Timber Queen
Feature film · 66 min · dir. Frank McDonald
Heart-Tingling Romance! Spine-Chilling Adventure!...in the North Woods!
- Drama
Synopsis
Russ Evans, A WWII veteran army pilot, decides to check up on the widow of an old war buddy of his, Elaine Graham. The logging company she inherited is doing poorly, but Elaine gets an order in for a huge shipment of lumber. Russ and his friend Squirrel volunteer to help her cut the timber for the shipment, along with her friends Smacksie Golden and his girlfriend Lil Boggs, who are not used to doing physical labor. Russ pilots the plane to deliver the lumber before the company falls to a slimy…
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Frank McDonald
- Writer
- Edward T. Lowe Jr.
- Composer
- Willy Stahl
- Cinematography
- Fred Jackman Jr.
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures, Pine-Thomas Productions
- Released
- 1944-01-13
- Running time
- 66 minutes
Cast & crew
Frank McDonald Director
Richard Arlen
Mary Beth Hughes
June Havoc
Sheldon Leonard
George E. Stone
Dick Purcell
Edmund MacDonald
Horace McMahon
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · That was a lot of movie for one hour! · kareneliot · 2010-07-27
They really packed it all into this action- adventure, romantic-drama, with hints of screwball comedy. There's a nightclub, dames, (a singer and a pianist), some wise-guys, and an ex-army pilot and his shady, conniving business partner and his lackeys, and an otherwise quite assorted array of lumberjacks, along with high flying adventures in the timberland with dynamite. The characters are well developed and likable. The story was quick moving and entertaining. The sound and picture clarity were very good. This little sleeper is a winner. I almost gave it five stars.... no, I take that…
★★★★★ · Those loveable lugs! · enola · 2010-10-16
Great little movie, fast-paced, and wonderfully unrealistic.
★★★★ · Best of Two Worlds · Tamlin · 2006-02-11
Really sort of an adult fantasy. A totally unreal mixture of clean cut rural "get up with the chickens and swing that axe" and urban palookas and hipsters. So you get snappy dialog *and* great scenery. (Not that June Havoc wasn't great scenery enough.) Film making never drops below professional level and one scene in particular where boy and girl are on a swing in the dark w/ crickets is very nice. Someday I'd like to see the full version
