Señor Americano Explained

Señor Americano
Director:	Harry Joe Brown
Producer:	Carl Laemmle Ken Maynard
Starring:	Ken Maynard Kathryn Crawford Frank Beal
Cinematography:	Ted D. McCord
Editing:	Fred Allen
Studio:	Ken Maynard Productions
Distributor:	Universal Pictures
Runtime:	71 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	Sound film (Part-Talkie) English Intertitles

Señor Americano is a 1929 American sound part-talkie western film directed by Harry Joe Brown and starring Ken Maynard, Kathryn Crawford and Frank Beal.^[1] While the film has a few talking sequences, the majority of the film featured a synchronized musical score with sound effects. It was distributed by Universal Pictures. Produced during the transition to sound, it was released in both sound and silent versions.

Synopsis

An American cavalry officer goes undercover in order to pursue a gang of bandits in California in the years before statehood.

Cast

• Ken Maynard as Lieutenant Michael Banning
• Kathryn Crawford as Carmelita DeAccosta
• Frank Beal as Don Manuel DeAccosta
• Frank Yaconelli as Mañana
• J.P. McGowan as Maddox
• Gino Corrado as Carlos Ramirez

See also

• List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)

Bibliography

• Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.

Notes and References

1. Munden p.695