FRONTIER HORIZONS

aka NEW FRONTIER

DIRECTED BY GEORGE SHERMAN
PRODUCED BY WILLIAM A. BERKE
REPUBLIC PICTURES

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INFORMATION FROM IMDb

Plot Summary
The Three Mesquiteers convince a group of settlers to exchange their present property
for some which, unbeknownst to our goodguys, is going to be worthless.
They are captured before they can warn the ranchers.
Summary written by Ed Stephan

Full Cast
John Wayne .... Stony Brooke
Ray Corrigan .... Tucson Smith
Raymond Hatton .... Rusty Joslin
Jennifer Jones .... Celia Braddock (as Phyllis Isley)
Eddy Waller .... Major Steven Braddock
Sammy McKim .... Stevie Braddock
LeRoy Mason .... M.C. Gilbert
Harrison Greene .... William Proctor
Wilbur Mack .... Mr. Dodge
Reginald Barlow .... Judge Bill Lawson
Burr Caruth .... Dr. William 'Doc' Hall
Dave O'Brien .... Jason Braddock
Hal Price .... Sheriff
Jack Ingram .... Henchman Harmon
Bud Osborne .... Dickson
Slim Whitaker .... Henchman Turner (as Charles Whitaker)
Chuck Baldra .... Jailed Rancher (uncredited)
Bob Burns .... Jailed Rancher (uncredited)
Fred Burns .... Fiddle Player (uncredited)
George Chesebro .... Deputy (uncredited)
Jim Corey .... Bushwhacker (uncredited)
Victor Cox .... Townsman at the Dance (uncredited)
Curley Dresden .... Guard (uncredited)
John Elliott .... Townsman (uncredited)
Frank Ellis .... Townsman (uncredited)
Oscar Gahan .... Accordion Player (uncredited)
Jody Gilbert .... Rusty's Dance Partner (uncredited)
Herman Hack .... Wagon Driver Jim (uncredited)
Walt La Rue .... Townsman (uncredited)
Cactus Mack .... Fake Indian (uncredited)
Frankie Marvin .... Musician (uncredited)
Bud McClure .... Townsman (uncredited)
Charles Murphy .... Mailman Zeke (uncredited)
Bill Nestell .... Townsman at the Dance (uncredited)
George Plues .... Henchman (uncredited)
Bob Reeves .... Townsman (uncredited)
Bill Wolfe .... Townsman (uncredited)

Writing Credits
Betty Burbridge story and screenplay
William Colt MacDonald characters
Luci Ward story and screenplay

Produced
William A. Berke .... associate producer

Original Music
William Lava (uncredited)

Cinematography
Reggie Lanning

Stunts
Yakima Canutt .... stunts (uncredited)
Walt La Rue .... stunts (uncredited)
George Montgomery .... stunts (uncredited)

Trivia
Jennifer Jones's film debut.

Goofs
* Anachronisms: After a prologue that takes place immediately after the end of the Civil War, the body of the film takes place fifty years later, which would make it about 1914. At this time the Three Mesquiteers are supposed to be Pony Express riders; however, Pony Express only ran from 1860 to 1861, having been abandoned at the start of telegraph service.

* Anachronisms: Despite the fact that the story is supposed to be taking place around 1914, the women wear mostly 1939 fashions and hairstyles throughout, except at the New Hope Valley 50th Anniversary Dance, where they are all in period costume. Meantime everyone uses buckboards and horse drawn buggies for transportation, and there is not an automobile in sight, even though they were in common use by this time.

Filming Locations
Corriganville, Ray Corrigan Ranch, Simi Valley, California, USA
Iverson Ranch, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA
Van Norman Reservoir, Granada Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA

Hi,
After his unhappy spell, with the 6 picture deal with Universal,
things changed for the better.
A series of 'B' Westerns, was being updated, with Duke
being invited into the role of Stony Brooke, recently vacated by Bob Livingston.
THE THREE MESQUITEERS was a poplular series for REPUBLIC, and Duke's winning personality, soon worked in,with the established characters, Ray Corrigan, as Tuscon Smith,Max Terhune as Lullaby Johnson, and Terhurne's dummy, Elmer.
Duke made 8 of these and this ONE,was the last of Duke's involvement with
THE THREE MESQUITEERS.

In this one, directed by George Sherman,
Duke looked splendid astride a white horse.
This film was more violent that the others,
and climaxed with a burning of a town.
Author: m0rphy, From IMDb

This is a typical short 57 mins. formulaic film from the budget minded Republic Studios, from 1939
.It is interesting only because it was the first attempt at film stardom for Phyllis Isley, aged 20 at the time, whose name was changed in 1942 to the better known, Jennifer Jones, at the request of David O. Selznick, her mentor and later husband.

She plays Celia Braddock who assists the "Three Mesquiteers" (whose number includes a young John Wayne), to prevent a ruthless claim-jumping construction company from stealing ranchers' properties in "New Hope Valley", in order to build a lucrative dam there.She gets to ride a horse but is given rather a trite script to say.After a second Republic Film that year ("Dick Tracy and the G-Men), Phyllis and her then husband, Robert Walker, decided they were not being regarded seriously enough by Hollywood*
and returned back to New York to pursue their still unrealised dreams of stage stardom.
Arthur and I, talked about these pictures on another thread,
and I, can remember seeing them, on the Saturday morning matinees,
with all the kids, yelling, booing and hissing, at every other interval.
I remember Elmer, with great fondness, oh and yes Duke of course.
What an improvement he was, in these, and the Duke we now ,know and love,
was at least shining through.
Although, it is said, he found them to be dreary, and a drudgery.
They were horrible montrosities
he told writer Maurice Zolotow.

However, what Duke didn't realise, is that they had exposed him,
to a much bigger audience, including 'A' pictures, audiences.

They may have been a drudgery, but within months,
the big bang, was there

STAGECOACH

Rating 6/10

As Keith mentions above, this movie is also known by the name of New Frontier.

Here are two posters, the first from 1939 and the second a 1953 re-issue.

this aired on channel 45 on saturday morning in baltimore md sometime in the mid 1970s it was the first time for me ever seeing one of his b-westerns so it holds a special place -thank god for stagecoach because republic was just wasting this great talent

This was pretty enjoyable, I only wish that someone would release all 8 of Duke's mesquiteers movies

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John wayne et Raymond Hatton
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