Border Romance (1930)
61 mins | Western | 18 May 1930
Cast:
Armida, Don Terry, Marjorie "Babe" Kane [ More ]Director:
Richard ThorpeProducer:
Lester F. Scott Jr.Cinematographer:
Harry ZechEditor:
Richard CahoonProduction Company:
Tiffany Productions, Inc.This film was initially titled Down by the Rio Grande. An item in the 1 March 1930 Motion Picture News stated that it was the first in a series of six “outdoor musical comedies” on the production slate at Tiffany Productions, Inc. The series was set to include song and dance numbers filmed outdoors and “original songs for principals.” Principal photography was scheduled to begin the week of 10 March 1930 at the Tiffany-Stahl Studios in Hollywood, CA, according to a news brief in the 6 March 1930 Exhibitors Daily Review and Motion Pictures Today. During filming, the title was changed to Song of the Rurales. A final title change to Border Romance was announced in the 19 April 1930 Hollywood Filmograph, prior to theatrical release on 18 May 1930. In addition to the sound version, a silent version was issued. On 6 November 1930, Film Daily stated that Jimmy Bradford (likely James C. Bradford) had finished a musical score for the picture, indicating that the score would accompany the silent version.
A review in the 31 May 1930 Motion Picture News suggested that some sequences eluded censorship, noting the following: “One scene shows [Victor] Potel going to the river for a bath, not knowing it is ‘ladies day,’ and plunging into the midst of a group of naked women. In another episode he explains that he could not get a drink at the brook because ‘the horses were careless.’ Another censorable sequence cannot be described in print.” ...
This film was initially titled Down by the Rio Grande. An item in the 1 March 1930 Motion Picture News stated that it was the first in a series of six “outdoor musical comedies” on the production slate at Tiffany Productions, Inc. The series was set to include song and dance numbers filmed outdoors and “original songs for principals.” Principal photography was scheduled to begin the week of 10 March 1930 at the Tiffany-Stahl Studios in Hollywood, CA, according to a news brief in the 6 March 1930 Exhibitors Daily Review and Motion Pictures Today. During filming, the title was changed to Song of the Rurales. A final title change to Border Romance was announced in the 19 April 1930 Hollywood Filmograph, prior to theatrical release on 18 May 1930. In addition to the sound version, a silent version was issued. On 6 November 1930, Film Daily stated that Jimmy Bradford (likely James C. Bradford) had finished a musical score for the picture, indicating that the score would accompany the silent version.
A review in the 31 May 1930 Motion Picture News suggested that some sequences eluded censorship, noting the following: “One scene shows [Victor] Potel going to the river for a bath, not knowing it is ‘ladies day,’ and plunging into the midst of a group of naked women. In another episode he explains that he could not get a drink at the brook because ‘the horses were careless.’ Another censorable sequence cannot be described in print.”
Song of the Rurales
Bob Hamlin, his younger brother, Victor, and their helper, Slim, are engaged in horsetrading in the mountains of Mexico. They meet Buck Adams, a prospective buyer; and at a tavern, Vic antagonizes a big Mexican by trying to dance with a girl and is forced to kill him when he draws a gun. Their horses are stolen, but they evade capture by the rurales. While giving chase to Buck, Bob encounters Conchita, whose beauty captivates him; but he courts Gloria, Buck's girl, in order to learn the whereabouts of the villain. He abducts the brokenhearted Conchita and takes her to a mountain hideout, where he convinces her of his innocence of the crime. He surrenders to the rurales, who take Buck's men prisoners, and collects the reward for having killed El Gallo, a notorious ...
Bob Hamlin, his younger brother, Victor, and their helper, Slim, are engaged in horsetrading in the mountains of Mexico. They meet Buck Adams, a prospective buyer; and at a tavern, Vic antagonizes a big Mexican by trying to dance with a girl and is forced to kill him when he draws a gun. Their horses are stolen, but they evade capture by the rurales. While giving chase to Buck, Bob encounters Conchita, whose beauty captivates him; but he courts Gloria, Buck's girl, in order to learn the whereabouts of the villain. He abducts the brokenhearted Conchita and takes her to a mountain hideout, where he convinces her of his innocence of the crime. He surrenders to the rurales, who take Buck's men prisoners, and collects the reward for having killed El Gallo, a notorious bandit.
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