B Westerns

Obscure Films

Redheaded actor Dick Foran made a number of B Westerns for Warner Bros. from 1935 to 1937 as “The Singing Cowboy”. The movies themselves are pretty short, an hour or so, and fairly typical and/or predictable as far as the plot goes. In most of the films, he uses the same horse – Smoke, a paint. But, it’s interesting to note that many of the films feature a well known actor (or other known individual) also in the picture, though not in a starring role. I’ve tried to point these out in “The Singing Cowboy” films listed below.

Recently, I decided to include all of the RKO B Westerns reviewed on this site (below) so that fans of the genre can find them more easily.

• Moonlight on the Prairie (1935)
• Song of the Saddle (1936)
• Treachery Rides the Range (1936)
• Trailin’ West (1936)
• Guns of the Pecos (1937)
• Land Beyond the Law (1937)
• Hollywood Cowboy (1937)
• Empty Holsters (1937)
• Gun Law (1938)
• Border G-Man (1938)
• Painted Desert (1938)
• Renegade Ranger, The (1938)
• Arizona Legion (1939) (photo)
• Timber Stampede (1939)
• The Fighting Gringo (1939)
• Marshal of Mesa City, The (1939)
• Bullet Code (1940)
• Prairie Law (1940)
• Triple Justice (1940)
• Wagon Train (1940)
• Along the Rio Grande (1941)
• Robbers of the Range (1941)
• Cyclone on Horseback (1941)
• The Bandit Trail (1941)
• Dude Cowboy (1941)
• Riding the Wind (1942)
• Thundering Hoofs (1942)
• Bandit Ranger (1942)
• Pirates of the Prairie (1942)
• Red River Robin Hood (1942)
• Western Heritage (1948)
• Stagecoach Kid (1949)
• Masked Raiders (1949)
• The Mysterious Desperado (1949)
• Riders of the Range (1950)
• Rio Grande Patrol (1950)
• Gunplay (1951)
• Pistol Harvest (1951)
• Overland Telegraph (1951)
• Trail Guide (1952)
• Road Agent (1952) (photo)
• Target (1952)
• Desert Passage (1952)