Paradise Canyon (1935)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Carl Pierson

Writers:

Lindsley Parsons (story) and
Robert Emmett Tansey (writer)

Release Date:

20 July 1935 (USA)

Genre:

Western | Crime

Tagline:

Where life was raw and might was law!

Plot:

Sent to find counterfeiters, John Wyatt joins Doc Carter's medicine show. They arrive in the town where Curly Joe runs his counterfeiting operation...

Plot Keywords:

Medicine Show | Arizona | Undercover Agent | Drunkenness | Mexico

Cast

John Wayne	...	John Wyatt aka John Rogers
Marion Burns	...	Linda Carter aka Princess Natasha
Reed Howes	...	Henchman Red
Earle Hodgins	...	Doc Carter
Gino Corrado	...	Rurales Captain
Yakima Canutt	...	Curly Joe Gale
Perry Murdock	...	Ike - singer, Texas Two
Gordon Clifford	...	Mike - singer, Texas Two
Henry Hall	...	Colonel Peters
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Chuck Baldra	...	Henchman Slim (uncredited)
Bob Burns	...	Sheriff #1 (New Mexico) (uncredited)
Horace B. Carpenter	...	Blacksmith (uncredited)
Joe Dominguez	...	Miguel (uncredited)
Earl Dwire	...	Sheriff #2 (Arizona) (uncredited)
John F. Goodrich	...	Cowboy (uncredited)
Herman Hack	...	Deputy Herman (uncredited)
George Morrell	...	Townsman (uncredited)
Tex Palmer	...	Tex (Gale henchman) (uncredited)
Fred Parker	...	Skeptic at medicine show (uncredited)
Tex Phelps	...	New Mexico deputy (uncredited)
James Sheridan	...	Pete (Gale henchman) (uncredited)

Directed by
Carl Pierson		(as Carl L. Pierson)

Writing credits
Lindsley Parsons		(story)
Robert Emmett Tansey		writer (as Robert Emmett)

Produced by
Paul Malvern	....	producer

Original Music by
Billy Barber		(1985) (as William Barber)

Cinematography by
Archie Stout

Film Editing by
Jerry Roberts

Sound Department
David S. Stoner	....	sound recordist (as D.S. Stoner)

Stunts
Yakima Canutt	....	stunts (uncredited)

Music Department
Billy Barber	....	orchestrator (1985 revisionist video version) (as William Barber)

Other crew
E.R. Hickson	....	technical director

Production Companies

• Lone Star Productions (I)
• Monogram Pictures Corporation

Distributors

• Monogram Pictures Corporation (1935) (USA) (theatrical)
• Pathé Pictures International (1936) (UK) (theatrical)
• Monogram Pictures Corporation (1939) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
• Republic Pictures Home Video (1993) (USA) (VHS)
• United American Video (1991) (USA) (VHS)
• Timeless Video (1994) (USA) (VHS)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Films Around the World (II) (2002) (USA) (TV) (revisionist version)
• Alpha Video Distributors (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Alpha Video Distributors (????) (USA) (DVD)
• Comet Video (????) (USA) (DVD)
• Foothill Video (2000) (USA) (VHS)
• Fox Lorber (1985) (USA) (VHS) (revisionist version)
• Passport International Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Reel Media International (2004) (worldwide) (VHS)
• Reel Media International (2007) (worldwide) (all media)

Also Known As:

Guns Along the Trail (USA) (DVD title)
Paradise Ranch

Runtime:

52 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Approved | Sweden:Btl

Filming Locations:

Kernville, California, USA

Company:

Lone Star Productions (I)

Movie Connections:

Featured in 100 Years of John Wayne (2007) (TV)

Soundtrack:

When We Were Young and Foolish

At Least There're Wayne and Canutt

For fans of Lone Star-Wayne only. It's a pretty slender installment from our friends at Paul Malvern's production company. Wayne's an undercover G-man on the trail of counterfeiter Yakima Canutt. On the way he hooks up with medicine man Doc Carter (Hodgins) and his sloe- eyed daughter (Burns). We see a lot of the medicine show and some of it is a hoot—The Texas Two whose down-home ditties are memorably corny. But reviewer Chance is right: Hodgins takes up too much screen time for a brief 50-minute feature. Too bad producer Malvern didn't pop for a location shoot at scenic Lone Pine. That would have compensated for a lot. Instead, the boys have to ride around the scrubby un-scenic outskirts of LA. He did however pop for a well-staffed chase scene at the end. Then too, there is the usual hidden hideout that fascinated Front-Row kids like myself, along with a dramatic plunge off a cliff. But the sum-total is rather plodding and not up to the usual high-action standard. (In passing— sorry to say I counted 3 "trip-wire" induced falls, which make for a dramatic tumble of horse and rider, but is unfortunately often fatal to the horse. Happily, these stunts were eventually banned. On a more upbeat note-- for a really entertaining look at how these Saturday afternoon specials were made, catch Hearts of the West {1975}.)