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A Mexican Courtship (1912)

A Mexican Courtship poster
Directed by
Wilbert Melville
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
17 min
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In Juarez, a pretty young woman named Dolores falls for Juan, a worker at the bullring. But her parents want her to marry the famous bull-fighter Alonzo, so she reluctantly agrees. On the day of the big fight, Alonzo shows up too drunk to perform.

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