Outlaw Trail (Monogram) (1944)

Training in Sports Led Young Athlete to Screen Bob Steele was born in Pendleton, Oregon, where the great annual Roundup decides the world championships in all manner of cowboy sports. But this mere accident of birth had little to do with the fact that as a young man Steele became established as one of the screen’s most popular western stars. Steele comes to the ........ thea-*¥ GLCHON SS. es ee in “Outlaw Trail,” trapping. During vacation periods Monogram’s thrilling “Trail Blaz-/ he filled such strenuous jobs as life guard and iceman, and also trained as a boxer. When Steele graduated from high school he was ready to step into western pictures, and made his debut as a cowboy in “The Mojave Kid.’ With interludes of hunting and fishing at his cabin in the High Sierras, he has been a screen cowboy ever since. In addition to Steele, Gibson and Thundercloud, the cast of “Outlaw Trail’ includes Jennifer Holt, Cy Kendall, Jim Thorpe and Bud Osborne. Robert Tansey produced and directed, and the story by Alvin Neitz was adapted for the screen by Frances Kavanaugh. ers’ western drama in which he is featured with Hoot Gibson and Chief Thundercloud. Bob’s parents moved to Glendale, California, when he was five years old, and it was there that he acquired the strength and skill that were to prepare him for a hardriding screen career. By the time he entered high school he was proficient in sports, and every year won his school “letter” in baseball, football, basketball and swimming. He became an expert horseback rider, and while still in school became camera-wise when he appeared with his brother in 16 short films devoted to adventures in hunting and WORLD'S CHAMP When he was only 18 years old, Hoot Gibson competed at the famous Roundup at Pendleton, Oregon, and won the title of All-around Champion Cowboy of the World. Since then he has been not only star performer but producer of many of the country’s outstanding rodeos. Gibson comes to the theatre on in Star Blames Circus, Women motion picture screen are not typical of the plains, says Hoot Gibson. Neither, he adds, are their feats of trick riding and roping. Gibson comes to the theatre on in ‘ ‘Outlaw 0 ene e658. See Trail,’ the exciting Monogram westelie : Be : teubaai fn ope ao ern drama in which he is featured me Blazers baat drama an which he is featured with Bob with Bob Steele and Chief Thunder Steal oY i h ea Siewert: Steele and Chief Thundercleud. “The western heroes of the films,” contends Hoot, “are actually the outgrowth of the circus—or the wild west show, which is much the same thing. Up to a comparatively few years ago there was little roping among cowbands, and those who practice it today received their inspiration largely from wild west performers. As a matter of fact, the first trick roper in the United States was Ora Peso, a Mexican brought into the country 20 years ago to become a feature with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West. “Women are responsible for the cowboys of today. They love the artistic and picturesque, and when the boys from the ranges began riding for their entertainment, they want INDIAN GUIDE As a young man Chief Thundercloud guided archeological parties to prehistoric ruins in Arizona, and also drove a stage between Tucson and Tombstobe before he made his screen debut in a Wm. S. Hart picture. Thundercloud comes to the theatre on in “Outlaw Trail,’ the thrilling Monogram western drama in which he is featured with Hoot Gibson and Bob Steele. GAMESTER So great was the athletic prowess of Bob Steele when he was a high school student in Gilendale, Cali-|ed them presented in _ tailored fornia, that he consistently ‘won|breeches, monogrammed silk shirts, his letter’ each year in football,|jingling spurs and other accoutre ments which have now become standard equipment.” Robert Tansey produced and directed “Outlaw Trail,’ and the cast supporting the three featured playfeatured with Hoot Gibson and/ers includes Jennifer Holt, Cy KenChief Thundercloud. dall, Rocky Camron and Jim Thorpe. | JUSTICE COMES TO “OUTLAW TRAIL” | baseball, basketball and swimming. Steele comes to the theatre Bene: ira: in “Outlaw Trail,’ the action-filled Monogram “Trail Blazers” western drama in which he is Sereen villain Bud Osborne takes a sound cinematic beating from Bob Steele in the Monogram western drama, “Outlaw Trail,” which comes to the theatre on Hoot Gibson, Chief Thundercloud and Jennifer Holt also appear in the film. Two Column Scene Mat No. 21-A The glamorous cowboys of the| “Outlaw Trail" Fine Western Film (Review) A thoroughly entertaining western film is “Outlaw Trail,’ the Monogram “Trail Blazers” drama which opened an engagement at the TENE: theatre last night. A popular trio of screen cowboys, in the persons of Hoot Gibson, Bob Steele and Chief Thundercloud, are featured in the leading roles, and carry the action at a whirlwind pace. The story concerns their efforts to ‘clean up” a western town beset by the criminal activities of a gang of undercover outlaws, with murder and robbery a definite part of their ruthless control. How the cowboys proceed in their campaign