Director: SAM NEWFIELD. Screenplay: Phil Dunham. Story: E.B. Mann. Photography: Bob Cline. Film editor: Charles Henkel, Jr. Assistant director: Eddie Mull. Sound recording: Corson Jowett. Producers: Arthur Alexander, Max Alexander. Colony Pictures.
Not copyright. U.S. release: 23 December 1936. 58 minutes.
SYNOPSIS: When he discovers gold on their range, the villain tries to lay his hands on a successful ranch owned by the Storm brothers.
COMMENT: Although they couldn't afford the price of a single steer, Stormy Trails ranks as one of the better films produced by the Alexander Brothers.
True, the overly complicated plot doesn't make a great deal of sense, but it moves too fast to enable spectators to pick out any holes. Further distractions are provided by the fetching Lois Wilde and the great line-up of support players. Rex Bell is at his most ingratiating, while Bob Hodges/Terry. who debuted as an extra in Eddie Cantor's Strike Me Pink (1936), turns in great work as the brother who starts the plot rolling along.
Aside from a stock library cattle stampede, production values look good too. (Available on a very good Echo Bridge DVD with an enhanced sound track).
Not copyright. U.S. release: 23 December 1936. 58 minutes.
SYNOPSIS: When he discovers gold on their range, the villain tries to lay his hands on a successful ranch owned by the Storm brothers.
COMMENT: Although they couldn't afford the price of a single steer, Stormy Trails ranks as one of the better films produced by the Alexander Brothers.
True, the overly complicated plot doesn't make a great deal of sense, but it moves too fast to enable spectators to pick out any holes. Further distractions are provided by the fetching Lois Wilde and the great line-up of support players. Rex Bell is at his most ingratiating, while Bob Hodges/Terry. who debuted as an extra in Eddie Cantor's Strike Me Pink (1936), turns in great work as the brother who starts the plot rolling along.
Aside from a stock library cattle stampede, production values look good too. (Available on a very good Echo Bridge DVD with an enhanced sound track).