1930
The Arizona Kid (1930) Review, with Warner Baxter and Carole Lombard
The Cisco Kid is the Arizona Kid who develops a romance with Carole Lombard in the Olllllld West.
1930
The Light of Western Stars (1930) Review, with Richard Arlen and Mary Brian
Richard Arlen is a cowboy chasing Mary Brian while typical Western plotting unfolds.
1931
The Painted Desert (1931) Review, with William Boyd, Helen Twelvetrees and Clark Gable
Bill Holbrook William Boyd Mary Ellen Helen Twelvetrees Rance Brett Clark Gable Released by Pathe | Directed by Howard Higgins Run time: 74 minutes Proof That It’s a Pre-Code Film Baby butts. The Painted Desert: Tepid, Tepid West “You and Jeff spent half your lives building a wall that separated Read more…
1930
Rogue of the Rio Grande (1930) Review, with Myrna Loy
Carmita Myrna Loy El Malo Jose Bohr Pedro Raymond Hatton Released by Atlantic Pictures | Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennett Run time: 51 minutes Rogue of the Rio Grande: Robin Thud “I tell you, El Malo, women are the downfall of every great outlaw.” This is one of those movies Read more…
1933
Scarlet River (1933) Review, with Tom Keene
Tom Baxter Tom Keene Judy Blake Dorothy Wilson Jeff Todd Lon Chaney Jr. Ulysses Roscoe Ates Sam Gilroy Edgar Kennedy Babe Jewel Betty Furness Released by RKO | Directed by Otto Brower Run time: 54 minutes Scarlet River: Movie Stars Save the Day “Isn’t there any place we can go Read more…
1933
Somewhere in Sonora (1933) Review, with John Wayne and Duke
John Bishop John Wayne Monte Black J.P. McGowan Duke Duke Released by Warner Bros. | Directed by Mack V. Wright Run time: 59 minutes Somewhere in Sonora: Guilt and Innocence “Don’t worry about me, I’ve always been a lucky sort of a cuss.” Of all the Warner Bros. B-Westerns that Read more…
1933
The Telegraph Trail (1933) Review, with John Wayne and Frank McHugh
John Trent John Wayne Tippy Frank McHugh Alice Marceline Day Released by Warner Bros. | Directed by Tenny Wright Run time: 54 minutes The Telegraph Trail: Beep Beep Beeeeep “Don’t get too close! Remember– women is tricky!” A bit of giddiness overcame me during the playful introduction to The Telegraph Read more…
1932
Ride Him, Cowboy (1932) Review, with John Wayne, Ruth Hall, and Duke
John Drury John Wayne Ruth Gaunt Ruth Hall Duke Duke Released by Warner Bros. | Directed by Fred Allen Run time: 55 minutes Ride Him, Cowboy: High Ridin’ Hokum “There ain’t no reason I can see why a horse don’t have the same right to a trial as a man.” Read more…
1934
Lighting Bill (1934) Review
Released by Victor Adamson Productions | Directed by Victor Adamson Lighting Bill: You Read That Right “Hey! You see the lightning gun hand that fella had?” “He got a lightning gun hand all right.” Lighting Bill definitely radiates with the aura of carelessness. The title on the title card? Misspelled. Read more…
1931
Red Fork Range (1931) Review
Wally Wally Wales Ruth Ruth Mix Black Bart Al Ferguson Released by National Players Ltd | Directed by Alvin J. Neitz Red Fork Range: what Red Fork Range is one of those movies you’ll see on TV screens within movies while the main character is snoozing, half to show the Read more…