He was always accepted as a hero, in part because he looked and fit the part, and maybe acting ability was not expected because it was not needed, but, in "The Thrill Hunter," Buck Jones shows he could act.
His leading lady should have become a major star. I don't know the whole story as to why she didn't. It wasn't for lack of looks or ability, but some people just don't have the luck or timing.
A fair number of other players also show that Columbia, the Poverty Row denizen, could turn out a quality picture even with a low budget.
Watch especially for the ubiquitous Hank Bell in a delicious part. Far too often Mr. Bell got no screen credit, and often didn't even get any lines.
Usually movies about movies exaggerate and trivialize the production, but this movie looks pretty realistic -- for a movie -- in its movie- making.
Again, all the smaller-role players are just about perfection, with no hamminess, no mugging, just genuine acting.
The story runs about as, I guess, we would expect, and the one flaw I found was in one climactic scene of pistol-shooting, but watch the movie. No spoiler here.
There is a first-class print at YouTube, excellent quality, but it is rudely (and unforgivably) interrupted by commercials. Commercials are bad enough, but these are popped in not just in the middle of a scene, but sometimes in the middle of a sentence. Terrible.
The good news is that when the movie picks back up, it starts at a point before the rude interruption.
I highly recommend "The Thrill Hunter," and thank my friend ZL for telling me about it.
His leading lady should have become a major star. I don't know the whole story as to why she didn't. It wasn't for lack of looks or ability, but some people just don't have the luck or timing.
A fair number of other players also show that Columbia, the Poverty Row denizen, could turn out a quality picture even with a low budget.
Watch especially for the ubiquitous Hank Bell in a delicious part. Far too often Mr. Bell got no screen credit, and often didn't even get any lines.
Usually movies about movies exaggerate and trivialize the production, but this movie looks pretty realistic -- for a movie -- in its movie- making.
Again, all the smaller-role players are just about perfection, with no hamminess, no mugging, just genuine acting.
The story runs about as, I guess, we would expect, and the one flaw I found was in one climactic scene of pistol-shooting, but watch the movie. No spoiler here.
There is a first-class print at YouTube, excellent quality, but it is rudely (and unforgivably) interrupted by commercials. Commercials are bad enough, but these are popped in not just in the middle of a scene, but sometimes in the middle of a sentence. Terrible.
The good news is that when the movie picks back up, it starts at a point before the rude interruption.
I highly recommend "The Thrill Hunter," and thank my friend ZL for telling me about it.