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)
- Prairie Law (1940)
- Triple Justice (1940)
- Wagon Train (1940)
- Along the Rio Grande (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)
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