This week’s mystery movie was the 1936 Republic picture The Lawless Nineties, with John Wayne, Ann Rutherford, Harry Woods, George Hayes, Al Bridge, Snowflake, Etta McDaniel, Tom Brower, Cliff Lyons, Jack Rockwell, Al Taylor, Charles King, George Chesebro, Tracy Layne, Chuck Baldra, Sam Flint and Tom London.
Directed by Joseph Kane.
Supervised by Paul Malvern.
Screenplay by Joseph Poland.
Original story by Joseph Poland and Scott Pembroke.
Supervising editor Joseph H. Lewis.
Photographed by William Nobles.
Edited by Lester Orlebeck.
Sound by Terry Kellum.
Further information on The Lawless Nineties is available from the AFI Catalog.
The Lawless Nineties is available on Amazon.
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I picked The Lawless Nineties by going through the trades after striking out with a movie that got excellent reviews at the time but did not age well and another movie for which some superfan had uploaded dozens of screen caps from the film. It’s a pretty good Western, with lots of fine opportunities for mystery folks, including George “Gabby” Hayes out of his raggedy sidekick outfit.
I’m going to guess that The New York Times ignored it.
In fact it was reviewed by Bosley Crowther during his days as an alphabet critic (June 29, 1936):
The thinness of Wyoming’s population to this very day perhaps may be due in part to the number of strong men who bit the dust, according to The Lawless Nineties, at the Rialto, when the virgin territory was struggling for statehood against outlaws and obstructionist politicians. it was probably a less violent, less wholesale civil war in historical fact, and certainly it was less picturesque, less cleverly staged and far more humdrum than the Rialto’s latest offering in a special field which might be termed non-pedestrian horse opera.
For Monday, we have a mysterious woman.
Update: This is Etta McDaniel.
For “Tricky Tuesday,” we have a mysterious gent.
Update: This is Fred “Snowflake” Toones, credited as “Snowflake.”
Brain Trust roll call: Sylvia E. (Monday’s mysterious woman) and Mary Mallory (Monday’s mystery woman).
For “Hm Wednesday,” we have a mysterious fellow.
This is George “Gabby” Hayes.
Brain Trust roll call: Mary Mallory (Tuesday’s mystery fellow), Sylvia E. (Tuesday’s mysterious fellow) and Mike Hawks (Tuesday’s mystery gent).
For “Aha Thursday,” we have this mysterious desperado.
Update: This is Al Bridge.
And this mysterious desperado.
Update: This is Harry Woods.
Brain Trust roll call: Mary Mallory (mystery movie and Wednesday’s mysterious gent), Sylvia E. (mystery movie and Wednesday’s mystery gent), Greg (mystery movie and all mystery guests), Mike Hawks (Wednesday’s mystery gent) and Incredible Inman (Tuesday’s mysterious guest).
For Friday, we have this mysterious couple.
Update: This is John Wayne and Ann Rutherford.
Brain Trust roll call: Mary Mallory (Thursday’s mystery guests), Blackwing Jenny (Thursday’s mysterious desperado No. 1), Howard Mandelbaum (mystery movie and all mystery guests), Mike Hawks (Thursday’s mysterious desperadoes) and Sylvia E. (Thursday’s mysterious desperado No. 1).
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Louise Beavers?
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A good guess, but alas, I’m afraid not.
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I thought this might be one of your Monday foolers.
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Always!
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I think that Monday’s mysterious woman might be Etta McDaniel. If it’s Ms Etta, maybe the movie is “The Prisoner of Shark Island” 1936, continuing with the “Civil War” elements as in last week’s movie mystery. All just a guess though.
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Etta McDaniel.
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GREEN PASTURES. Etta McDaniel Monday and Fred Toones today.
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Guess #2 – The Great Man’s Lady 1941 (or 1942?)
Monday – Etta McDaniel
Tuesday – Fred ‘Snowflake’ Toones
Just going through my list of “Etta” films
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Fred “snowflake” Toones.
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continuing…
same two guesses on our mystery guests, new movie guess.
“The Lonely Trail” 1936
on to the next on my list of “Etta” films.
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Speaking of fooling, you wouldn’t lead with Ruby Dandridge two weeks in a row, would you?
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Ha! No, I try to be more imaginative than that!
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Great man’s lady.
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last movie guess until tomorrow
“The Green Pastures” 1936
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CAROLINA MOON.
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LAWLESS HOOFS.
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THE LAWLESS NINETIES and Gabby Hayes.
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“The Lawless Nineties” 1936
Wednesday – George “Gabby” Hayes (I think)
Pretty sure that the movie is right. I noticed it when I first started my “Etta” films list. Forget why I talked myself out of it.
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OK, no more fooling around. Wednesday’s dude with the prissy mustache is George ‘Gabby’ Hayes. Tuesday’s harmonica player is Fred Toones and Monday’s mystery woman is Etta McDaniel. The movie is The Lawless Nineties from 1936.
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George Hayes.
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Fred “Snowflake” Toones on Tuesday.
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Robert Ryan?
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Al Bridge and Harry Woods.
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Thursday Desperado #1 is Al Bridge.
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THE LAWLESS NINETIES (1956)
Monday: Etta McDaniel
Tuesday: Fred ‘Snowflake’ Toones
Wednesday: George Hayes
Thursday: Harry Woods, Al Bridge
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Al Bridge and Harry Woods.
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Thursday – image #1 is of Al Bridge (I think) and image #2 is of Harry Woods (I think).
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John Wayne and Ann Rutherford.
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John Wayne and Ann Rutherford
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