Hollywood Cowboy
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Ewing Scott
George O'brien
Cecilia Parker
Maude Eburne
Joe Caits
Frank Milan
Film Details
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Synopsis
After he completes location shooting on his latest movie, western film star Jeffery Carson joins his friend, disgruntled screenwriter G. Gadsby Holmes, on a camping trip in Wyoming. While riding across the range country, which has been beseiged by striking cowboys, Jeffery and Holmes help rancher Joyce Butler in a border confrontation with a pack of vicious cowboys, who are actually part of an Eastern racketeering scheme led by Doc Kramer. Later, the duo is caught camping on the Butler land and is hauled at gunpoint to see Violet Butler, Joyce's aunt and the ranch's crusty owner. Although Violet, who has refused to join Doc Kramer's Cattlemen's Protection Association, is suspicious of Jeffery and Holmes, Joyce vouches for them and offers them jobs. Impressed by Joyce's beauty, Jeffery, who identifies himself only as "Buck," accepts her offer, unaware that he and Holmes are replacing cowboys who were murdered by Kramer's men. During the ranch roundup, Kramer sends a pilot to "buzz" the range and scatter Violet's cattle as part of a scheme to scare Violet into joining his association. After the roundup is halted, Jeffery is approached by Westbrook Courtney, a prissy Eastern "summer" rancher who is in love with Joyce. Jealous of Jeffery, Courtney advises his rival to remember his "station" and not take his flirtations with Joyce too seriously. Later, Courtney stumbles on a "wanted" poster with Jeffery's photograph on it, which had been used as a prop in Jeffery's film, and believing Jeffery to be a fugitive, exposes him to Violet and Joyce. While waiting for the sheriff, Joyce hides the movie star and confesses her love. The sheriff, however, identifies Jeffery as an actor, and an angry, humiliated Joyce orders Jeffery and Holmes off the ranch. Determined to prove himself to Joyce, Jeffery undertakes to catch Kramer's pilot by hiring Joe, a movie stunt pilot, to patrol the Butler land during the next roundup. After a dangerous pursuit, Jeffery and Joe force the gangster pilot to land and confess Kramer's involvement. Jeffery and Joe then flush out Kramer's gang by dropping bombs on their mountain cabin. Convinced of Jeffery's true affection, Joyce forgives him with a kiss.
Director
Ewing Scott
Cast
George O'brien
Cecilia Parker
Maude Eburne
Joe Caits
Frank Milan
Charles Middleton
Lee Shumway
Walter De Palma
Al Hill
William Royle
Al Herman
Frank Hagney
Dan Wolheim
Slim Balch
Sid Jordan
Lester Dorr
Harold Daniels
Crew
Robert Crandall
Joe Dill
Leonard Goldstein
Frank Good
George A. Hirliman
Dan Jarrett
Abe Meyer
Winston Moore
Ewing Scott
George Sherman
F. Paul Sylos
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The working title of this film was Looking for Trouble. The title on the viewed television print was Wings over Wyoming. Motion Picture Herald's "The Cutting Room" adds Claude Payton to the cast, while Hollywood Reporter production charts add Stanley Blystone. Their participation in the final film has not been confirmed. According to Hollywood Reporter, exteriors for the production were shot in Lone Pine, CA.
