John Wayne only made one horror movie in his entire career

Although he achieved his share of Clunkers throughout his career, John Wayne starred in some of his worst films Early. A large part of that was simply to the way in which films were made in the late twenties and early thirties. All the fans of the Duke know about his era “poverty”, as he faced Western films made at a cheap and mixed price at an amazing rate. But when the sound began in the movie to appear in the late twenties of the twentieth century, Wayne found himself leading some unique and curious films that all were based on the images that appeared less than a decade ago.

For example, Wayne was thrown into an early western edition for an unusual reason It is like the original movie star. In fact, Ken Mainard faced multiple features of the first national images during the twenties of the last century, including “The Unknown Cavalier” of 1926. Once Warner BROS. bought. The studio directly, producers Lyon Shelsenger and Sayed Rogel decided to reshape several Mainard’s films such as “Talkies” (which means that they added a voice). But these were not complete reshaping. “Ride Hy, Cowboy” of 1932 was a reformulation of “The Unknown Cavalier” in which Wayne played the leadership role, filling Mainard in scenes where you can see his face clearly. But Warners actually re -used footage of the original movie scenes.

This was not the first time that the Duke was used as Mainard’s positions, too. Warner has recruited the young actor for a new edition of the 1928 “The Phytom City”, which was “Gold Haunted Gold”. Regardless of the representation of one of these strange cocaine, the film is noticeable because it is closer and where it came at all to make a horror movie.

Between 1932 and 1933, Warner Bruce produced six matches from West Ken Mainard with John Wayne in the leadership role. The “inhabited gold” was in 1932 (although it was released in third place). The film is western, mystery, and according to some (including Film database), Horror movie. “Your pads! Ghosts! And wealth in gold” they all promised the trailer for this new version of the silent Mainard in 1928, “Phantom City”. Whether it is truly He qualifies as a horror film, which is negligent, but it was certainly the closest that the Duke has reached this type.

In the movie, directed by Mack V. Wright, Wayne plays the role of John Mason, who receives a mysterious speech urges him to return to a mine to demand his share of gold in it. Mason travels to the mine on the trusted Sted, Duke, who has already received the second bills on the movie and appeared alongside Wayne in many other photos. Once he arrives, Baggat Carter meets Sheila Terry, the daughter of a mine worker who was also sent to a letter and there to demand her share of the treasure. Soon after, Ohlu Joe Ryan (Harry Woods) and his gang with plans to take gold for themselves, but the only thing that calms them is the terrifying ghost that appears in the mine.

Various reports claim that Wayne was paid between $ 825 and 850 dollars for his contributions to “Haunted Gold”, many of which were filmed on Sonora, California, near Yosemite National Park. But while Warner Bruce was the real winner here, it was not a Cheap Western Reinxction Championship for Lenn, because they actually went well with the fans and critics.

This will be after another seven years after the “haunted gold” before giving John Ford John Wayne a big break It is cast in the western “Stagecoach” in 1939, which raises the surprise of the young actor. But those years that he spent in the poverty row were worth it – not only because they taught the Duke everything that needed to know about the movement of the movement, but also because, from time to time, they received well, explaining to the public and critics that Wayne was leading the intersections of a driver.

According to Farid Landsman’s book “John Wayne Film,” The reviews retroactively described it as one of the best films in that era. For example, in their book “The Great Western Pictures”, James Robert Parish and Michael R. Pits wrote that the movie “greatly helped in establishing (Wayne) as a young and more likely hero,” note that “these Westerners have proven that it is completely acceptable to the audience.” In “Hollywood Coral”, the author Don Miller described the movie as “the most entertainment in the Warner group,” highlighting “the angle of mystery, which rarely fails to decorate any Western.” However, the contemporary review of Variety in January 1933 was not positive. “This was done in a heavy style of the mystery story three or four years ago,” Read the review. “John Wayne plays usually, with Sheila Terry provides little help. Photography from good to the poor.”

Although the “inhabited gold” that is somewhat positively viewed in the past, it is unfortunately full of racist insults directed at John Masson Clans Braun, a character that Washington Blue (which also appeared in “The Phythom City”). However, if you can look at the past, in order to get an insightful look at the Movieming era, the “Gold Haunted” is an order John Wayne is worth watching.