When Herbert J. Yates decided to introduce his latest sagebrush star Monte Hale he did with a backstage story so to speak. Monte Hale gets to play himself, a likable young cowboy who would like to break into motion pictures. In going to Republic he sure went to the right studio since this was the bread and butter of that outfit.
Hale teams up with young Bobby Blake and his horse Partner who Blake has taught many tricks. He first tries to introduce Partner to western star John Dehner who is a radio actor with a western series there. But for the big screen Dehner just hasn't the skills and his double Fred Graham fills in for Dehner in a lot of ways.
Hale catches the studio attention, but Dehner is jealous and he wants to damage Hale's career before it starts. And the horse Partner is the instrument he uses.
Monte also gets a little romance in with Bobby Blake's sister Lorna Gray and Republic Pictures gets a new cowboy hero. Several of the current stars like Allan Lane, Don Barry and Roy Rogers and Dale Evans all make guest appearances. And of course John Dehner never became a cowboy hero at Republic, but in real life had quite a distinguished career in all kinds of character roles.
You have to wonder about the real studio politics among all these guys at Republic. When Gene Autry moved to Columbia Pictures, Roy Rogers was King of the Republic lot as well as King of the Cowboys. But there was quite a bit of rivalry over who was crown prince and those listed above were not the only movie cowboys working for Herbert J. Yates.
Out California Way is a pleasant enough picture and Monte Hale is a good cowboy hero.
Hale teams up with young Bobby Blake and his horse Partner who Blake has taught many tricks. He first tries to introduce Partner to western star John Dehner who is a radio actor with a western series there. But for the big screen Dehner just hasn't the skills and his double Fred Graham fills in for Dehner in a lot of ways.
Hale catches the studio attention, but Dehner is jealous and he wants to damage Hale's career before it starts. And the horse Partner is the instrument he uses.
Monte also gets a little romance in with Bobby Blake's sister Lorna Gray and Republic Pictures gets a new cowboy hero. Several of the current stars like Allan Lane, Don Barry and Roy Rogers and Dale Evans all make guest appearances. And of course John Dehner never became a cowboy hero at Republic, but in real life had quite a distinguished career in all kinds of character roles.
You have to wonder about the real studio politics among all these guys at Republic. When Gene Autry moved to Columbia Pictures, Roy Rogers was King of the Republic lot as well as King of the Cowboys. But there was quite a bit of rivalry over who was crown prince and those listed above were not the only movie cowboys working for Herbert J. Yates.
Out California Way is a pleasant enough picture and Monte Hale is a good cowboy hero.