South of Arizona (Columbia Pictures) (1938)

THE STORY + NABLE to successfully com bat a mysterious band of cattle rustlers stealing their herds, the ranchers near Trail City decide to desert the section. Clay Travers (Charles Starrett), young rancher who,. with his men, have successfully run the _ renegade’s gauntlet, persuades his neighbors to await the arrival of a government ranger. Ed Martin (Dick Curtis), chief henchman of crooked cattle buyer Mark Kenyon (Robert Fiske), waylays and murders the ranger, takes his credentials and returns to Trail City, where he is not known, to pass himself off as the officer. Clay and his cow-hands find the body of the murdered man, and a letter overlooked by Martin. It is from Ann Madison (Iris Meredith), the ranger’s sister, announcing her arrival in Trail City next day. Clay brings the body into town. He finds Martin posing as the ranger and decides not to expose him. Martin assumes charge of the murder investigation wondering just how much Clay knows. Clay and his men rout the bandits when they attempt to kidnap Ann next morning. Next day, Clay attempts to expose Martin, who claims he was the dead canger’s partner and accuses the young rancher of the ranger’s death. Clay is forced to flee town to escape a lynch mob. Returned to his ranch, he discovers the bandits have persuaded Ann to go with them to town. He tries to rescue her. A thrilling gun battle ensues. Clay, almost successful, is again forced to flee from a posse of his former friends. A mysterious meeting is called in the town saloon. Attending, the ranchers discover it to be a court, held by force, at the gunpoints of Clay and his\ men. Clay, armed with evidence, forces the rustlers to admit their guilt. At the climax, a big fight ensues. Clay subdues Martin while his men throw the renegades into jail. With peace restored, Clay forgives his neighbors who suspected him of treachery and invites them all to attend his wedding to Ann, THE CAST Clay “Travets 2.2) CHARLES STARRETT Ann Madison. ............ Iris Meredith | 8714 a pete ce Nea op ate thar aaa Bob Nolan Bia Martine Dick Curtis Mark Kenyon.............. Robert Fiske DOP ect Edward Cobb SM ANLOS etertia ce Art Mix atigorye <x. Richard Botellier Lafe Brown....................... Lafe McKee Hs Pd rar a Ed Coxen UA een te ee eT Hank Bell and the Sons of the Pioneers THE STAFF Original Screen Play Bennet R. Cohen Directed by.................... Sam Nelson Asst. Directoc............ Milton Carter Photography.......Benjamin Kline, . Ate Gs Film Editov................ William Lyon Music and Lyrics........... Bob Nolan Musical Director.....Morris Stoloff “One More Hand on the Range” by Milton Drake Sound Engineer Lodge Cunningham 2 Col. Scene Cut or Mat SA-3B Charles Starrett, popular Columbia action star, and Iris Meredith, his lovely leading lady in the............ Theatre’s current “South of Arizona”, discover four’s two too many when Art Mix, left, and Dick Curtis, right, decide to arrest Starrett for the murder of the girl’s ranger brother. Ex-Stars Support Starrett, “South of Arizona” Hero (General Advance) Four former western film stars will be seen in support of Charles Starrett, one of the most popular action heroes on the screen today, when Columbia’s ‘South of Arizona,” with Iris Meredith as leading ABIDY ORROS eos. een pee acti at thes. cee eae Theatre. Considered Starrett’s finest picture, “South of Arizona” presents the hard-riding two-fisted star as of a murderous gang of cattle rustlers, and avenges the death of a pretty girl’s ranger brother. Supporting players, in addition to Miss Meredith, include Edmund Cobb, one of the screen’s first stars who appeared in Chicago in early film days; Art Mix, no relation to Tom Mix, for years a popular western hero in his own right; Edward Coxen, western and dramatic star for years, and Hal Taliaferro who used the name Wally Wales in silent screen days. Sons of the Pioneers, popular radio and screen quintet, are also in the cast, which includes Dick Curtis, Richard Botellier and Robert Fiske. Sam Nelson directed, from a screen play by Bennet Cohen. Opening Notice Columbia’s “South of Arizona,” with two-fisted Charles Starrett in the major role, opens 3... i-cat the... -.. Theatre. Starrett is cast as a cowpuncher whose efforts to solve the murder of a United States ranger throw suspicion upon him. In _ the cast are Iris Meredith, his leading lady: Sons of the Pioneers, Edward Coxen and Art Mix. Sam Nelson directed from a story by Bennet Cohen. a cowpuncher who rids the west Friendly Foes Charles Starrett, Columbia western star of the . . . Theatre’s ‘South of Arizona,’ and Ed Cobb, “heavy” in the film, are close friends off the screen. Recently Cobb presented Starrett with his most prized possession— a pair of boots said to have been worn by “Billy, the Kid.” Five minlater, Starrett and Cobb were battling all over the studio in a knockdown-and-drag-out battle for the benefit of the cameras. utes Catchline Reader A love-makin,’ sweet-singin’ son-ofa-gun laying down the law in the lawless west! . . . wiping a mob of lead-spatterin’ rustlers off the face of the rhythm-filled plains! Charles Starrett returns to the ; P Lheatte = scteenmOfe m7 ein “South of Arizona,’ Columbia’s roaring new western adventure drama with Iris Meredith, the Sons of the Pioneers, Edmund Cobb, Art Mix, Hal Taliaferro, Dick Curtis and Ed Coxen. Sam Nelson, director of other Starrett hits, wielded the megaphone. “SOUTH OF ARIZONA” HORSE USES ONLY STAND-IN ON SET (Feature) The hard-riding, fast-shooting western picture heroes seldom ever have doubles or stand-ins. They perform their own risky stunts, and _ they “stand-in” for their own scenes while the lights are being adjusted. During Columbia production of the Charles Starrett films, this holds true of every member of the cast, with the fond exception of one—Starrett’s horse, ‘Pal.’ During production ot “South of Arizona,’ the film now at the . . . Theatre, another “double” was employed in a brief scene, a “double” for Starrett’s expensive pearlhandled gun. The “double” was used because the script called for Starrett’s gun to be shot from his hand and the star preferred not to have the expensive weapon damaged. A workmanlike facsimile was substituted. In order to give the horse every opportunity to rest, Columbia supplied a stand-in for ‘Pal,’ a horse called “Little Buckaroo,’ timid and less temperamental a counterpart of ‘Pal,’ who is capable of acting to over fifty silent hand commands. Iris Meredith has the feminine lead in “South of Arizona.’ opposite Charles Starrett. Other players include Bob Nolan, Pat Brady, Art Mix, Eddie Cobb, and Dick Curtis. Starrett Cut or Mat-300A As a hard-riding cow-puncher “South of Arizona”, Charles Starrett is accused of murdering leading lady Iris Meredith’s brother in the: current oo 3, fa. Se Theatre film.