The Oklahoma Cyclone

How Not to make a cowboy film is on display in this one. The soul of the genre is action, but little is offered here. The usual criticism for this film places it's problems in being so early in talking film production that they hadn't worked out all the problems. True, it is early in the talkie era, but by the Summer of 1930, there had been thousands of them made, and the experimental period was long over. The problems in this are many, the aforementioned paucity of action for one, the long, drawn out, almost purposely slow talking conversations is another, and the breaks for someone to sing are ridiculous- it just keeps happening. I don't know what the right criteria is, but this might actually qualify as a musical! The story is dull and predictable, the actors uninspired, and a miniscule budget, too. But even poverty stricken outfits like Tiffany caould do better than this. As if to compound the cheapness, the film now exists in it's re-release "Amity Pictures" version. It's just slow and bad.