King of the Lumberjacks (1940)

User Rating:

5.2/10   

Director:

William Clemens

Writers:

Robert E. Kent (story)
Crane Wilbur (screenplay)

Release Date:

13 April 1940 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot Keywords:

Nursing Back To Health | Wedding | Dancing | Train | Infidelity

Cast

John Payne	...	James 'Jim' / 'Slim' Abbott
Gloria Dickson	...	Tina Martin Deribault
Stanley Fields	...	Dominic Deribault
Joe Sawyer	...	Jigger, a Lumberjack
Victor Kilian	...	Joe (saloon owner)
Earl Dwire	...	Dr. Vance
Herbert Heywood	...	Laramie, Train Engineer (as Herbert Haywood)
G. Pat Collins	...	Mr. Gregg, Parole Officer
John Sheehan	...	Bartender
Pat West	...	Second Waiter
Nat Carr	...	'Shorty', First Waiter
Jack Mower	...	'Red', Truck Driver
John 'Skins' Miller	...	'Cooky', the Camp Cook

Runtime:

USA:58 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

USA:Approved (PCA #5814)

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Goofs:

Continuity: Jack Wise's character is shown drinking beer at the party with the boys. The camera cuts to the dance floor and he is dancing. It cuts back to the boys drinking and he is still there.

Movie Connections:

Edited from God's Country and the Woman (1937)

Soundtrack:

For You

Land Shark

Warner's TIGER SHARK plot -- usually with Edward G. Robinson in the lead and a top director like Howard Hawks or Raoul Walsh directing -- gets the B treatment among lumberjacks . Stanley Field, of course, doesn't have the range of Robinson, but John Payne is fine in an early outing as the juvenile lead, and Gloria Dickson is absolutely terrific. She never got out of the Bs, and was working for Columbia when she died in a fire at her home four years later, alas.

This feature is one of the very short, one-hour second features that Warner Brothers produced under Briney Foy in the pre-war period. Overall, it's a good, workmanlike piece.