Technicolor melodrama where love triangles hit harder than the California sun.
Half-Indian girl brought up in a wealthy household is loved by the son of the house against his family's wishes and loves another Indian employed by the household.
Cinematography
Early Technicolor glows like stained glass.
Costume
Loretta Young's ruffled Spanish-California wardrobe.
Acting
Young's trembling-lip commitment to suffering.
Director
Henry King
Loretta Young
Ramona
Don Ameche
Alessandro
Kent Taylor
Felipe Moreno
Pauline Frederick
Señora Moreno
Victor Kilian
Father Gaspara
John Carradine
Jim Farrar
J. Carrol Naish
Juan Can
Pedro de Cordoba
Father Salvierderra
Claire Du Brey
Marda
Russell Simpson
Scroggs
William Benedict
Joseph Hyar
Chief Thundercloud
Pablo
Charles Middleton
American Settler (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Fourth film adaptation of Helen Hunt Jackson's 1884 novel, which helped spark public sympathy for Native American rights.
Loretta Young reportedly hated her 'Mexican' makeup so much she had it photographed then destroyed the negatives.
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