''California'' is a 1927 American silent

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film directed by

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and written by Marian Ainslee, Ruth Cummings and Frank Davis. The film stars

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and Fred Warren. The film was released on May 7, 1927, by

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Plot

The film dramatized the Battle of San Pasqual, of December 6–7, 1846, a battle of the

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1846-1848, in which General Stephen W. Kearny's U.S. Dragoons fought Californio lancers in the

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, just east of

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, "Tim McCoy's New One," ''

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'', March 4, 1927.

Cast

as Capt. Archibald Gillespie *

as Carlotta del Rey *

as Drachano *

as Don Carlos del Rey * Fred Warren as Kit Carson * Lillian Leighton as Duenna * Edwin Terry as Brig. Gen. Stephen W. Kearny

References

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* {{W. S. Van Dyke 1927 films 1927 Western (genre) films Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films Films directed by W. S. Van Dyke American black-and-white films Films produced by Erich Pommer Silent American Western (genre) films 1920s English-language films 1920s American films