who passes on his disease to `the Gaucho' - the leader of a gang of Andean bandits who finds himself in a Robin Hood role when he enters the `holy city' looking for gold and treasures. The comedy and action scenes are very satisfying, as is the outcome of the story, balancing dark elements with religious and spiritual, spicing it with just the right amount of tricks and stunts which only Douglas Fairbanks can perform. The good black & white picture quality is enhanced by lively music with a distinct South American flavour which suits the film perfectly, so that no matter what the viewer's preference; be it comedy, action, adventure or deeper, meaningful messages, "The Gaucho" has a little of everything to please and entertain everyone.
The second and shorter film on this disc, being just under half an hour long, has become a cult classic, and like "The Gaucho", shows a very different side of Douglas Fairbanks. Although he had successfully starred in various comedies in the years 1915-1921, "The Mystery of the Leaping Fish", made in 1916, stands out as being his most unusual but also one of his best comedy performances. Deliberately quirky and outrageous, Fairbanks plays a private detective who needs frequent cocaine injections to keep functioning, and is delighted when the case he is assigned leads him to an opium-smuggling racket. Along the way he gets the girl, and captures the bad guys while high on opium. An equally quirky musical score heightens the mood, and almost gives the viewer a sense of escaping reality in a haze of mind-altering substances. Overall, this DVD is double the fun with Fairbanks at his best and most unusual, and therefore definitely not to be missed!
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