Trivia / Rosita

• Creator Backlash: Pickford reportedly hated the film so much that she tried to destroy every copy.
• Fake Nationality:
  • The Canadian Mary Pickford plays a Spaniard.
  • The American Holbrook Blinn plays a Spanish king. His wife was played by Irene Rich, who was also American.
  • George Walsh was American, while his character Diego was Spanish.
• Playing Against Type: Mary Pickford was known for playing The Ingenue. Rosita is anything but. She's a spirited Ms. Fanservice who ends up the king's mistress.
• What Could Have Been:
  • Rosita was originally an adaptation of the book Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall but the director backed out. It was than an adaptation of Faust: First Part of the Tragedy but Pickford's mother disliked the baby killing scene (a separate Faust film would later be made in 1926). In the end, they went with a French play. Pickford ended up doing Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall in 1924.
  • Mary Pickford had wanted Ramón Novarro to co-star opposite her as Don Diego. Navarro's mentor reminded him that Pickford had once critiqued his looks, so he rejected the offer. As a result George Walsh was cast instead.