Outlaw Trail (Monogram) (1944)

Another Rip-Roarin’ Pip of a Western Adventure! Produced and Directed by ROBERT TANSEY Screenplay by FRANCES KAVANAUGH Original Story by ALVIN NEITZ MONOGRAM PICTURE Suspense, Action Combined In Thrilling Western Film (Review) A thrilling atmosphere p ervades “Outlaw Trail,’ the Monogram “Trail Blazers” western drama which opened an engagement at the .. theatre last night. Though there is much fast action in the film, a definite air of sus pense is maintained throughout its length. Hoot Gibson, Bob Steele and Chief¥ SS Thundercloud play the featured roles in this unusual story of the western frontier, as a trio of crusading cowboys sent into a western town in an attempt to clear out the renegades who are in control of the community. Much of the action is literally hair-raising, as the forces of law and order engage in a continuous battle with the outlaw band. The three cowboys are excellent as a hard-riding, forthright group, | and the supporting cast is uniformly good. Jennifer Holt is seen in the leading feminine role, and others in the cast are Cy Kendall, Rocky Camron, Jim Thorpe, George Eldridge, Charles King, Hal Price, John Bridges and Bud Osborne. Robert Tansey, as producer and director, has contributed important ly to the success of “Outlaw Trail,” | with a deft combination of action and suspense in a thoroughly substantial production. Also entitled to a share of the credit is the ingenious screenplay of Frances Kavanaugh, adapted from an original story by Alvin Neitz. Photography by Edward Kull is very good, and the entire film qualifies as outstanding western entertainment. Exciting Western To Open Here (Advance) The adventurous atmosphere of life on the western frontier forms the background of “Outlaw Trail,” Monogram’s newest ‘Trail Blazers” cowboy drama which comes to the En teat theatre on ........ | Hoot Gibson, Bob Steele and Chief Thundercloud, featured in this fast/moving story, become the center 'of an exciting series of events as | they strive to bring order to a western town in the control of lawless men. Murder, bank robbery and cattle rustling all take their place }as thrilling incidents in the plot. | The leading feminine role in | “Outlaw Trail” is played by Jenni|fer Holt, and the cast also includes Cy Kendall, Rocky Camron, George Eldridge, Charles King, Hal Price, | Jim Thorpe, Bud Osborne and John Bridges. Robert Tansey was producer and director of this exciting film, and Frances Kavanaugh wrote the screen adaptation of an original story by Alvin Neitz. Indian Actor Featured in Thrilling West ern Drama Most famous of the screen’s Indian players is Chief Thundercloud, who comes to the theatre on in “Outlaw Trail,’ the Monogram frontier drama in which he is featured with Hoot Gibson and Bob Steele. Thundercloud, a member of the Cherokee tribe, was born in Oklahoma, and spent his youth* ao S ae principally in Texas and Arizona, attending public schools in both| states. Later he took a mining course at the University of Arizona, | and was subsequently foreman of a | gold mine in the state. The young | manhood of the stalwart chief was spent in a variety of pursuits; he| guided archeologists to Montezuma’s | Wells and other famous ruins of the | Southwest, was a bareback rider at | various rodeos, drove a stage be-| tween Tucson and Tombstone,’ ran a line of wagons hauling freight | THE CAST Hoot. 4. HOOT GIBSON BOB: sigs BOB STEELE Thendercloud 2. 2; .CHIEF THUNDERCLOUD Alice: Thomiton <. =s.<: ee JENNIFER HOLT “Honest John” Travers... <i. oe CY KENDALL Sheriff Rocky Camron. .__. ........ ROCKY CAMRON Cad Betton 3, ee are GEORGE ELDRIDGE Chuck Walters........... and ore, and even presented a pro-| gram of Indian songs and dances | on a Chautauqua circuit. Thundercloud appeared in his first motion picture with William S. Hart, when the western star was working on location at Phoenix, | Arizona. Soon afterward the Indian | went to Hollywood, and began his| career in the film capital at Uni-| versal studios. He soon achieved recognition as the screen’s outstanding actor of his race. The cast supporting Chief Thundercloud, Hoot Gibson and Bob Steele in “Outlaw Trail” includes Jennifer Holt, Cy Kendall, Jim Thorpe, Rocky Camron and Bud Osborne. Robert Tansey produced and directed, and the original story } Rae ee CHARLES KING H.-A. Fraser....>: HAL PRICE Ed Knowles . -°.2. == pence, 1 JORN BRIDGES Blackie. «3. BUD OSBORNE Spike ....... JIM THORPE CHANTER Chief Thundercloud, Cherokee Indian, not only sings in his native language but also in English, Italian, French, German and Yiddish, and often appears as_ soloist in Synagogues as well as in theatres and on the concert stage. Featured with Hoot Gibson and Bob Steele, the=Chief “comes to the. =... THEALTAVOM! O25 aac in Monogram’s by Alvin Neitz was adapted for the thrilling western drama, “Outlaw screen by Frances Kavanaugh. ' Trail.” JHE STORY (Not for Publication) Carl Beldon, cattle buyer, only to turn up missing a co visits John’s Town on business, uple of days later. The Trail Blazers, Hoot, Bob and Thundercloud, are sent to the town to find out all about the mystery est John,” the local banker, ow pays off the ranchers in script real money. Alice Thornton, of the missing Beldon. “Honns everything in the town, and , so that they never have any running her sanch atter her father has been killed, houses the Trail Blazers. The sheritf pretends to play along with “ Honest John,” but is in reality helping the Trail Blazers, who have gotten the ranchers to group together and oppose “Honest John” in sending out the next herd of cattle. “Honest Jo hn,” realizing that the game is almost up, tries to abscond with all the money that is deposited in his bank, only to be double-crossed by some of his gang and killed. Hoot, Bob an this, and manage to catch up d Thundercloud find out about with the killers. They retrieve the stolen bank funds, assist the ranchers in driving the trail herd to market for real money, and finally fix up the troubled love affair between the sheriff and Alice Thornton.