The Doolins of Oklahoma (Columbia Pictures) (1949)

Doolins of Oklahoma Mat 3-A; Still No. Art 1 THE TRUE STORY behind the gun-smoke of Oklahoma’s most daring train, stagecoach and bank robberies flames across the screen in Columbia’s “The Doolins of Oklahoma” at the .................. Theatre. Starring Randolph Scott, the epic was directed by Gordon Douglas for producer Harry Joe Brown. The Doolins of Oklahoma’ Blaze Scorching Trail Through Cimarron (Review) Out of the dramatic pages of the break-up of the great Western rangelands, doomed by the opening of the Oklahoma Territory, has been fashioned a raw and raging film, crowded with dramatic incident and violent action, in Columbia’s “The Doolins of Oklahoma.” The James Boys and the, Dalton Brothers have been pictured in films; now the true, unvarnished story of the Doolin Gang has been brought to the screen, opening yesterday at thes Theatre. Randolph Scott is starred in this super-Western as Wild Bill Doolin, while capable assists are rendered by George Macready, Louise Allbritton, John Ireland, Virginia Huston and Charles Kemper. Doolin became an outlaw when his friends, the Daltons, were betrayed to the U.S. marshals. He gathered around him as desperate a crew of buckos as ever put saddle to horse. Riding hard and shooting straight, they robbed banks, waylaid stagecoaches and even looted a train. Their sway was unchallenged until U.S. marshals led by Macready swept into action and forced the Doolin Gang to take temporary cover. Scott, meanwhile, had married and was reluctant to return to a career of outlawry but the others forced CAST and Bill Doolin ..... Randolph Scott Sam Hughes George Macready Rose of Cimarron Louise Allbritton Bitter Creek ...... John Ireland Elaine Burton Virginia Huston Arkansas ........ Charles Kemper Little Bill ..... Noah Beery, Jr. Cattle Annie ...... Dona Drake Heck Thomas Robert H. Barrat CREDITS Melissa Price ...... Lee Patrick Deacon Burton .. Griff Barnett Red Buck. ......... Frank Fenton Tulsa Jack ... Jock O’Mahoney Reverend Mears James Kirkwood Wichita .......... Robert Osterloh Mrs. Burton....Virginia Brissac Dunn 3s... Ss. John Sheehan Written by Kenneth Gamet; Directed by Gordon Douglas; Assistant Director, Sam Nelson; Director of Photography, George Law ton, Jr., A.S.C.; Art Director, George Brooks; Film Editor, Charles Nelson; Set Decorator, Frank Tuttle; 2nd Unit Direction, Yakima Canutt; Sound “Engineer, Frank Goodwin; Musical Score by George Duning, Paul Sawtell; Musical Director, M. W. Stoloff ; Produced by Harry Joe Brown. A Producers Actors Production. A Columbia Picture. STORY (Not for Publication) The opening of the Oklahoma Territory to settlers in 1889 forced many. cowboys out of work and, in desperation, some of them organized into gangs. Wild Bill Doolin (Randolph Scott) forms a band which includes Arkansas (Charles Kemper), Red Buck (Frank Fenton), Little Bill (Noah Beery, Jr.), Bitter Creek (John Ireland) and Tulsa Jack (Jock O’Mahoney). The Doolins ride high, holding up trains, stage coaches and banks. In between their marauding they are harbored in a hotel and dance hall in the town of Ingalls operated by Melissa Price (Lee Patrick), who loves Arkansas. Also there are Rose of Cimarron (Louise Allbritton), beautiful dance hall girl, in love with Bitter Creek, and Cattle Annie (Dona Drake), fiery 17-year-old, who wants to join the gang. Doolin disperses his men when U. S. marshals, led by Marshal Hughes (George Macready), close in on them, and plans to rejoin them at Ingalls three months later. Fleeing to a small community, Doolin buys a farm, takes the name of Dailey and marries Elaine Burton (Virginia Huston). Later, his men prepare to resume operations, but Doolin tells them that he is finished with the gang. The gang, however, forces him to resume his old life and he leaves his wife, believing that he can only bring unhappiness to her. The marshals ambush the Doolins, capture Arkansas and kill the others except Doolin and Little Bill, who flee to Doolin’s old farm. There, Doolin finds Elaine waiting for him and they plan to escape to territory where they can start life anew. The marshals are tipped off to Doolin’s plan. With freedom in sight, Doolin deliberately permits himself to be killed rather than subject his wife to a fugitive’s life. Page 2 (Running Time: 90 Minutes) his hand by exposing him as the notorious Doolin. Their depredations were doomed as the marshals cornered the gang in what turned out to be the Doolins’ last stand. The large-scale gun action between the marshals and the Doolins is a compelling climax. Scott, as the cowboy turned outlaw, makes a vigorous leader of the gang. Macready, as his antagonist, delivers an assured portrayal of the steely, determined marshal; Miss Allbritton makes an attractive dance hall girl in love with Ireland, one of the Doolins; Miss Huston is properly wistful as Scott’s wife, while Kemper makes a colorful outlaw. Gordon Douglas’ direction stresses the action in the taut and crackling script by Kenneth Gamet. Harry Joe Brown produced the Producers Actors Production for Columbia release. Famed Doolin Gang Rides to New Glory The real story of the notorious Doolin Gang, which operated in Oklahoma’s Cimarron country before the turn of the century, is told in the Randolph Scott starrer, Columbia Pictures’ “The Doolins of Oklahoma,” coming to $R@< << -scsas URGE UPC =o =e Scott’s supporting cast consists of George Macready, Louise Allbritton, John Ireland, Virginia Huston and Charles Kemper. Scott portrays Wild Bill Doolin, while Macready portrays a Federal marshal, Ireland and Kemper are two of the Doolin desperadoes, and Miss Allbritton and Miss Huston are two of their women. Gordon Douglas directed the Western for producer Harry Joe Brown. Kenneth Gamet scripted this Producers Actors Production. ‘Doolins’ Coming Randolph Scott stars in “The Doolins of Oklahoma,” Columbia Pictures’ Western opening ............ ee at the .................... Theatre. The supporting cast is headed by George Macready, Louise Allbritton, John Ireand, Virginia Huston and Charles Kemper. Gordon Douglas directed this Producers Actors Production from a script by Kenneth Gamet. Harry Joe Brown produced. Scott Stars as Daring Leader : Of the Notorious Doolin Gang Starring Randolph Scott, “The Doolins of Oklahoma,’ Columbia’s super-charged Western, starts its engagement at the .... iiss ak Theatre <.ccccs. an-. “EME Western star is supported by a large cast that includes featured players George Macready, Louise Allbritton, John Ireland, Virginia Huston and Charles Kemper. “The Doolins of Oklahoma,” the true, unvarnished story of the most daring bad men that ever scourged Oklahoma’s Cimarron country, is said to be told with devastating fury. In a country that bred marauding gunmen, the Doolins grew to be legendary, and their evil reputation even surpassed that of the notorious James Boys and the Daltons. Wild Bill Doolin (Scott) turned sour on the law when his friends, the Daltons, were led into a trap and then wiped out by U.S. marshals. Riding with him like the furies themselves were Bitter Creek (Ireland), Arkansas (Kemper), Little Bill (Noah Beery, Jr.), Red Buck (Frank Fenton) and Tulsa Jack (Jock O’Mahoney), as desperate a band of gunmen as ever challenged the law. Looting and murdering, they swept through the countryside like a cyclone, until the marshals, mobilized by Marshal Sam Hughes (Macready), forced the Doolin Gang temporarily to disperse. Three months later, however, the desperadoes forced Wild Bill, who had taken himself a lovely wife (Huston), to resume his place as their leader. But the new phase of their outlaw career flourished only briefly as Hughes and his men tracked them down and trapped them in a barn in the Doolins’ last stand! The film, reported to be crammed with surging action, highlights a bruising fight between Scott and Fenton, daring bank holdups, a great train robbery, Scot’s furious ride to freedom in the midst of stampeding horses, and, of course, the Daltons’ battle with the marshals. Gordon Douglas directed this Producers Actors Production for producer Harry Joe Brown from the script penned by Kenneth Gamet. Big, Two-Fisted Randolph Scott Slugged His Way to Film Fame Meet Randolph Scott, the Humphrey Bogart of Western pictures. Scott, like Bogart, had to get tough to become famous. When they finally made fists of their hands and planted them solidly against other men’s jaws, their marquee values skyrocketed. Riding the crest of popularity, Scott currently is starred in Columbia’s “The Doolins of Oklahoma,” hard-driving Western at re Theatre in which he is cast as the tough leader of the Doolin Gang, the wildest outlaw band that ever terrorized the Cimarron country. Scott has made the Western range thoroughly familiar, and the lean, Western hero type his oyster. But it was not always thus with the soft-spoken Scott. Like Bogart, he was obscured in gentlemanly roles by comparison with the tough guys. Scott was always the personification of gentle nobility on the screen, both in modern and Western pictures. In fact, he gave up the girl he loved to his best, and undeserving, friend so often in pictures that such a part came to be known in Hollywood film circles as “a Randolph Scott role.” He was so nice, it hurt. This sort of nonsense came to a full stop in 1946, when he teamed up with producer Harry Joe Brown, a veteran moviemaker with a lot of savvy, and made “Gunfighters” for Columbia. Randy, as a Western killer, came out swinging in the first scene of this picture, and was rough and tough enough for the most rabid fan. The new Randolph Scott was an overnight success. Audiences oh’ed and ah’ed at this brawling, quick-shooting hombre, who only dimly reminded them in looks of a character they used to see in saccharine roles. Then came “Coroner Creek,” in which Scott ground the heel of his boot into a man’s hand. How tough can you get? In “The Walking Hills,” played in more modern times but in desolate Death Valley, there was no dimunition in Scott’s new-found toughness. Featured in “The Doolins of Oklahoma,” in support of Scott, are George Macready, Louise Allbritton, John Ireland, Virginia Huston and Charles Kemper. Gordon Douglas directed from a script by Kenneth Gamet. Harry Joe Brown handled the production for this Producers Actors Production. ‘Doolins’ Staying Columbia’s large-scale Western, “The Doolins of Oklahoma,” starring Randolph Scott, will start a second week at the ............ eee Theatre on ...................... The large cast of supporting players is headed by George Macready, Louise Allbritton, John Ireland, Virginia Huston and Charles Kemper. Kenneth Gamet’s screenplay was directed by Gordon Douglas. Harry Joe Brown produced this Producers Actors Pro duction. Mat 1-A; Prod. Still X-502 WANTED ... DEAD OR ALIVE! Randolph Scott is starred in Columbia’s “The Doolins of Oklahoma,” thrill-filled Western at the a Ree a Theatre. Also available in Order Mat 12-A. Y2-column size. os