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Rosita (1923)
 Plot Summary:
Based on the novel Don Cesar de Bazon and set in old Spain, this silent romantic drama
centers on a beauteous street singer whose life changes for the worse when the King of
Spain takes a shine to her. One day she sings a song making fun of the monarch and ends up
arrested as does her true love, an impoverished aristocrat. The latter is slated for
execution while the singer is brought before the king who tries showering her with gifts
in order to seduce her. When that fails, the king blindfolds the girl and the nobleman and
marries them, so she will have a title. Just before the aristocrat is to die, the Queen
intervenes and slips blanks into the guns of the firing squad. When the fateful moment
arrives though, the nobleman falls dead. Later, the pall bearers take him to the singer's
home where the king is trying to calm her grief by seducing her. She will have none of
that and is preparing to stab her regent when her lover suddenly springs up and saves the
king insuring a happy ending for himself and his lady love. -- Sandra Brennan
Plot Summary from The All
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