Producer: Sol M. Wurtzel. Copyright 24 April 1936 by 20th Century-Fox Film Corp. New York opening at the Center: 29 April 1936. U.S. release: 24 April 1936. Australian release: 1 July 1936. 6,887 feet. 76½ minutes.
SYNOPSIS: A Mountie falls for the winsome daughter of a fur smuggler.
NOTES: A re-make of the 1926 Fox film directed by Irving Cummings, starring Olive Borden, Ralph Graves, Gertrude Astor and J. Farrell MacDonald.
COMMENT: A quick film whipped up while Rochelle Hudson was on location in Canada for Hearts in Reunion. Nonetheless there is no sign of haste and the film benefits from the enormous amount of actual location shooting. Forde's direction is fast-paced and smooth. The plot has sufficient turns to keep audience interest at a high level and the dialogue studiously avoids the usual clichés. There is a light air of banter about much of it which is quite appealing.
The characterizations are very likable and the cast makes the most of the opportunities the film offers them to display their personalities. Miss Hudson is charming as the perky heroine and she is entrancingly photographed by Barney McGill. Robert Kent is just right as the debonair hero, whilst Alan Hale is delightful as the heroine's crooked dad. Alan Dinehart contributes an absorbing study in villainy. Charles Stevens can be glimpsed briefly as a whisky-seller and Matt McHugh has a few lines at the beginning. Holmes Herbert is ideal as the Inspector.
The photography is superlative and other production credits are extremely capable. The plot strands come together to provide an exciting climax.
Fresh from his triumphs in Call of the Wild, "Buck" has less to do here, but he's still one of our favorite canines.
SYNOPSIS: A Mountie falls for the winsome daughter of a fur smuggler.
NOTES: A re-make of the 1926 Fox film directed by Irving Cummings, starring Olive Borden, Ralph Graves, Gertrude Astor and J. Farrell MacDonald.
COMMENT: A quick film whipped up while Rochelle Hudson was on location in Canada for Hearts in Reunion. Nonetheless there is no sign of haste and the film benefits from the enormous amount of actual location shooting. Forde's direction is fast-paced and smooth. The plot has sufficient turns to keep audience interest at a high level and the dialogue studiously avoids the usual clichés. There is a light air of banter about much of it which is quite appealing.
The characterizations are very likable and the cast makes the most of the opportunities the film offers them to display their personalities. Miss Hudson is charming as the perky heroine and she is entrancingly photographed by Barney McGill. Robert Kent is just right as the debonair hero, whilst Alan Hale is delightful as the heroine's crooked dad. Alan Dinehart contributes an absorbing study in villainy. Charles Stevens can be glimpsed briefly as a whisky-seller and Matt McHugh has a few lines at the beginning. Holmes Herbert is ideal as the Inspector.
The photography is superlative and other production credits are extremely capable. The plot strands come together to provide an exciting climax.
Fresh from his triumphs in Call of the Wild, "Buck" has less to do here, but he's still one of our favorite canines.
