Daughter of Don Q
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| Daughter of Don Q | |
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| Directed by | Spencer Gordon Bennet Fred C. Brannon |
| Produced by | Ronald Davidson |
| Written by | Albert DeMond Basil Dickey Jesse Duffy Lynn Perkins |
| Starring | Lorna Gray Kirk Alyn LeRoy Mason Roy Barcroft Claire Meade Kernan Cripps |
| Music by | Cy Feuer (director) Raoul Kraushaar (director) Mort Glickman |
| Cinematography | Bud Thackery |
| Editing by | Cliff Bell Sr. Harold Minter |
| Distributed by | Republic Pictures |
| Release date(s) |  27 July 1946 |
| Running time | 12 chapters (167 min) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $137,988 (negative cost: $140,156)[1] |
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Daughter of Don Q (1946) is a Republic Movie serial. It combines elements of the B-Western genre with contemporary crime films, especially the popular "land grab" plot in which the villain attempts to steal apparently worthless land from the heroine (in this case) because he secretly knows it is worth a fortune. In this case, Dolores Quantero, is the rightful heir to extremely valuable metroploitan land which another familt member, Carlos Manning, wants for himself.
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[edit] Plot
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Delores Quantero is the descendant of Zorro-style hero, Don Quantero, who was granted land by the Spanish crown. This grant, which is still legally valid, now covers the business district of the city. Another descendant, Carlos Manning, has discovered the existence of this document and plots to inherit the fortune by murdering his relatives.
[edit] Cast
- Lorna Gray as Dolores Quantero, heiress and heroine
- Kirk Alyn as Cliff Roberts, reporter aiding Dolores
- LeRoy Mason as Carlos Manning, villain
- Roy Barcroft as Mel Donovan
- Claire Meade as Marie Martinez
- Kernan Cripps as Inspector Grogan
- Jimmy Ames as Romero
- Eddie Parker in multiple small roles including "Store Clerk" and "Henchman"
- Tom Steele in multiple small roles including "Streetsweep" and "Bomb thug"
[edit] Production
Filming on Daughter of Don Q took place between 3 January and 30 January 1946. It was released in the summer of the same year, with the sixth chapter being released on 27 July 1946 (considered to be the official release date for the whole serial).[1]
The original budget for the serial was set as $137,988 but the negative cost rose to $140,156. At 1.6% overbudget this was low for a Republic serial, with an average over all 66 of 5.7% over and especially considering the subsequent serial, The Crimson Ghost, would exceed its budget by 16.9%. Although budgeted to be the most expensive Republic serial of 1946, The Crimson Ghost took that title with its final negative cost of $161,174.[1]
[edit] Chapter titles
- Multiple Murder
- Vendetta
- Under the Knives
- Race to Destruction
- Blackout
- Forged Evidence
- Execution by Error
- Window to Death
- The Juggernaut
- Cremation
- Glass Guillotine
- Dead Man's Vengeance
Note: All serials produced by Republic in 1946 were 12 chapters long and this was the first year that no 15-chapter serials were produced by the serial. Almost all future Republic serials would follow this 12-chapter limit until the last was released in 1955.[1]
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[edit] Stunts & Effects
Special Effects by the Lydecker brothers
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Valley of the Cliffhangers Supplement; Mathis, Jack, 1995, ISBN 0-9632878-1-8
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| Preceded by King of the Forest Rangers (1946) |
Republic Serial Daughter of Don Q (1946) |
Succeeded by The Crimson Ghost (1946) |
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