Volume II: Filmography

THE LITTLE SENORITA

Advertisement from Reel Life June 13, 1914

(Princess)

June 19, 1914 (Friday)

Length: 1 reel (1,004 feet)

Character: Drama; "A love tale of the tropics"

Scenario: Philip Lonergan

Cast: Muriel Ostriche (Dolores Carraza), Boyd Marshall (Tom Maitland), Morgan Jones (Don Miguel Carraza, Dolores' father), Marie Rainford (Maria, Don Miguel Carraza's wife), J.S. Murray

SYNOPSIS, Reel Life, June 20, 1914:

"There was a mystery about the South American who had bought Hendrick's Island. He shut himself up in his magnificent house, as in a fortress, and trespass upon his domain was forbidden. Tom Maitland believed that he had solved the mystery when he discovered that the stranger had a very beautiful daughter. Maitland invaded the forbidden ground, and he and Dolores met secretly. Soon he found that if he would win the daughter, he must court the good graces of her parents. But when he broached marriage, Don Miguel Carraza would not listen to such overtures from an Americano. Maitland was exiled from his island paradise, and the girl was closely guarded by Senora Maria, her mother.

"One day Maitland, disconsolately paddling along the shore, caught sight of somebody swimming desperately in midstream. He pulled out - to find it was Dolores. When he had helped the exhausted girl into the boat, he listened in amazement to her extraordinary story, and then rowed with all his might to the island. If it had not been for the timely aid of the young American, Carraza's old political enemy would have gotten the better of him. When the Brazilian was safely tied up until the constable could be summoned from across the river, Don Miguel commended Maitland on the valiant fight he had put up. And this time, when the lover renewed his entreaties, he won the little senorita."

REVIEW, The Bioscope, October 15, 1914:

"A conventional little story decked out with numerous novel incidents and, as a whole, effective if unambitious. It tells how a young American wins the hand of a pretty South American Spanish girl by saving the latter's father and his family from an extremely unpleasant situation. Although not at all Spanish types, Miss Muriel Ostriche and Miss Marie Rainford do well as the little senorita and her mother respectively, whilst Mr. Boyd Marshall is excellent as the American hero of the piece. The photography is remarkably fine."

REVIEW, The Moving Picture World, July 4, 1914:

"A pretty, poetic romance with Muriel Ostriche as the heroine. It is set on an island not far from shore, and, at the climax, she swims to the mainland for help and, of course, brings her lover. Her parents are South Americans in retirement after a revolution, and her father has a lot of gold. Some roughs determine to levy a generous contribution on him for a revolution, and land on the island. The girl's lover had been coming there; but had been 'warned' off. He now, with the help of Muriel, is able to save the treasure and win the father's consent. The staging and photography are of the best. It is played naturally. We think it a very acceptable, though slight, offering."

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