Paradise Canyon (1935)

★★★★ · Comedy, too · Dark Moon · 2011-07-10

When Doc Carter promises his daughter that he's swearing off the alcohol for good, she turns around and makes another tick on the running tally she's keeping on the back wall inside their traveling medicine show. Apparently, he's sworn that oath a few times before. :D Though the rest of the film is fairly ordinary, there's nothing like a good belly laugh at the beginning to make a person receptive. Wayne's character always gets the girl at the end of these Paul Malvern productions, but he'll have to wait this time, as this girl's dad (Doc Carter) has managed to sell the justice of the…

★★★ · John Wayne - Captures Crooks, Gets Woman · Poohbah70 · 2019-12-29

This is the 16th and last of the western series from Lone Star/Paul Malvern Productions starring John Wayne. The story has been used before: undercover gov't man Wayne goes after counterfeiters led by Yakima Canutt, who are operating from a split U.S.-Mexican border town.In order to do this, he joins the medicine show run by Canutt's former partner Earle Hodgins (Doc Carter). There is some light humor provided by Hodgins' blustering speeches and Gordon Clifford and Perry Murdock as Mike & Ike, singers in the show. Part of the show is Marion Burns (Linda Carter) Wayne's love interest in this…