Strawberry Roan (1933)

Strawberry Roan: Directed by Alan James. With Ken Maynard, Ruth Hall, Harold Goodwin, Frank Yaconelli. The mares Jim Edwards are losing is being blamed on a wild horse when it is actually his foreman Hawkins. Colonel Bownlee offers his ranch to anyone who can ride this wild palomino. Ken takes up the challenge and also seeks the real thief.

“Some B western fans consider this to be Ken Maynardu0026#39;s best movie, thatu0026#39;s why I picked it as the first Maynard movie Iu0026#39;ve watched since childhood. Itu0026#39;s quite disappointing. Ken is a poor actor, worse than most of the B western stars of his era. If you like singing cowboys, you may enjoy him a little bit more, because he does sing as well or better than most of the cowboy singers of the time. Overall acting in this movie was fair, with Ken noticeably having the most trouble with his lines. His horse, Tarzan, is featured in the two best parts of the movie, horse fights. The horse fights looked quite realistic, u0026amp; either they were real, or Tarzan is quite an accomplished actor. Fairly thin plot, later used by Gene Autry. Save your money on this one, u0026amp; buy any Hopalong Cassidy movie instead!”