Wie vom Winde verweht (1936)

Wie vom Winde verweht: Directed by Joseph Kane. With John Wayne, Ann Rutherford, Cy Kendall, Bob Kortman. Though he fought for the North in the Civil War, John is asked by the Governor of Texas to get rid of some troublesome carpetbaggers. He enlists the help of Holden before learning that Holden too is plundering the local folk.

“John Wayne is indeed traveling The Lonely Trail in this film. Heu0026#39;s a Texan who enlisted with the Yankee army and has now returned home after the war to the scorn of his neighbors. Theyu0026#39;ve been given less reason than ever to like the color blue. Reconstruction has come to Texas in the position of profiteering carpetbagger Cy Kendall who had a specialty in roles showing corpulent corruption.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe more Wayne sees, the more he doesnu0026#39;t like, the trick now is to convince his neighbors heu0026#39;s really on their side.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSad, but this is one of John Wayneu0026#39;s worst films. It abounds in racial stereotyping. East Texas back in the day was not too different from the culture of the Deep South, it had its share of cotton plantations and slaves. Looking at the blacks in this film you would think those Yankees were their enemies as well. Seeing Etta McDaniel and Fred Toone and the other plantation hands singing because of the u0026#39;deathu0026#39; of the young master Dennis Moore is one of the worst examples of racism Iu0026#39;ve ever seen in any film.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOnly the most devoted fans of the Duke will find anything good in this film.”