Heart of the West (1936)
37KHeart of the West: Directed by Howard Bretherton. With William Boyd, James Ellison, George ‘Gabby’ Hayes, Sidney Blackmer. Ranch owner Sally Jordan is engaged in a fence war with rancher Big John Trumbull. Hoppy and Johnny, along with trusty sidekick Windy, side with Sally Jordan. They control a huge cattle stampede by using dynamite.
“Heart Of The West has a beginning like the John Wayne/Robert Mitchum classic El Dorado. Do you remember that Wayne came to work for Ed Asner, but after finding out that Asner was the bad guy, the Duke threw in with Robert Mitchum the sheriff and the family Asner was trying to force out.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSame here. Bill Boyd and his young friend James Ellison get an offer to work for Sidney Blackmer the local Ponderosa owner. But when they find out heu0026#39;s the bad guy they throw in with brother and sister Charles Martin and Lynn Gabriel who are being squeezed by Blackmer.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThereu0026#39;s some public grazing land that Blackmer has appropriated for himself. At first the thought is heu0026#39;s just greedy. But he actually does have some underhanded motives for trying to keep everyone else off.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBlackmer in the best Snidely Whiplash tradition has designs on Lynn Gabriel. But as usual when thereu0026#39;s a pretty girl around to get his attention, anyone else will have to deal with Jimmy Ellison.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe climax is a cattle stampede which Hoppy turns to his advantage.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eA good one in the Hoppy tradition.”
