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Trouble in Texas (1937)

admin2 — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:19:48 +0000

It was re-issued by ScreenCraft Pictures with Rita Hayworth’s name above the title. An inside joke has Yakima Canutt playing a henchman named “Squint Palmer”, a name often used by player Tex “Squint” Palmer, who plays Henchman Duke in this film, is billed 5th in the cast and has exactly no lines. The film cast billing in this one gets stranger as Milburn Morante, playing a townsman with no name and exactly one line, is 8th billed as Milt Morndi; Fred Parker, as the 1st Sheriff with one scene and no lines is 7th billed, while Glenn Strange as the Middleton Sheriff with much footage and many lines is uncredited; and Buffalo Bill look-alike Tex Cooper is the Rodeo Announcer but billed as Tom Cooper. And the Bob Crosby in this film, in spite of some source that incorrectly thinks otherwise, is a well-known rodeo performer of the time from New Mexico named Bob Crosby and is not Bing’s brother Bob Crosby (I). The Bob Crosby in this film has a stretch of highway between Roswell and Clovis,NM named for him… and Bing’s brother doesn’t. The plot has Tex Martin following the rodeo circuit trying to find the gang responsible for his brother’s death, while Carmen Serano is an undercover agent (working with the gang) seeking evidence against a band of crooked promoters rigging the results of rodeo contests.

Western

Tex Ritter	…	Tex Masters
White Flash	…	Tex’s horse
Rita Hayworth	…	Carmen Serano (as Rita Cansino)
Yakima Canutt	…	Henchman Squint Palmer
Charles King	…	Henchman Pinto
Horace Murphy	…	Sidekick Lucky
Earl Dwire	…	Barker
Tex Cooper	…	Rodeo Announcer (as Tom Cooper)
Hal Price	…	Federal Officer
Glenn Strange	…	Middleton Sheriff
Jack C. Smith	…	Banker Bix (as Jack Smith)
The Texas Tornadoes	…	Musicians (as Tex Ritter’s Tornadoes)

The Trigger Trio (1937)

admin2 — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:26:14 +0000

Rancher Brent has some infected cattle. He has the brands changed and then has them put on the Evans ranch, With the law requiring the entire herds to be destroyed, he gets Larry Smith to help him illegally drive his and the Evans’ cattle across the state line. Lullaby learns of the scheme and tries to stop Larry.

Western

Ray Corrigan	…	Tucson Smith
Max Terhune	…	Lullaby Joslin
Ralph Byrd	…	Larry Smith (Tucson’s brother)
Sandra Corday	…	Ann Evans
Robert Warwick	…	John Evans
Cornelius Keefe	…	Brent
Sammy McKim	…	Mickey Evans
Hal Taliaferro	…	Henchman Luke
Willie Fung	…	The cook
Buck	…	Buck

The Tonto Kid (1934)

admin2 — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:32:12 +0000

Crooked lawyer Samuel Creech frames a murder on The Tonto Kid and them enlists the aid of a circus performer, Nancy Cahill, to pose as the missing daughter of cattle-rancher Rance Cartwright. The Kid, aided by young Wesley Fritch and a reformed-Nancy, manages to prove his own innocence while putting an end to Creech’s crooked scheme.

Action | Adventure | Romance | Western

Rex Bell	…	‘Skeets” Slawson aka The Tonto Kid
Ruth Mix	…	Nancy Cahill
Buzz Barton	…	Wesley Fritch
Theodore Lorch	…	Lawyer Sam Creech
Joseph W. Girard	…	Rance Cartwright (as Joseph Gerard)
Barbara Roberts	…	Edna May Cartwright
Jack Rockwell	…	Deputy Sheriff Hack Baker
Murdock MacQuarrie	…	‘Pop’ Slawson (as Murdock McQuarrie)
Bert Lindley	…	Tom Quillan – Diamond D Foreman
Jane Keckley	…	Mrs. Fritch, Wesley’s Mother
Stella Adams	…	Edna May’s Landlady

Silver Trail, The (1937)

admin2 — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:09:05 +0000

A wandering cowboy attempts to locate a pal who has struck it rich in mining. When he gets to town, no one seems to have heard of the friend. Our hero learns the truth with the aid of a female bandit.A wandering cowboy attempts to locate a pal who has struck it rich in mining. When he gets to town, no one seems to have heard of the friend. Our hero learns the truth with the aid of a female bandit.

Western

Rex Lease	…	Bob Crandall
Mary Russell	…	Molly Welburn, aka Mary Allen
Ed Cassidy	…	Frank Sheridan
Roger Williams	…	Sam Dunn
Steve Clark	…	Tom (scenes deleted)
Slim Whitaker	…	Henchman Slug (as Slim Whittaker)
Oscar Gahan	…	Henchman Curt
James Sheridan	…	Henchman Tex (as Sherri Tansey)
Tom London	…	Looney
Rin Tin Tin Jr.	…	Rinty

The Light of Western Stars (1940)

admin2 — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 13:03:28 +0000

Easterner Madeline Hammond buys a ranch not knowing Hayworth is using it to smuggle ammunition across the border. When trouble starts, she brings back Gene Hammond, the ex-foreman who left the country after fighting with the Sheriff. Gene learns of Hayworth’s scheme and forces him to blow up his supply. But the Sheriff, not getting his cut, has Hayworth killed and then arrives to arrest Gene for the murder.

