The Gaucho (the official full title of the film is Douglas Fairbanks as The Gaucho) is a 1927 American silent adventure film starring Douglas Fairbanks and Lupe Vélez that is set in Argentina. The lavish adventure extravaganza, filmed at the height of Fairbanks’ box office clout, was directed by F. Richard Jones with a running time of 115 minutes.
The nickname for the sports teams of the University of California-Santa Barbara is The Gauchos in honor of Fairbanks’ acting in the eponymous film.
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