An ex-con is murdered in Yellowstone National Park while a bank robber's son is searching for the loot his father hid there 20 years before.An ex-con is murdered in Yellowstone National Park while a bank robber's son is searching for the loot his father hid there 20 years before.An ex-con is murdered in Yellowstone National Park while a bank robber's son is searching for the loot his father hid there 20 years before.
Eddie Acuff
- Desk Clerk
- (uncredited)
Claud Allister
- Guest with Monocole
- (uncredited)
Dora Clement
- Hostess
- (uncredited)
Claire Du Brey
- Accident Witness
- (uncredited)
Willie Fung
- Chinese Cook
- (uncredited)
Diana Gibson
- Cigarette Girl
- (uncredited)
Mary Gordon
- Mrs. McDougall
- (uncredited)
Storyline
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- SoundtracksFrom the Land of the Sky-Blue Water
(1909) (uncredited)
Music by Charles Wakefield Cadman
Lyrics by Nelle Richmond Eberhart
Performed by an unknown singer and the Universal Recording Orchestra
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Old and Faithful
Do you remember when the Brady Bunch went to Hawaii, or Knott's Berry Farm? Or how about other sitcom family's trips to one of the Disney theme parks? The episodes were never very funny compared to the rest of the studio bound series, and mostly served as an infomercial for the location visited. I believe "Yellowstone" may have started the trend way back in 1936. The pornographic-sounding Dick Sherwood (Henry Hunter) is a park ranger at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. He meets up with Ruth (Judith Barrett, a dead ringer for Fay Wray), a young woman staying at the park's luxurious hotel and waiting for the father she hasn't seen in eighteen years. Dick immediately starts putting the moves on Ruth- playing cute, and annoyingly quoting out of his ranger manual. Ruth's dad, James (Ralph Morgan), arrives and is briefly reunited with his daughter before -dun-dun-DUN!- murder! James' body is found after it gets blown out of a geyser (stop giggling), and the park is locked down as the large cast of suspects is interrogated by private detective Hardigan (a miscast Alan Hale). Since the film is barely an hour, the climax arrives quickly, with a hard-to-believe explanation.
Also hard to believe is some of the annoying supporting cast. Andy Devine volunteers little comic relief as Pay-Day, who wants to be a full-time park ranger. Raymond Hatton is along as Old Pete, who has tall tales to bore the cast and viewer with. Between these two, the stereotypical Chinese chef (Willie Fung), and the Native American, you will be cringing often. The scenery is gorgeous, it would be interesting to compare the locations on film to how they look today. While four writers have their names on this fluff, possibly explaining the bizarre shifts in tone, director Lubin keeps things clicking along. Too bad about the two songs here, both impossible to comprehend and enjoy. "Yellowstone" is a harmless B-movie hearkening back to yesteryear. Old Faithful, indeed.
Also hard to believe is some of the annoying supporting cast. Andy Devine volunteers little comic relief as Pay-Day, who wants to be a full-time park ranger. Raymond Hatton is along as Old Pete, who has tall tales to bore the cast and viewer with. Between these two, the stereotypical Chinese chef (Willie Fung), and the Native American, you will be cringing often. The scenery is gorgeous, it would be interesting to compare the locations on film to how they look today. While four writers have their names on this fluff, possibly explaining the bizarre shifts in tone, director Lubin keeps things clicking along. Too bad about the two songs here, both impossible to comprehend and enjoy. "Yellowstone" is a harmless B-movie hearkening back to yesteryear. Old Faithful, indeed.
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- NoDakTatum
- Oct 21, 2023
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- Runtime1 hour 3 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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