Romance | Western

Victor Jory	…	Gene Stewart
Jo Ann Sayers	…	Madeline ‘Majesty’ Hammond
Russell Hayden	…	Alfred ‘Al’ Hammond
Morris Ankrum	…	Nat Hayworth
Noah Beery Jr.	…	Poco – Stewart’s Sidekick
J. Farrell MacDonald	…	Bill Stillwell – Rancher
Ruth Rogers	…	Florence ‘Flo’ Kingsley – Al’s Girl
Tom Tyler	…	Sheriff Tom Hawes
Rad Robinson	…	Monty – Stilwell Ranch Hand
Eddie Dean	…	Nels, Stillwell Hand
Esther Estrella	…	Bonita – Adobe Saloon Girl
Alan Ladd	…	Danny – Stillwell Ranch Hand
Georgia Ellis	…	Helen – Majesty’s Boston Pal (as Georgia Hawkins)
Earl Askam	…	Sneed – Hawes’ Deputy
Lucio Villegas	…	Justice of the Peace Don Manuel

The Invaders (1912)

admin2 — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 12:42:12 +0000

The U.S. Army and the Indians sign a peace treaty. However, a group of surveyors trespass on the Indians’ land and violate the treaty. The army refuses to listen to the Indians’ complaints, and the surveyors are killed by the Indians. A vicious Indian war ensues, culminating in an Indian attack on an army fort.

Short | Western

Art Acord	…	Telegrapher (uncredited)
William Eagle Shirt	…	The Sioux Chief (uncredited)
Francis Ford	…	Colonel James Bryson (uncredited)
Ethel Grandin	…	Colonel Bryson’s Daughter (uncredited)
Ann Little	…	Sky Star (uncredited)
Ray Myers	…	Lieutenant White (uncredited)

Southward, Ho! (1939)

admin2 — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:48:37 +0000

Reb soldiers Roy and Gabby return to Texas after the Civil War. The Union Colonel they find in command is a fair man but his subordinate Captain and his men are out to rob and cheat the Texans. After the Texans give up their guns the Captain has the Colonel murdered and now Roy must find a way to retrieve the confiscated guns.

Romance | Western

Roy Rogers	…	Roy
Lynne Roberts	…	Ellen Denbigh (as Mary Hart)
George ‘Gabby’ Hayes	…	Gabby Whitaker
Wade Boteler	…	Colonel Denbigh
Arthur Loft	…	Captain Jeffries
Lane Chandler	…	Jim Crawford
Tom London	…	Union sergeant

Sing, Cowboy, Sing (1937)

admin2 — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:52:54 +0000

Kalmus is after the freight contract held by Summers. When his gang kill Summers, Tex and Duke step in to help Madge keep the freight line going. When they foil the gang’s further attempts, Kalmus gets the Judge to jail the two.

Western

Tex Ritter	…	Tex Archer
White Flash	…	Tex Archer’s horse
Louise Stanley	…	Madge Summers
Al St. John	…	Duke Evans (as Al St John)
Charles King	…	Henchman Red Holman
Karl Hackett	…	Kalmus
Robert McKenzie	…	Judge Roy Dean
Horace Murphy	…	Marshal Tinker
‘Snub’ Pollard	…	Man fined $28 (as Snub Pollard)
Hank Worden	…	Henchman (as Heber Snow)

Santa Fe Trail (1940)

admin2 — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:09:17 +0000

The story of Jeb Stuart, his romance with Kit Carson Holliday, friendship with George Custer and battles against John Brown in the days leading up to the outbreak of the American Civil War.

Errol Flynn	…	Jeb Stuart
Olivia de Havilland	…	‘Kit Carson’ Holliday (as Olivia De Havilland)
Raymond Massey	…	John Brown
Ronald Reagan	…	George Custer
Alan Hale	…	Tex Bell
William Lundigan	…	Bob Holliday
Van Heflin	…	Rader
Gene Reynolds	…	Jason Brown
Henry O’Neill	…	Cyrus Holliday
Guinn ‘Big Boy’ Williams	…	Windy Brody

Salome Where She Danced (1945)

admin2 — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:02:18 +0000

The beautiful Yvonne De Carlo rules as the notorious “Lola Montez” who was the mistress of the King of Prussia and caused a revolution when he gave her the crown jewels.
She then escaped to the American West to the Arizona town of “Salome” where she danced

Drama | Western

Yvonne De Carlo	…	Anna Marie
Rod Cameron	…	Jim Steed
David Bruce	…	Cleve Blunt
Walter Slezak	…	Col. Ivan Dimitrioff
Albert Dekker	…	Count Erik Von Bohlen
Marjorie Rambeau	…	Madam Europe
J. Edward Bromberg	…	Prof. Max
Abner Biberman	…	Dr. Ling
John Litel	…	Gen. Robert E. Lee