The Yankee Señor

The Yankee Señor is a lost 1926 American silent Western film directed by Emmett J. Flynn and starring Tom Mix, Olive Borden, and Margaret Livingston.^[1]

The Yankee Señor
Directed by	Emmett J. Flynn
Written by	Eve Unsell
Based on	Conquistador by Katherine Fullerton Gerould
Produced by	William Fox
Starring	Tom Mix Olive Borden Margaret Livingston
Cinematography	Daniel B. Clark
Production company	Fox Film
Distributed by	Fox Film
Release date	January 10, 1926 (1926-01-10)
Running time	54 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[2] civil engineer Paul Wharton receives a letter informing him that he is the heir to Don Fernando in Mexico. Juan Gutiérrez, a cousin, is in reality the leader of a bandit gang, fails in an attempt to fatally injure Paul by tying him on the back of a wild horse when Paul's talented horse Tony comes to his rescue. Juan then attempts to use Flora to compromise Paul with his fiancée and succeeds. Juan then lures Paul to a lonely hut, but Paul cleans up a trio of bandits. Paul then weds Manuelita, daughter of the Don.

Cast

• Tom Mix as Paul Wharton
• Olive Borden as Manuelita
• Tom Kennedy as Luke Martin
• Francis McDonald as Juan Gutiérrez
• Margaret Livingston as Flora
• Alec B. Francis as Don Fernando
• Kathryn Carver as Doris Mayne (credited as Kathryn Hill)
• Martha Mattox as Aunt Abigail
• Raymond Wells as Ranch Foreman

Production

Mix selected Olive Borden for her role as the love interest due to her brown eyes.^[3] The film had Technicolor sequence involving a Mexican fiesta with Mix and Borden dancing.^[2] The high power lighting required for this process resulted in eye pain and headaches that severely affected several cast members including Mix, Livingston, and Carver.^[3] Some location scenes involving Mix on horseback were shot in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming.^[4]