The Spirit of the Bell - Production & Contact Info (original) (raw)

Miguel Galvez, a sympathizer with the Federal cause, loves Dolores, whose sympathies are with the Rebels. Dolores loves Pedro, a young ranch foreman and rebel. Pedro recruits a company of Peons and leaves with them in the interests of the ...See moreMiguel Galvez, a sympathizer with the Federal cause, loves Dolores, whose sympathies are with the Rebels. Dolores loves Pedro, a young ranch foreman and rebel. Pedro recruits a company of Peons and leaves with them in the interests of the Rebel cause. A week later, Miguel, at the head of a company of Federals, marches in the direction of the ranch to demand that Dolores's father deliver Dolores to him. A peon warns the Don of Miguel's approach, and Dolores is sent to the Mission for protection. Miguel reaches the ranch, kills the Don and fires the ranch house. Miguel overtakes the peon who warned the Don and makes him reveal Dolores's hiding place. The peon is bound to his horse and taken with the Federals to the Mission. Miguel demands Dolores, but the father refuses to deliver her to him. He thinks to work upon the superstitions of Miguel by placing the Sacred Bell of Santa Maria in front of the Mission gate. Dolores, gowned in white, secrets herself behind the bell and at sunset she rises from it like a specter. The peon soldiers, thinking it the Spirit of the Bell, cease fighting. Dolores delivers herself to Miguel in order to save the women and children in the Mission. The peon prisoner, who has escaped, warns Pedro of the danger to Dolores and the Mission, and Pedro goes to their rescue. Miguel is killed and his band routed. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less