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Now Showing. . .

07 Monday May 2012

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Hoot Gibson

Hoot Gibson (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The Old Cowpoke just corralled the full lineup for May 17:

As announced in the May 1 post, our A-Western will be “The Silver Whip.” Also for your viewing pleasure, Chapter 11 of the 1943 Republic serial “Daredevils Of The West” with Allan Lane and Kay Aldridge.

Rounding out the evening program of wonderful Western Films will be “Powdersmoke Range”  starring Harry Carey, Hoot Gibson, Guinn ‘Big Boy’ Williams, Bob Steele and Tom Tyler.

William Colt MacDonald penned the novel on which this film is based and it introduced The Three Mesquiteers.

Adele Buffington wrote the movie’s screenplay and Wallace Fox directed.

As always, you can click on “Events via Google Calendar” under “Club Links” in the sidebar on the left. The film lineup displays when you click on the meeting link.

See you at the McKimmon Center.

Zane Grey’s “Drift Fence”

13 Friday Apr 2012

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“Drift Fence”  a 1936 Paramount Film directed by Otho Lovering and starring Larry “Buster” Crabbe, Katherine DeMille, Tom Keene, Benny Baker, Glenn (Leif) Erikson), Stanley Andrews and Richard Carle is the first feature in the April 19 lineup.

The Internet Movie Database says:

“Cowboy pretends to be city dude sent to manage uncle’s ranch, when he learns the ranch is being menaced by an outlaw who the cowboy badly wants to catch.”

Henry C. Parke (Henry’s Western Roundup) says:

“One of a dozen or so Zane Grey novel adaptations that Paramount turned out in the 1930s, DRIFT FENCE (1936) is well done. Though presented as starring Buster Crabbe, he’s actually the second lead, and a villain at that – a nice novelty for an actor who was almost always the hero. It’s nice to see him given a chance to act.”

You can read more here.