Bonanza - The Spanish Grant | Episode 21 | Western Series | English

Bonanza - Episode 21 - The Spanish Grant - The Cartwrights try to disprove the validity of a Spanish land grant to stop the De La Cuesta family from seizing part of the Ponderosa and all of the Carson Valley settlers' homestead lands.
The Spanish Grant
Director: Christian Nyby
Writers: Morris Lee Green (story), Laurence Heath (teleplay) (as Leonard Heideman)
Stars: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Language: English
Release Date: 6 February 1960 USA
Filming Locations: Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Storyline:
The episode opens with a settler being evicted from his land by some Spanish vacqueros. When the couple insist they're not leaving, one vacquero moves toward the house. Mary Logan (Claudia Bryar) moves to stop him and is shoved to the ground. Her husband (John Frederick) comes to her defense and is shot in the back by Sanchez (Paul Picerni). Mary is warned to be off the property and an eviction notice is nailed to the porch.
The Cartwrights heard the gun shot and hurry to the Logan home, but they're too late. Mary is distraught. She doesn't want to leave the home she and her husband worked for five years. They're expecting a child now too, but her husband is dead. Ben convinces her to leave with them and stops Joe from chasing after the vacqueros.
Review:
"The theme of this episode is what happens when two rights collide. Many families have homesteaded on their land next to the Ponderosa, doing precisely what the law required and building functional farms with their sweat and blood. However, that area was taken over by the Spanish centuries earlier and the Spanish king had given subjects land grants in perpetuity. An heir of the person given the land by the earlier Spanish king has appeared and is claiming the land. A man claiming to be her uncle is with her and he has hired a group of gunmen to enforce her claim and evict the settlers. She is a beautiful woman with a royal bearing. When a settler tries to fight back, he is gunned down in front of his pregnant wife. While the claim only involves a few hundred acres of the Ponderosa, the Cartwrights become involved, for the people to be evicted are their neighbors. They pursue their counterclaims through legal means until the other side resorts to force. As would be expected, there is a sudden twist in the plot whereby there are questions as to the claimant's legitimacy. The ending is quite unexpected. What is most interesting about this episode is that it involves the historical fact that the American Southwest was once Spanish territory ruled by the King of Spain before it was part of Mexico. The timeframe of the Bonanza series is right after the American Civil war, only twenty years after Mexico ceded the territory to the United States and after centuries of Spanish claims to the land." Written by cashbacher on IMDb.com
"Film fans will no doubt recognize the plot of the classic Anastasia in this episode of Bonanza. Playing the heiress is the beautiful Patricia Medina who is of unknown origins and who adventurer Sebastian Cabot is trying to pass off as the heir to an old Spanish land grant. If successful they're going to rip off a whole big hunk of the territory of Nevada. The land grant that Cabot is claiming would also include most of the Ponderosa, something that Lorne Greene and his sons aren't about to tolerate.
As in the movie Anastasia the climax comes with the meeting of the grande dame of the DeLa Cuesta family played by Celia Lovsky with her alleged great niece Medina. Abbreviated though it is for television the scene is still well played.
A classic film adapted to the small screen setting of Bonanza, nicely done." Written by bkoganbing on IMDb.com
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[@annehector7616]

When i was a little girl & watch the reruns in the mid to late 70s i used to like Joe, but after i grew up i prefered Adam, there was something about him that caught my interest, he is so suave, he is very articulate & added on really handsome! But truely he makes the series so rich & real even believable! I really miss him when he left, Bonaza was not the same!😢

[@user-uj9dm2iu6n]

You Toad!

[@misslucky5474]

Adam can fight too! He has some slick moves.

[@hosephotographer9630]

Until the boy drop kicked his ass in the barn like Triple H LMAO

[@MikeKauaiHawaii]

Ahh, the proper music... now that brings back memories... much better than that other channel

[@3Ddude101]

The original theme yes, but as any long time Bonanza fan can tell, and especially a musician like myself, the music is slowed down considerably to allow it to pass the copyright laws.

[@linsqopiring6816]

@@3Ddude101 You think slowing a song down bypasses copyright? Lol that's hilarious. I'm sure you really are a musician lol.

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[@ArtflixMovieClassics]

The good old Bonanza series! Keep up the good work!

[@GrjngoWesternSeries]

Thanks!

[@AndrewVelonis]

The dancer near the beginning showed some real talent. I can keep my balance, but performing like that does not come easy.

[@ashleynicolelatimore]

This was such an emotional episode. Rosita must have been emotional her entire life. This episode has to do with identity, belonging, family, & love. With the emotional toil she had, I would not have wanted to live Rosita’s life or spend a day in her shoes, but I’m glad she found peace in the end.

[@nathancoleman7235]

You Stink skunk🦨🦨🦨

[@adamcollazo8228]

Bonanza takes "horse stomping" quite literally!

[@LindaMerchant-bq2hp]

And in real life the horse would of been euthanized 😢

[@dazza2024]

Another great episode thanks.

[@GrjngoWesternSeries]

Thank you!

