ROUGH ROMANCE

DIRECTED BY A.F. ERICKSON
PRODUCED BY WILLIAM FOX
FOX FILM STUDIOS

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Plot Summary

Working as lumberjacks in the Northwest, Billy West (George O'Brien)
and his pal Laramie (Eddie Borden) spy two men stealing furs from a trap,
and they arrive too late to save the trap owner from being shot.
Billy suspects Loup LaTour (Antonio Moreno) and his partner Chick Carson (Harry Cording.)
While Marna Reynolds (Helen Chandler) dreams of dances and pick chiffon dresses,
her father (David Hartford) is being forced to purchase stolen furs from LaTour and Carson,
and LaTour is throwing a few lecherous glances toward Marna.Billy,
in a card game, catches LaTour cheating and also suggests he suspects
him of theft and murder before further violence is stopped by the sheriff.
Billy and Laramie are ambushed and Billy is shot in the shoulder but kills Carson.
Laramie takes Billy to Reynolds trading post where Marna ministers to his would.
LaTour convinces the sheriif that Billy murdered Carson and the sheriff is led on
a dogsledded-chase by Laramie.LaTour returns to the post with intentions
of changing his lecherous glances into lecherous action,
and the weakned Billy struggles with LaTour as Marna races toward the log-jammed river.
While John Wayne had a bit in this film and also worked on props,
he was not given a Props credit as shown by some sources.
If he had been, he would have been the first and only Props worker
given an on-film credit in 1930. He wasn't credited in the Art Department.

Summary written by Les Adams

Full Cast

George O'Brien .... Billy West
Helen Chandler .... Marna Reynolds
Antonio Moreno .... Loup La Tour
Roy Stewart .... Sheriff Milt Powers
Harry Cording .... Chick Carson
David Hartford .... 'Dad' Reynolds
Eddie Borden .... Laramie
Noel Francis .... Flossie
Frank Lanning .... Pop Nichols
John Wayne .... Lumberjack (uncredited)



Writing credits (in alphabetical order)

Kenneth B. Clarke story The Girl Who Wasn't Wanted
Donald Davis dialogue
Elliott Lester

Duke was a lumberjack credited as Duke Morrison.
This life and death struggle in the wilderness,
is also reviewed by our own Les Adams.

During the making of his previous film Words And Music
he grew friends with George O'Brien,
who later helped Duke get a part in Rough Romance
Duke said
Thanks to my friendship with George O'Brien...
I was made to feel I belonged to the lot...
I loved going to work at the studio.
I felt this was my life, my future.



The 23 Year Old John Wayne
Author: The-Lonely-Londoner from London, England
It's the way that Wayne leans on his hips when he speaks to someone. He has charisma and personality that can emulated by all. His distinctive character carves him out as a screen personality rather than an actor, and there's a lot that can be learned from him about what it means to be talented rather than the story of the American west.