The Spider and the Rose

Directed by John McDermott

Written by Gerald C. Duffy, Richard Schayer

In Southern California during the Mexican regime, Don Marcello, son of the territorial governor, returns home to find that his father's secretary, Mendozza, has seized power. The coup arouses the anger of the revolutionary faction, which forms an alliance with Don Marcello.

Cast

Alice Lake

Paula

Richard Headrick

Don Marcello as a child

Gaston Glass

Don Marcello

Joseph J. Dowling

The governor

Robert McKim

Mendozza

Noah Beery

Maître Renaud

Otis Harlan

The secretary

Frank Campeau

Don Fernando

Andrew Arbuckle

The priest

Alec B. Francis

Good Padre

Edwin Stevens

Bishop Oliveros

Louise Fazenda

Dolores