[@aaraar4055]

This was not one of their better episodes. Really it took Adam and Rosita's looks to hold it together. That was an intense showdown between Adam and Sanchez, who had the measure of Adam. Still it was an interesting part of history and something to learn about. The Spanish grant.

[@multirichardb]

Real Estate Perpetuity is a permanent payment, a constant stream of payments for said, land. She realized her error, and she didn't want to steal the land from the people that earned the same at that time in our history. I find that as a youngster I missed so much from watching this great family sitcom, from some 60+ years ago. Thank you so much for this channel.

[@jerryparks6123]

Bonanza wasn't a Situation Comed!

[@stanmyler9037]

@@jerryparks6123 In part yes it was. There are Many episodes that are comedy centered.

[@charlesbromberick4247]

I´m glad to see Adam taking interest in a beautiful woman - I was beginning to wonder a little.

[@theranjithjay]

Issebella Del Questa has many faces including that of Rosita !

[@henrywardell4635]

BRAVO - CLASSIC TV - THANK YOU.

[@SunRabbit]

In the end, Rosita Morales lived up to her name and did the morally right thing.

[@Susann-om5ly]

Now I like Hoss and Ben!!!!😂

[@mjohn9199]

That was an interesting ending to this episode!

[@spockboy]

43:57 for all you Trek fans this actress played T`Pau in the episode Amok Time.

[@keithmadden9260]

Bonanza and star Trek were connected. 1) both had a lineup of beautiful women.2) several actors/actresses starred in both. 3) the sets were similar. 4) both were fairly left leaning politically. 5) both preached morals

[@donc9275]

I watched an episode titled “Outcast” and it had the star trek actress from the star trek pilot “The Cage” with Captain Pike.

[@spockboy]

@@keithmadden9260 Wait, the sets were similar? You lost me on that one. LOL

[@robertbowman7382]

They were both filmed at Paramount studios.

[@donhagerty5669]

THIS EPISODE HAS THE BEST MUSIC

[@cheryldahl9192]

Lovely episode :)

[@davenaicker4115]

Why no one wants to say what a beautiful lady she was

[@nnamdianyanwu2975]

Mr. French!!!!!

[@markjackson3814]

I've been to Monterey and Nevada that would be a a hell of a 🐎 back ride

[@3Ddude101]

Yeah, at least 4-5 times longer than what they tried to show here.

[@LilliLamour]

I was thinking that too. They make it seem as if it's around the corner.

[@fabam7553]

still love it

[@Dennismelnychuk]

I remember as a kid laughing at the guy dancing cuz that looked the same way as our rooster was dancing 😅

[@XavierIsraelMatamoros]

People always messing with the Ponderosa!

[@susanvenkatraman9503]

Very very good👍 👌👌✌🤩🤩🤩😍🥰😘

[@nathancoleman7235]

Bonanza had quite a number of pretty female guest characters during it run such as the Spanish royal woman in this episode but as anyone well versed with the Bonanza series knows, none of them ever lasted into the next episode.the Cartwright men seemed to never have mothers,wives, as well as sisters.

[@abbykoop5363]

That was a good one!!! ❤️

[@beckysegundo6688]

Mr. French😍

[@LindaMerchant-bq2hp]

Patricia Medina is gorgeous

[@McIntyreBible]

22:08, High Card Smith puts pressure on Senior Lugar.

[@McIntyreBible]

34:39, Adam locates Pedro Morales.

[@masayoshifkui8428]

日本にもいますね。私の祖先は御姫様なの！ 誰でも女性なら憧れ👀〰️💕ます。

[@kevin-2.1]

9:21 that dancer is developing a crush on her.

[@AndrewVelonis]

Can you blame him?

[@max0390rip]

So if it's their property defend at all costs but if it's someone else's land they should allow squatting?

[@linsqopiring6816]

Yup the Cartwrights were complete hypocrites.

[@AndrewVelonis]

I wonder how they feel about the Indians

[@heidimueller1039]

Since when did they have a “cantina” in Virginia City, Nevada?

[@jimmybrice6360]

do you think it is possible that the two people are the same ?

[@jorgegonzales9815]

"throw homesteaders of their land" ? That's the point. Its not their land.

[@LindaMerchant-bq2hp]

Awful scene of the man with a knife in his back reminded me of the episode the thunder heard swindle same thing done to bens friend mr. Bronson 6:09

[@tonyperez7907]

Imagine if Spain really took over America. Paella, Tapas and Cava for all... ;)

[@f.u.p.m_rah9669]

They owned parts of it

[@McIntyreBible]

11:37, High Card Smith knows that Isabella de la Cuesta is really Rosita.

[@fernandavalenzuela6087]

25:52 😍🔥🔥🔥🤤

[@orange70383]

At 8:37 funny how they slip that number into shows all the time.

[@jujuandwamwams165]

And the Oscar goes to not girlfriend 😂😂

[@helmutlorenz68]

0, das bringen was

[@juanitabegay1265]

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[@masarati7315]

My comments have been block, and I don't know why.

[@carloswombat3584]

wow some padding in that episode - maybe trying to promote a poor actresses carreer ?

[@mjohn9199]

BS!!

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