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Born in San Diego, Calif, of an old Castilian family, Bert Acosta was a professional automobile racer at 13. In 1910, aged 15, he learned to fly in a ship he built himself as a copy of a Curtiss "pusher." Year later he began working for Glenn Curtiss, went to Canada in 1914 to teach Royal Air Force students to fly. Afterward he taught U. S. Army pilots, became a captain in the Wartime Air Service, returned to Curtiss after the Armistice...
Gomez is proud of his Castilian blood. Once when the Yankees arrived in Detroit he was invited to address a Spanish-American society. He remembered to decline because he speaks no Spanish...
Enlightened by a good section man, such as Mr. Carner (Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 12 o'clock) with a sense of humor and a knowledge of Castilian manners and modes, the course becomes quite delightful...
...idea behind Night Over Taos is that the course of youth and growth should not be checked by age and tradition. The scene is the Taos of 1847, last stand of Castilian feudality before the rising tide of Northern conquest. Old Pablo Montoya (J. Edward Bromberg) has resolved to resist the Gringo invasion to the last ditch, to protect his lands and the imperious institutions in which he believes. As a result of his convictions, he kills one son for treating with the enemy, almost kills another who is in love with the girl whom Pablo has decided to take...
...capital to the right is inscribed "Isto Arco Feci Rodricus Gustiut' Vir Valde Bonu (M)llite Orate Pro II" Gustio, the sculptor, was without doubt a scion of the celebrated Castilian family. Thus these two capital are surely dated monuments of the year...