A Romance Of Seville (1929)

Set in rural Spain, a young man (Alexander D'Arcy) meets the girl (Eugenie Amami) he has been betrothed to by his parents since birth for the first time. But she is in love with a dashing soldier (Hugh Eden) and he is in love with a pretty senorita (Marguerite Allan). Co-written by Alma Reville (Mrs. Alfred Hitchcock) and directed by Norman Walker. This tale of romance among the Spanish gentry with a robbery subplot is a pleasant enough diversion. It's a silent film with a synchronized musical score that was the first British film filmed in color (a process called Pathechrome). Alas, the color prints no longer exist so the transfer I watched was in black and white. It's a pity because the Spanish locations are beautifully filmed by Claude Friese Greene and even in B&W, it's imposing. Alexander D'Arcy (perhaps best remembered as Marilyn Monroe's one eyed date in HOW TO MARRY A MILLIONAIRE) makes for a dashing leading man though he seems rather inadequate in the action sequences. With Cecil Barry and Randle Ayrton.