Forrest Taylor has the only source of water in the valley since the river dried up; a good well on Gabby Hayes' ranch is the only other water around. After Wayne helps Hayes' daughter, Cecilia Parker, after her horse is shot, he moves in and enjoys the biscuits. Meanwhile, Taylor gives the other folks around two options: to sell out for a dollar an acre, or pay for water at four times the earlier cost, once the current contract expires.
You may have heard Wayne appeared in several of his early B westerns as a singing cowboy. This is one of them. He plays the guitar and sings, although the musical accompaniment is a ukulele and the voice is that of director Robert Bradbury's son Ray. There's also a classic Yakima Canutt stunt gag, and an athletic running mount of the sort that Bradbury liked for his oaters starring his other son, Bob Steele.
The copy I looked at was in poor shape, so it was impossible to judge Archie Stout's camerawork, but Carl Pierson's editing is pretty slow, even though the movie times in at 52 minutes. Al St. John and Heinie Conklin offer some poor gags as two of Taylor's henchmen.
You may have heard Wayne appeared in several of his early B westerns as a singing cowboy. This is one of them. He plays the guitar and sings, although the musical accompaniment is a ukulele and the voice is that of director Robert Bradbury's son Ray. There's also a classic Yakima Canutt stunt gag, and an athletic running mount of the sort that Bradbury liked for his oaters starring his other son, Bob Steele.
The copy I looked at was in poor shape, so it was impossible to judge Archie Stout's camerawork, but Carl Pierson's editing is pretty slow, even though the movie times in at 52 minutes. Al St. John and Heinie Conklin offer some poor gags as two of Taylor's henchmen.