Movie
The Story of the Olive
1914
A quiet, old-fashioned silent short that unfolds gently, with little urgency and a mild romantic tension over land and pride.
- Directed by
- Sydney Ayres
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Sydney Ayres, Vivian Rich, Jack Richardson
- Overview
- In Southern California lived Jose de Cabrillo on an estate which he had inherited from his ancestors, who obtained the land from the King of Spain. The scene is laid in the year 1840, "Before the Gringo came." A young American, Sam Blythe. who wishes to settle in California, notices in riding by the gate of the ranch, that it is offered for sale. He says he will buy it if the olive industry is what he desires. Mercedes, the daughter of Jose, is incensed at the thought of her father's selling the ranch, and especially so when she thinks of an American as a possible owner.
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- Directed by
- Sydney Ayres
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Sydney Ayres, Vivian Rich, Jack Richardson
