West of the Divide is a 1934 American Western film directed by Robert N. Bradbury for Monogram, and starring John Wayne,[1] Yakima Canutt and Gabby Hayes. The film had a copyright notice upon release, but it was not renewed.[2]
Plot
Ted Hayden poses as the deceased killer Gat Ganns in order to learn the identity of his father’s murderer and to find his long-lost kid brother.
Trivia
The film is best looked up by the year 1934 but on opening credits, it says in Roman Numberals, 1933. it displays a 1933 copyright date (MCMXXXIII) in Roman numerals on its opening credits. This is most probably due to copyright Registration: Lone Star Productions and Monogram Pictures registered the title and finalized the film print before the end of the calendar year. Most of the filming took place near Bakersfield California, Kernville, CA: Located in the Sierra Nevada foothills of the Kern River Valley.
Cast
- John Wayne as Ted Hayden, posing as Gat Ganns
- Virginia Brown Faire as Fay Winters
- George “Gabby” Hayes as “Dusty” Rhodes
- Lloyd Whitlock as Mr. Gentry
- Yakima Canutt as Hank (Gentry henchman)
- Lafe McKee as Mr. Winters
- Billy O’Brien as Spuds (later Jim Hayden)
- Dick Dickinson as henchman Joe
- Earl Dwire as sheriff
See also
References
- ^ “West of the Divide (1934)”. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
- ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries 1934. Library of Congress. 193. p. 155. Retrieved June 11, 2023.
External links
- West of the Divide on YouTube
- West of the Divide at IMDb
- West of the Divide is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
- West of the Divide at the TCM Movie Database (archived)
- West of the Divide at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films