“RAMONA”
LOVE IN OLD AMERICA Extraordinary things happen in Ho.lywood. When United Artists 6 mined to make “Ramona,” Dolores Del Rio in the title rolc » question arose as to who to for the part of “Allesandro the mantic Indian lover of the hero l°. e . the story. For many day** Carewe, who directed the producu searched for an actor to assume difficult role. His cameramen busy making tests from morning, night. Then someone suggested ner Baxter, but he did not gr* e suggestion a second thought. Baxter was a handsome leading ** not an Indian type. Next day. ® ever, he sent for Mr. Baxter, wn° given the screen test which won _ him the leading masculine role, those few who are not familiar Helen Hunt Jackson’s Indian classy “Ramona,” it should be noted is a tale of love in nineteenth c€nt^ 1 /' California. It is a story of man's greed, a romance of ® . breed girl and her Indian lover. - bringing the novel to the screen, • Carewe has done something decide worth while.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 417, 27 July 1928, Page 14
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