Empty Holsters (Warner Bros.) (1937)

This photo of Dick Foran is available in two-column mat No. 201—20c Singing Cowboy Here Soon In Latest Two-Gun Thriller Dick Foran Arriving At Strand In “Empty Holsters,”’ Tale Of Western Bad Men pia) ‘‘Empty Holsters, a rip-roaring Western movie dealing with outlaws and gun-fights, has been scheduled to open next nnd UO RICE ee eng at the: Reenicsk Theatre, with big, red headed Dick Foran, the Singing Cowboy, as its husky and melodious hero. It is a tale of the West in its lawless days when bad men took what they could get by whatever means they found at hand. Then, if they could, they blamed their thefts upon others. That’s what happens to Foran, as Clay Brent, a cowboy. The boss of the town, one Ace Cain, is a road agent, and after holding up a stage-coach and stealing its gold cargo, manages to place the guilt upon Dick and send him on perjured testimony to jail. During two years of imprisonment he builds up an iron determination to prove his innocence and bring the malicious Ace Cain to justice. He is then paroled and gets a chance to carry out his revenge. With the aid of a faithful pal, played by Glen Strange, he gets evidence against Ace. The latter learns of this, and hires a killer to put Dick out of the way. But Dick’s horse, ‘“Smoky,’’ settles the would-be killer by interfering with a neat piece of horse sense. After several thrilling adventures, Dick clears his name and aids the authorities in bringing to justice the highwayman Ace Cain and his gang. An additional point of interest in ‘‘Empty Holsters’’ lies in leading lady, who makes her screen appearance. She is Pat: Walthall, daughter of the-famous Henry B. (‘‘ Little Colonel’’) Walhall, who stirred the drome?’ world years as” ance in th LYRICS EASY FOR HIM Jack Scholl writes the lyrics for all the songs used in Dick Foran westerns. He used to be a cowboy star himself, years ago. Teamed with M. K. Jerome, he wrote two tunes for “Empty Holsters,” now. at the. ...:...205.% : Dick Foran, ‘‘The Sing ” having ing Cowboy,’ disposed of the _ villain, now prostrate, in a guntwo-fisted cli max, wins the love of smoking, Patricia Walthall in a scene from Warner Bros.’ ae ‘““Hmpty Holsters,’’ com CG GOWER EG ior cane oe Starring Dick FORAN \, THE SINGING COWBOY .“ and PATRICIA WALTHALL Directed by B. Reeves Eason * A First National Picture CK FOR Fl AT STRAND TOAY “Empty Holsters,” as the title of a movie, would seem to mean that guns are already drawn and in use by their owners. And that’s exactly the case with the Warner Bros. Western picture of that name which has its local premiere today at the .......... Theatre, with Dick Foran, the Singing Cowboy, as star. The holsters worn by Dick, his pal Tex, played by Glen Strange, his enemy Ace Cain, played by Emmett Vogan, and Ace’s miscreant henchmen, are empty a good bit of the time the movie is on the screen, it is said. For there’s plenty of bang-bang stuff in this story of the West. Yet Dick Foran still finds time (Review) LLU ‘Empiy Another [ick a PN Pe Pd — wuews ~ oran Hit Singing Cowboy Adds Strand Film To List Of Blazing Two-Gun Westerners __ That hard-hitting, fast-shooting 6-foot Singing Cowboy, Dick Foran, made ayother of his always-popular screen ap pearances yesterday at the nobhe ager ni ee Theatre, and de lighted the audiences with his latest Western movie, ‘‘Empty Holsters.’’ Not only the acting ability of this young Warner Bros. star, but his splendid baritone voice as well, has won him in to sing a couple of gongs—“Old Corral” and “I Gotta Get Back To My Gal”—written especially for “Empty Holsters” by Jack Scholl and M. K. Jerome, coauthors of that tremendous hit of Dick’s, “Little Buckaroo.” creasing popularity here, and ‘Empty Holsters’’ proves to be one of the best pictures he has ever done. Dick sings two ballads of the range — ‘‘Old Corral’? and ‘‘I Gotta Get Back to My Gal’’ and does them very pleasingly. They were written by Jack Scholl and M. K. Jerome, the lads who turned out a few months ago that sensational hit Dick sang in *“Cherokee Strip’’—‘‘ Little Buckaroo.’’ But the songs are merely incidental to a fast-stepping, genuinely-thrilling action drama of the Old West in which Dick, after being persecuted and even imprisoned for two years by the gold-stealing villains of the plot, gets free, clears himself and brings the vengeance of the law upon the misereants. A triumphant debut is made in ‘“‘“KEmpty Holsters’’ by a newcomer to the screen, who promises to go far toward feminine stardom. She is Patricia Walthall, 19year-old daughter of the late Henry B. Walthall, who became one of the immortals of the screen by his performance as the ‘‘ Little Colonel’? in David W. Griffith’s great picture, ‘‘Birth of a Nation.’’ Breezy Eason who for 27 years has been directing Western movies, guided the making of this and did one of the best jobs of his long career in Hollywood.