THE DESERT TRAIL

DIRECTED BY COLIN LEWIS
PRODUCED BY PAUL MALVERN
LOE STAR PRODUCTIONS
MONOGRAM PICTURES

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INFORMATION IMDb

Plot Summary
Rodeo star John Scott and his gambler friend Kansas Charlie are wrongly
accused of armed robbery.
They leave town as fast as they can to go looking for
their own suspects in Poker City.
Written by Ed Stephan

Full Cast
John Wayne .... John Scott, aka John Jones
Mary Kornman .... Anne
Paul Fix .... Jim
Eddy Chandler .... Kansas Charlie, aka Rev. Harry Smith
Carmen Laroux .... Juanita LaRoux (as Carmen LaRoux)
Lafe McKee .... Sheriff Barker
Al Ferguson .... Pete
Henry Hall .... Farnsworth (Rodeo Promoter)
Silver Tip Baker .... Poker Player (uncredited)
Frank Ball .... Jake (Banker) (uncredited)
Frank Brownlee .... Sheriff of Rattlesnake Gulch (uncredited)
Tommy Coats .... Deputy Tommy (uncredited)
Gordon De Main .... Stage Passenger (uncredited)
Dick Dickinson .... Observer at Poker Game (uncredited)
Frank Ellis .... Poker Player (uncredited)
Jack Evans .... Townsman (uncredited)
Herman Hack .... Posse Rider (uncredited)
Ray Henderson .... Townsman (uncredited)
Theodore Lorch .... Robbed Stage Passenger (uncredited)
Lew Meehan .... Posse Rider (uncredited)
Artie Ortego .... Deputy (uncredited)
Tex Palmer .... Deputy (uncredited)
Fred Parker .... Doctor (uncredited)
Archie Ricks .... Stage Driver (uncredited)
Wally West .... Poker Player (uncredited)

Writing credits
Lindsley Parsons (story) (screenplay)

Produced
Paul Malvern .... producer

Original Music
Billy Barber (1985) (as William Barber)
Lee Zahler

Cinematography
Archie Stout

Stunts
Yakima Canutt .... stunts (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jack Jones .... stunts (uncredited)
Wally West .... stunts (uncredited)

Trivia
The rodeo shots are the same as the ones used in The Man from Utah (1934).
Juanita's house is the same house as used as the Matlock ranch-house in He Wore a Star (1934) and as Malgrove's house in Blue Steel (1934).

Goofs
* Continuity: After Scott stops the stage, he agrees to drive it into town. He jumps on the driver's seat and heads off, leaving his own horse behind. However, as the stage arrives in town, his horse can be seen tied on behind the stage.

* Continuity: When dressing to see Juanita, Scott changes hats. However the hat is on a hook on the wall when he arrives, but when he leaves he picks it up from the dresser near the door.

* Continuity: When Scott and Kansas escape from the gaol, Scott was unarmed but was wearing his gun-belt. As he runs across to the horses, he now has a gun in his holster.

Memorable Quotes
Kansas Charlie, aka Rev. Harry Smith: Do you mean to insinuate that I'm dumb?
John Scott, aka John Jones: No. Dumber!

Sheriff of Rattlesnake Gulch: Maybe we can try him this afternoon and hang him right away and save the county the expense of feeding him.

Kansas Charlie, aka Rev. Harry Smith: It's talk that always gets you into trouble with a woman. They always think you mean more than you say.

Filming Locations
Kernville, California, USA
Trem Carr Ranch, Newhall, California, USA

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The Desert Trail (1935) (http://www.imdb.com/video/internet-archive/vi815728153/)

The Desert Trail (http://www.archive.org/details/TheDesertTrail1935)

Hi,
I am biased towards, these Lone Star films.
I enjoy all of them, for all their whirlwind, few days, low budget filming,
they are a joy, and fun to watch.

In this routine, Duke is rodeo performer John Scott,
who with his friend Edward Chandler, are accused of robbing rodeo receipts.

Duke gaining all the time in confidence, mainly due to the support he had from his friend,
Paul Fix, who had a supporting role in this film.
Paul, a former stage director and playwright, would stand behind the camera, while Duke was working, and offer advice and suggestions.
Duke learned how to deliver lines from Fix, and under his guidance,
developed the halting cadence, that became his trademark.

Harry Carey Jr, said at the time,
Paul was the man, who gave Duke his first insight, into his screen persona....
He was the first man, to put the John Wayne image, into John Wayne's head,
and he literally taught John Wayne what he knew about acting.

Seems like we all owe Paul, a big thank you,
Rating 5/10

Hi Keith,
I like this one too. And it is very interesting what you write about Paul Fix. I mention some changers in Dukes manner in speaking in this movie, but don't know why it happen. Thought that he was more experianced in this movie. And what interests me: it is a second movie that I have seen were negative heroine is latin woman. Is it by chance or not?
Regards,
Vera :rolleyes:

Here are three posters. Notice how the artwork on the second one is like that for Rainbow Valley. The third poster is a 1947 re-issue.

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The Desert Trail (1935) (http://www.imdb.com/video/internet-archive/vi815728153/)

The Desert Trail (http://www.archive.org/details/TheDesertTrail1935)

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I watched the Desert Trail yesterday for the Duke´s birthday. I have never seen it before, and I liked it! Watching the Duke´s old B-Western movies is great fun and I have not seen most of them before, so there is always a "new" John Wayne movie for me...!

Sometimes I do not like the idea of a misterious bad guy, always hiding or being disguised in some of these movies (most of the time You find out, who the bad guy real is in the very first moment, when he appears), but Desert Trail was different from that! Interesting story, enough action and a lot of humor!

I like to compare these fast filmed low budget movies to weekly TV-series of today. It´s the same hurry in production. But in comparison to many modern TV-actors the Duke always tried to do his best, even in these low-budget movies!

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John and Carmen Laroux
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