The Telegraph Trail / Somewhere in Sonora / The Man from Monterey
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Actor: John WayneDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 168 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-11-07
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Movie Reviews of The Telegraph Trail / Somewhere in Sonora / The Man from Monterey
Movie Review: Triple Feature John Wayne DVD. Well worth a look for all Western aficionados
Summary: 4 Stars
Wayne made six black & white B-Western films for Warner Brothers during the early-thirties the three on show here are all from 1933. They fall midway between THE BIG TRAIL (1929) and STAGECOACH (1938). This period that could well be called his apprenticeship years, they were also highly prolific years in fact Wayne appeared in eleven films during 1933.
THE TELEGRAPH TRAIL (55 minutes) John Trent (Wayne) is the buckskinned-army scout who volunteers to finish connecting the telegraph wires across the plains. In the way are evil trader Gus Lynch (Albert J Smith) who stirs up Indian chief High Wolf (Yakima Canutt) to lead a revolt. Corporal Tippy (Frank McHugh) and Alice Keller (Marceline Day) line up with Trent, who is also ably assisted by "Miracle Horse" Duke who incidentally appears in all three movies. Much of the action footage comes from the 1926 silent western RED RAIDERS starring Ken Maynard. For the one and only time in his career Wayne wears a pair of pistols with buts facing forward in the style of "Wild Bill" Elliott.
SOMEWHERE IN SONORA (57 minutes) In Twin Forks John Bishop (Wayne) is falsely accused of cheating in a stagecoach race. Bob Leadly (Henry B. Walthalt) vows to clear Bishop, in return learning that young Bart Leadly (Paul Fix) has fallen in with the notorious Monte Black (J. P. Mcgowan) Brotherhood of Death gang and are holed up over the Mexican border somewhere South of Sonora. Bishop sets out on Duke with two sidekicks to rescue Bart. Much use is made of stock-footage from the 1927 silent western of the same name starring Ken Maynard and his horse Tarzan. This film was the first of many that well-known western stalwart Paul Fix would appear with John Wayne
THE MAN FROM MONTEREY (57 minutes) In 1848 US army Captain John Holmes (Wayne) is sent from Monterey, California on a mission to convince rich land owner Don Jose Castanares (Lafe McKee) to register his land or else it will fall into the public domain. Unbeknown to Castanares his so called friend Don Pablo Gonzales (Francis Ford) and his son Don Luis Gonzales (Donald Reed) are trying to grab the land from him. Further complicating the issue is Castanares daughter Dolores (Ruth Hall) who is being pressurised into marrying Don Luis. The young Captain Holmes sets out to solve both problems. Once again silent Ken Maynard stock-footage is used throughout. The above Francis Ford was the elder brother of John Ford who would latter direct Wayne over many years in most if not all of his best work.
In 1933 the talkies were in their infancy and much of the acting appears a bit stilted at times by today's standards, but they are if you include the stock footage 75 to 80 years old and should be judged as such! Young John Wayne acquits himself pretty well in all three, except for the poor sword fighting sequence in the last film. The quality of transfer to DVD is generally very good with just the odd minor glitch. All together an interesting look at three likable early John Wayne quickie-Westerns.
Summary of The Telegraph Trail / Somewhere in Sonora / The Man from Monterey
John Wayne made six exciting early-1930s Westerns for Warner Bros. Three make their DVD debut here. The actor poses as a nobleman to unravel a land-grab scheme in The Man from Monterey. The excitement unfolds Somewhere in Sonora when Wayne infiltrates a gang to bring its outlaws to justice. And our buckskin-shirted hero saves the day when villains try to stop the stringing of the earliest mass-communication lines in The Telegraph Trail. Equally stalwart in all three films is Duke, the billed "Miracle Horse" who's as swift as the wind...and as loyal as Rin-Tin-Tin.Westerns DVD Video
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