Gold (1932)
1932 · Feature film · 48 min · dir. Otto Brower
JACK HOXIE BACK TO THRILL YOU AGAIN!
- Western
Synopsis
Gold is a 1932 American Pre-Code Western film directed by Otto Brower. An early sound B western, the film starred Jack Hoxie in the second of his six sound westerns, featuring Hooper Atchley as the villain Kramer. The film also marked the last screen appearance of silent movie actress Alice Day.
Synopsis from Wikipedia
Details
- Director
- Otto Brower
- Writer
- Scott Darling
- Cinematography
- Arthur Reed
- Studio
- Larry Darmour Productions
- Released
- 1932-09-15
- Running time
- 48 minutes
Cast & crew
- Otto Brower Director
Jack Hoxie
Alice Day
Hooper Atchley
Matthew Betz
Lafe McKee
Jack Rube Clifford
Tom London
Bob Kortman
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · Satisfying, somewhat unconventional oater · lgeubank · 2012-01-02
I thought this was a well-constructed, enjoyable early Western. It has unconventional elements, as for instance: the hero's partner in his gold mine is no paragon; in fact, he's a selfish, petulant old reprobate, a would-be claim-jumper. He has almost no redeeming qualities at all, except that he gets killed. The hero is blamed for the murder (pretty standard fare). But he finds a rather unconventional way to catch the real murderer. The lead actor is not much of an actor, but that doesn't hurt the movie too much. One thing I thought was funny was in the last scene, where the hero and the…
★★ · hi-o silver · horseoftroy · 2009-12-12
i was going to give this movie one star, but then i realized that when the script called for gunfire, there was gunfire. amazing considering the acting in this movie, except for the horse who turns in a superior performance.
★ · Two horses · Dr Feel Rotten · 2010-11-09
In the opening scene two different horses are used, one white and one tan which is painfully obvious. Evidently the white horse was to tamed to buck anyone so the horse has a stunt double...sort of.
