The Oakdale Affair
Cast & Crew
Oscar Apfel
Evelyn Greeley
Eric Mayne
Maude Turner Gordon
Charles Mackay
Eric Dalton
Film Details
Synopsis
Refusing to marry her stepmother's choice, Gail Prim leaves her life of luxury, after cutting her hair, dressing in her butler's clothes and stealing money and jewels from her father's safe. Spending the night in a barn, she introduces herself to the thieves already there as the Oskaloosa Kid, a wanted criminal, and barely escapes their struggle to get her loot. Meanwhile, the real Oskaloosa Kid kills Reginald Paynter and throws Nettie Penning, whom Reginald was trying to seduce, onto the highway. Gail and Arthur Stockbridge, a friendly tramp who helped her, find Nettie and take her to a deserted house, where they meet Gioja, a gypsy, and her performing bear. After Nettie is seized by crooks and returned to her father for a reward, Gail and Arthur are arrested, as suspected killers of the missing Gail. Gail's father stops a mob about to lynch them by confirming her identity, after which Arthur, really an author looking for atmosphere, wins Gail's affection.
Director
Oscar Apfel
Cast
Evelyn Greeley
Eric Mayne
Maude Turner Gordon
Charles Mackay
Eric Dalton
Mona Kingsley
Reginald Denny
Frank Joyner
Albert Hart
Eddie Sturgis
George E. Murphy
Frank Nelson
Edward Elkas
Nick Long Jr.
Jules Cowles
Ben Johnson
Corene Uzzell
Charles Dewey
Dick Collins
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Notes
The story originally appeared in the Blue Book Magazine as a novelette. It was published with another story, "H. R. H., the Rider" in 1937 at Tarzana, CA in the book The Oakdale Affair and the Rider. Charles J. Duprez was the publicity photographer on this film.
