Two friends who live by their wits and are fond of playing tricks on one another are given the secret to a gold deposit and must contend against starvation, the elements, and greedy crooks to secure their reward. Somewhat entertaining comic western, originally titled Amico mio… frega tu che frego io, but nothing more than …
West of Dodge City (Columbia, 1947)
The Durango Kid comes to the aid of the heirs of a rancher who had hired Steve Ramsey (the Durango Kid’s alter ego) as a surveyor to check on the suitability of the area for a dam that is being promoted by Henry Hardison and who was murdered for his opposition to selling his ranch. …
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Galloping Romeo (Monogram, 1933)
Bob Rivers (Bob Steele) and his pal Grizzly (George ‘Gabby’ Hayes) are pals who wander the West, getting mixed up in all kinds of scrapes and ending up wanted in various localities, despite never acting against the law. Their latest travels take them to California, where they are unknown (and not yet wanted by the …
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The Navajo Trail (Monogram, 1945)
Marshals Nevada Jack McKenzie (Johnny Mack Brown) and Sandy Hopkins (Raymond Hatton) are on the trail of horse thieves who murdered another U.S. Marshal in this entry in their 18-movie series. This time around, Nevada goes undercover as an outlaw hoping to join up with the horse-stealing ring, while Sandy pretends to be an unsavory …
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Arizona Stage Coach (Monogram, 1942)
The last of 16 Range Busters movies starring the original trio of Ray “Crash” Corrigan, John “Dusty” King, and Max “Alibi” Terhune (with Elmer) provides a reasonable amount of entertainment but offers nothing particularly original. Here, the boys are asked by an old friend to help put a stop to outlaws terrorizing a town and …
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Argosy All-Story Weekly, February 6, 1926
The February 6, 1926 issue of Argosy All-Story Weekly featured four serials, including the start of The Seal of Satan, one novelette, five short stories, and five poems. I skipped the serials, as per my usual practice when I lack all the parts, but I read the remaining content. I found it another good issue, …
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Son of Oklahoma (Sono Art-World Wide, 1932)
A man takes in a young boy left stranded in the desert, and shares with him the secret gold mine discovered when he found the child. The boy grows to manhood with no knowledge of his parents, but both are in fact still alive and have parts to play in the young man’s efforts to …
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Range Law (Monogram, 1944)
A rancher is framed for rustling as part of a crook’s scheme to get control of land with a silver deposit, and it’s up to U.S. Marshals Sandy Hopkins and Nevada Jack Mackenzie to set things right, even if it involves foiling the actions of the local sheriff. These Brown-Hatton movies are consistently entertaining, but …
The Lone Hand Texan (Columbia, 1947)
Oil is the focus in this Durango Kid outing, in which Steve Driscoll (Charles Starrett) comes to the aid of a wildcatter whose efforts to drill have been disrupted repeatedly, finally resulting in his entire crew’s quitting. Yet it seems that even Steve may be unable to help enough, as the crooks continue to thwart …
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Born to the West (Paramount, 1937)
Drifting cowboy pals Dare and Dinkey (John Wayne and Syd Saylor) head into Wyoming, where they first pick the wrong side in a battle between rustlers and the folks after them and then get a less-than-enthusiastic welcome from Dare’s cousin Tom (Johnny Mack Brown), who is a settled ranch owner and contemns Dare’s irresponsible ways. …
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