California (1963)
86 mins | Drama | March 1963
Director:
Hamil PetroffWriter:
James WestProducer:
Hamil PetroffCinematographer:
Ed FitzgeraldEditor:
Bert HoneyProduction Designer:
Theobold HolsoppleProduction Company:
Caren ProductionsThe film’s working title was Don Mike. Shooting took place at Republic Pictures’ studio in Studio City, CA, according to the 16 Nov 1962 DV, which announced that associate producer Vernon Keays had completed production and was in New York to finalize a distribution deal. The film reportedly had a running time of seventy-six minutes at that time. Earl Collins, identified as “part owner” of the film, was said to be handling sales.
Don Mike was retitled California prior to release. Incorrectly referring to it as The Californians, an article in the 31 Mar 1963 [Bloomington, IL] Pantagraph listed a scheduled release date of 13 Mar 1963, and cited it as one of twelve “made in Hollywood” pictures to be released by American International Pictures (AIP) in 1963. Regional openings included a Mar 1963 or early Apr 1963 release at the State Theatre in Uniontown, PA, as indicated by an item in the 9 Apr 1963 [Uniontown, PA] Morning Herald. The film played in late Apr 1963 in Hillsboro, OH, on a double bill with Follow the Boys (1963, see entry), and in Tucson, AZ, on a double bill with another AIP release, Operation Bikini (1963, see entry), according to advertisements in the 26 Apr 1963 [Hillsboro, OH] Press-Gazette and the 27 Apr 1963 Tucson Daily Citizen. ...
The film’s working title was Don Mike. Shooting took place at Republic Pictures’ studio in Studio City, CA, according to the 16 Nov 1962 DV, which announced that associate producer Vernon Keays had completed production and was in New York to finalize a distribution deal. The film reportedly had a running time of seventy-six minutes at that time. Earl Collins, identified as “part owner” of the film, was said to be handling sales.
Don Mike was retitled California prior to release. Incorrectly referring to it as The Californians, an article in the 31 Mar 1963 [Bloomington, IL] Pantagraph listed a scheduled release date of 13 Mar 1963, and cited it as one of twelve “made in Hollywood” pictures to be released by American International Pictures (AIP) in 1963. Regional openings included a Mar 1963 or early Apr 1963 release at the State Theatre in Uniontown, PA, as indicated by an item in the 9 Apr 1963 [Uniontown, PA] Morning Herald. The film played in late Apr 1963 in Hillsboro, OH, on a double bill with Follow the Boys (1963, see entry), and in Tucson, AZ, on a double bill with another AIP release, Operation Bikini (1963, see entry), according to advertisements in the 26 Apr 1963 [Hillsboro, OH] Press-Gazette and the 27 Apr 1963 Tucson Daily Citizen.
In 1841, near Monterey, California, the people are uniting to break from Mexican rule and seek admission to the U.S. Collaborator Don Francisco leads Mexican troops in terrorizing the region while Don Michael, his half brother from Los Angeles, heads the revolutionaries. Carlotta, Don Francisco's mistress, collaborates with the revolutionaries and then kills herself. Don Francisco is killed by one of his own men after the Mexicans are defeated, leaving his fiancée, Marianna De La Rosa, an heiress from a neighboring estate, free to marry Don "Mike" who now takes rightful possession of his father's ...
In 1841, near Monterey, California, the people are uniting to break from Mexican rule and seek admission to the U.S. Collaborator Don Francisco leads Mexican troops in terrorizing the region while Don Michael, his half brother from Los Angeles, heads the revolutionaries. Carlotta, Don Francisco's mistress, collaborates with the revolutionaries and then kills herself. Don Francisco is killed by one of his own men after the Mexicans are defeated, leaving his fiancée, Marianna De La Rosa, an heiress from a neighboring estate, free to marry Don "Mike" who now takes rightful possession of his father's lands.
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