against the renegades forms the basis of a thrilling and interesting film. Jennifer Holt plays the principal feminine role, and the cast also includes Cy Kendall, Rocky Camron, Jim Thorpe, George Eldridge, Bud Osborne, Hal Price, John Bridges and Charles King—all forthright western types who add conviction to the picture. “Outlaw Trail” was produced and directed by Robert Tansey, who has staged the film with a skillful hand. Situation and incident are expertly interwoven in the _ screenplay of Frances Kavanaugh, based on an original story by Alvin Neitz. Edward Kull’s photography is uniformly good. | HOLT, STEELE | Jennifer Holt and Bob Steele are paired in the exciting Monogram western drama, “Outlaw Trail,” current at the theatre, with Hoot Gibson and Chief Thundercloud. One Col. Scene Mat No. 1 ROUGH RIDER Hoot Gibson made his motion picture debut many years ago when he ‘arrived in Los Angeles as a member of Dick Stanley’s Congress of Rough Riders, and the organization appeared in a number of films after literally creating a sensation in their wild west performances. Gibson, featured with Bob Steele and Chief Thundercloud, comes to the CHEALTEN OM ata mic conde in Monogram’s thrilling western drama, “Outlaw Trail.” CREDITS Produced and Directed by ROBERT TANSEY Assistant Director ART HAMMOND Musical Director FRANK SANUCCI Photography by EDWARD KULL Sound by GLEN GLENN Film Editor JOHN C, FULLER Original Story by ALVIN NEITZ Screenplay by FRANCES KAVANAUGH CHIEF THUNDERCLOUD, STEELE, GIBSON L to r: Chief Thundercloud, Bob Steele and Hoot Gibson as they appear in the adventure-packed Monogram western drama, which starts .......... Atte... ee “Outlaw Trail,” theatre. Two Column Scene Mat No. 20-A Sports Champ In Western Film One of the most fabulous figures in the history of American sports is Jim Thorpe, full-blooded Indian of the Sac & Fox tribe. Thorpe comes to the screen of the theatre on in “Outlaw Trail,’ Monogram’s thrilling ‘Trail Blazers’ western drama which features Hoot Gibson, Bob Steele and Chief Thundercloud. “Big Jim” is the only athlete in history to win both the decathlon and pentathlon events at the Olympic Games, having performed this feat at Amsterdam in 1912, after 16 separate competitions. He has played professional baseball with the New York Giants and other teams. But it is as a football player that Thorpe is perhaps _ best known. He was the star of the team at Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania, where his coach was the famous Glenn (‘‘Pop’’) Warner, afterward coach for many years at Stanford. Warner lists Thorpe as the greatest football player ever developed in the United States, and _ this judgment is concurred in by many of the country’s leading sports authorities. In recent years Thorpe has appeared in many motion pictures. Jennifer Holt plays the leading feminine role in ‘Outlaw Trail,’ and the cast also includes Cy Kendall, Rocky Camron, George Eldridge and Charles King. Robert Tansey produced and directed, and the original story by Alvin Neitz was adapted by Frances Kavanaugh. HUNTER While they were attending high school in Glendale, California, Bob Steele and his twin brother Bill appeared in a series of 16 short films illustrating methods of hunting and trapping various animals. Featured with Hoot Gibson and Chief Thundercloud, Bob comes to the :.screen of. they .:.:.5.2.5 theatre ONL S oe in Monogram’s thrilling “Trail Blazers” western drama. “Outlaw Trail.” | “THAT‘S ALL, BUB” | Dealing a knockout blow to villain Charles King is Chief Thundercloud, who appears with Hoot Gibson and Bob Steele in the Monogram western drama, “Outlaw Trail,” starting at the theatre. One Col. Scene Mat No. 2 Hoot Gibson Inspired by Stunts of ‘Show’ Cowboys A youngster’s determination to emulate the horseman ship of professional cowboys, whose feats filled him with a sort of awe, was the force which launched Hoot Gibson on a campaign of training which covered his entire boy hood life. Gibson comes to the theatre on “Outlaw Trail,” Monogram’s thrilling western drama in which he is featured with Bob Steele and Chief Thundercloud. Hoot was born on a ranch near Tekamah, Nebraska, in a section which was the home of many cowboys and down-to-earth westerners. He was little more than a baby when he learned to ride a horse, and his skill increased during the years, in surroundings which he accepted as a matter of course. But it was his later attendance at circuses, wild west shows and particularly the town’s only motion picture theatre that fired his ambition, for ch a tae a * wee here he saw cowboys of a glorified type, whose lives seemed to be made up of a continual succession of spectacular sstunts involving not only trick riding and roping, but dangerous feats of all descriptions. This, decided Hoot, was the life he wanted. How well he learned his lessons was proven when, at the age of 18, he won the all-around cowboy championship of the world at the famous annual Roundup at Pendleton, Oregon. In addition to Gibson, Steele and Thundercloud, the cast of “Outlaw Trail” includes Jennifer Holt, Cy Kendall, Jim Thorpe, George Eld |ridge, Hal Price and Bud Osborne.