The Brand of Lopez
Summary
In the sun-drenched, blood-soaked arenas of a mythologized Spain, Vasco Lopez reigns as the quintessential matador, a figure of choreographed violence and refined masculinity. However, his pedestal crumbles when a labyrinthine betrayal by a manipulative danseuse strips him of his social standing and professional dignity. Transmuted by bitterness into a spectral outlaw, Lopez navigates the rugged peripheries of society, his existence now a singular pursuit of retribution against the woman whose duplicity branded his soul more deeply than any bull’s horn. The narrative charts a descent from the gilded prestige of the bullring to the dust-choked isolation of the bandit’s lair, exploring the fragility of reputation and the corrosive nature of a vendetta that transcends the boundaries of law and morality. As Vasco hunts his betrayer, the film pivots from a sports drama to a gritty proto-western, interrogating whether a man can ever truly reclaim a name once it has been tarnished by the very hands he once loved.
Synopsis
When a famed matador is forced to become an outlaw, he seeks to get revenge on the dancing girl who betrayed him.
Director
Evelyn Ward, Eugenie Besserer, Mary Jane Irving, Florence Turner, Sessue Hayakawa, Kitty Bradbury, Sidney Payne, Gertrude Norman
Richard Schayer, J. Grubb Alexander
