Stars: John Wayne, Lucile Browne, LeRoy Mason Director: Robert N. Bradbury Sheriff John Higgins quits and goes into prospecting after he thinks he has killed his best friend in shooting it out with robbers.
"A very rare Treasure", this film has George "Gabby" Hayes, in the role of Sheriff, in his more natural persona. George Hayes was quite intelligent, attractive, a Gentleman, and a true Actor. He must have been an amazing individual, in the flesh. His later roles won our hearts, but it is so wonderful to know and have a film with the more real Gabby. I had eead about him and have seen a few photos of him "not in character", but to hear his more natural speech and see him as he trily was, is Priceless
Another excellent John Wayne classic with a great cast including Buffalo Bill Jr., Frank Ball, and the best stuntman ever, Yak. Also great folk dancing and a cow milking contest scene with favorite western character actress Fern Emmett and silent screen vaudeville comic Jack Duffy, he looked like Pappy Yokum from Li'l Abner.
John Wayne, the one and only. In an interview that I watched, he said that he loved making movies, but he absolutely hated horses. Over the years I've noticed, if you look real good you can see that some of the riding & shooten stuff, not all, is done by a stunt man look alike. He liked Cadillac motor cars. The greatest cowboy star of all time.
I think Yakima Canutt did alot of the stunt man work involving horses etc. In the early John Wayne movies. He was extremely talented. Check out his bio on IMDB.
Enjoyed watching and George Hayes the Sheriff is the famous Gabby Hayes to be. If you haven't watched, please watch Big Trail, which I believe to be Wayne's first starring role. I think it's a great historic movie made in 1930.
You are correct, The Big Trail was John's first starring role, and his 22nd movie appearance. Many of his older movies, especially the silent ones, I was never able to spot John because he was just a random football player, or military man. It was the Westerns where John was recognized for his great talent and he got his early (and majority) of starring roles. The Duke is synonymous with Westerns and helped to establish the way fight scenes were choreographed. In his old movies he also displays dozens of unique ways to mount a horse; everything from jumping from a building onto horseback, to running up and jumping from behind, the side, etc. He was a huge man for his time and extremely athletic. John got his nickname "Duke" because as a kid he was always with his dog, named Duke. That nickname stayed with him throughout his life. I look forward to having conversations with him, Elvis and Jesus when I get to Heaven!
Gabby Hayes was still relatively handsome at this stage. Its so hard to believe how much we change. I think he took his teeth out like Walter Brennan , but he sure didnt win any oscars.
George "Gabby" Hayes was all the time, he just "was in the Gabby character" When off stage, he was "George", and known as an Intelligent, Well Educated, very Attractive, Mild Mannered "Gentleman". An Authentic Individual. I recommend reading his Biography, and the older content written about him that's available through an Internet Search. He made more movies than any 1 "Headliner Star", even more than John Wayne, and JW worked tirelessly to earn his income and his rise to fame. .
