Song of the Caballero
{{short description|1930 film}}
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{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Song of the Caballero
| image = Song of the Caballero (1930) lobby card.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Lobby card
| director = Harry Joe Brown
| producer = Ken Maynard
| screenplay = Bennett Cohen
Leslie Mason
| story = Kenneth C. Beaton
Norman L. Sper
| starring = Ken Maynard
| music = Sam Perry
| cinematography = Ted D. McCord
| editing = Fred Allen
| studio = Ken Maynard Productions Inc.
| distributor = Universal Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1930|6|29}}
| runtime = 73 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Song of the Caballero is a 1930 pre-Code American Western film directed by Harry Joe Brown and written by Bennett Cohen and Leslie Mason. The film stars Ken Maynard.{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/90856/song-of-the-caballero |title=Song of the Caballero (1930) - Overview |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |date= |access-date=December 27, 2015}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/111045/Song-of-the-Caballero/overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105105533/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/111045/Song-of-the-Caballero/overview |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 5, 2016 |title=Song-of-the-Caballero - Trailer|department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |publisher=Baseline & All Movie Guide |author=Hans J. Wollstein |date=2016 |accessdate=December 27, 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=1698 |title=Song of the Caballero |publisher=Afi.com |date= |accessdate=December 27, 2015}} The film was released on June 29, 1930, by Universal Pictures.
Plot
Maynard appears in the role of a drifter who comes home to revenge harm done to his mother. In the process he encounters 10 villains with swords. Maynard also sings in this film.{{cite web |last1=Wollstein |first1=Hans J. |title=Song of the Caballero (1930) |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/song-of-the-caballero-v111045 |website=AllMovie |access-date=July 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210703231515/https://www.allmovie.com/movie/song-of-the-caballero-v111045 |archive-date=July 3, 2021}}
==Cast==
- Ken Maynard as Juan Posing as El Lobo
- Doris Hill as Anita
- Francis Ford as Don Pedro Madero
- Gino Corrado as Don Jose Madero
- Evelyn Sherman as Doña Louisa
- Josef Swickard as Manuel
- Frank Rice as Andrea
- William Irving as Bernardo
- Joyzelle Joyner as Conchita
- Tarzan as Tarzan
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0021403|Song of the Caballero}}
{{Harry Joe Brown}}
Category:American Western (genre) films
Category:1930 Western (genre) films
Category:Universal Pictures films
Category:Films directed by Harry Joe Brown
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:1930s English-language films
Category:English-language Western (genre) films
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