Fighting Caravans
by David Burton, Otto Brower
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Actor: Ernest Torrence, Fred Kohler, Gary Cooper, Lili Damita, Tully MarshallDirector: David Burton, Otto Brower
Brand: Lions Gate
Cinematographer: Henry W. Gerrard
Cinematographer: Lee Garmes
Writer: Agnes Brand Leahy
Writer: Edward E. Paramore Jr.
Writer: Keene Thompson
Writer: Zane Grey
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 81 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-09-06
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Lions Gate
Product features:
- Actors: Gary Cooper, Lili Damita, Ernest Torrence, Tully Marshall, Fred Kohler.
- Format: Black & White, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC.
- Language: English. Subtitles: Spanish.
- Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only).
- Not Rated. Run Time: 81 minutes.
Movie Reviews of Fighting Caravans
Movie Review: WAGON TRAINS AND KIOWA INDIANS
Summary: 3 Stars
It would be unfair of me to be too critical of this 1931 movie which appeared early into the 'talkie' era of movies. And based on a Zane Grey novel of the late 1920s the fictional background is somewhat sound. That said, however, the major point of the scout becoming outdated by the railroad just is not true. The railroads were not connected until four years after the Civil War in 1869 at Provo, Utah, but the era of the frontier scout continued up to and a little past 1890 at Wounded Knee in the Dakotas.
I have the latest 2 disc copy of The Big Trail so I am not unaware of that movie, but I see little resemblance between these two films, though the directors could not have been unaware of either Zane Grey's book or each other's movies.
For me the scenes of this movie are not tied together well and the resultant condition seems somewhat ragged, with Cooper being off screen almost as much as he is on. Leaving his two scout mentors soaking up a lot of time on screen. And though the movie has its action moments, much of the time very little is really happening. One standout in the movie is Lili Damita, her role and her acting cannot be understated. Cooper is young without his later varnish, but much of what he will later become does show through. While Lili Damita is very accomplished and holds her own with all the actors.
I must attest also that I have several movies from the early and mid-1930s, 24 Hopalong Cassidy movies especially, and any of those are much better in their clarity and storyline. I also treasure the early John Wayne movies (20) that are in many places really not much above 'silent movies' with only music playing as the horses clamber over the plains. So it is just not the fact of this movie having a 1931 date that is uncomfortable to me, it is really the lack of cohesion and smoothness. Even the early Gene Autry movies are much more accomplished.
I read westerns as well as enjoy western movies, but I cannot give this effort more than 3 stars. It may just be my copy of the movie on DVD, but unless some scenes have been excised or edited out, for me the movie remains very uneven. It is a movie to see if you are at all interested in westerns or if you have an interest in early Hollywood black and white movies, or even early Gary Cooper. But for the general viewer I don't think this movie will afford them that much enjoyment.
Semper Fi.
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