Stunning Portraits of Dolores del Rio Taken by Ruth Harriet Louise, 1927

Dolores del Río appeared in The Trail of ’98 (1928), an MGM silent adventure-drama about the Klondike Gold Rush of 1898. Directed by Clarence Brown, the film was known for its epic scale, dangerous stunts, and location shooting in harsh winter conditions in California’s Sierra Nevada and in Alaska.

In the movie, Dolores played Berna, a refined young woman who travels to the Klondike in search of a better life, becoming involved in romance and peril along the way. This was one of her early Hollywood roles, coming just a few years after her debut in Joanna (1925).

Here, a very young and beautiful Dolores del Rio photographed by Ruth Harriet Louise in 1927 for her only MGM silent film, The Trail of ‘98.