I don't know, I'd like to be more positive about Hoot Gibson but he just doesn't cut it as a cowboy hero for me. He's got that rubbery face that recommends he should have been making comedy flicks during the era instead of Westerns. His mannerisms and timing are decent enough, but how he ever got tapped for Westerns I just can't figure out.
The story here is pretty standard - Tex Mason (Gibson) inherits half of a working ranch from an owner who's New York City daughter is heading West to claim her interest upon his death. Peggy Turner (Marion Schilling) intends on turning the Triple X into a dude ranch, which prompts Tex/Hoot to declare his opposition in my summary line above. This could spell trouble before the final reconciliation scene takes place where the opposing ranch owners kiss and make up.
I was surprised to learn a few interesting bits of trivia upon researching this film after watching it. The character Skeeter, portrayed by Bill Robbins was in real life a foreman on Hoot Gibson's ranch. I thought it rather unusual the way Hoot roughed him up at one point in the story, but I'm sure there were no hard feelings.
On any other evening I might have overlooked this next observation, but somehow tonight it occurred to me how liberalism was rearing it's ugly head as far back back as 1932 when Miss Peggy had a fit over the ranch hands actually branding calves! Can you imagine? Hoot's character was a good sport about it and called the boys off, but if I were directing the picture I would have had them resume the exercise just as soon as the lady left the premises. But that's neither here nor there.
Anyway, Tex is set up as a cattle rustler of his own herd by villain Thomas (Robert Ellis), but it doesn't take long for our hero to figure things out and make the save for the Triple X. Meanwhile, Miss Flossie (Ethel Wales) takes a shine to foreman Skeeter to suggest a double wedding at the finale. Somehow, that whole business about Tootsie Wootsie turned out to be a maguffin, which is probably a good thing as two leading ladies were about as much as these B Westerns could handle.
The story here is pretty standard - Tex Mason (Gibson) inherits half of a working ranch from an owner who's New York City daughter is heading West to claim her interest upon his death. Peggy Turner (Marion Schilling) intends on turning the Triple X into a dude ranch, which prompts Tex/Hoot to declare his opposition in my summary line above. This could spell trouble before the final reconciliation scene takes place where the opposing ranch owners kiss and make up.
I was surprised to learn a few interesting bits of trivia upon researching this film after watching it. The character Skeeter, portrayed by Bill Robbins was in real life a foreman on Hoot Gibson's ranch. I thought it rather unusual the way Hoot roughed him up at one point in the story, but I'm sure there were no hard feelings.
On any other evening I might have overlooked this next observation, but somehow tonight it occurred to me how liberalism was rearing it's ugly head as far back back as 1932 when Miss Peggy had a fit over the ranch hands actually branding calves! Can you imagine? Hoot's character was a good sport about it and called the boys off, but if I were directing the picture I would have had them resume the exercise just as soon as the lady left the premises. But that's neither here nor there.
Anyway, Tex is set up as a cattle rustler of his own herd by villain Thomas (Robert Ellis), but it doesn't take long for our hero to figure things out and make the save for the Triple X. Meanwhile, Miss Flossie (Ethel Wales) takes a shine to foreman Skeeter to suggest a double wedding at the finale. Somehow, that whole business about Tootsie Wootsie turned out to be a maguffin, which is probably a good thing as two leading ladies were about as much as these B Westerns could handle.