The Vanishing Frontier

1932
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1h 5m

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Johnny Mack Brown and Evalyn Knapp in The Vanishing Frontier (1932)

Its 1850 and California is under ruthless military rule. Kirby Tornell's rancho has been taken over by soldiers and when two of Kirby's men are captured, he goes there to free them. He meets... Read allIts 1850 and California is under ruthless military rule. Kirby Tornell's rancho has been taken over by soldiers and when two of Kirby's men are captured, he goes there to free them. He meets the General's daughter there and attracted to her, repeatedly returns to see her. Eventua... Read allIts 1850 and California is under ruthless military rule. Kirby Tornell's rancho has been taken over by soldiers and when two of Kirby's men are captured, he goes there to free them. He meets the General's daughter there and attracted to her, repeatedly returns to see her. Eventually he is captured and now his men must try and rescue him.

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Johnny Mack Brown

Kirby Tornell

Evalyn Knapp

Carol Winfield

Zasu Pitts

Aunt Sylvia
(as ZaSu Pitts)

Raymond Hatton

Hornet O'Lowery

Ben Alexander

Lucien Winfield

J. Farrell MacDonald

Waco
(as J.Farrell Macdonald)

Wallace MacDonald

Captain Roger Kearney

George Irving

General Winfield

Joyzelle Joyner

Dolores
(as Joyzelle)

Sam McDaniel

Whistlin' Zeke
(as Deacon McDaniels)

Buck Bucko

Vaquero
(uncredited)

Roy Bucko

Vaquero
(uncredited)

Soledad Jiménez

Mama Valdez
(uncredited)

Bud McClure

Vaquero
(uncredited)

Jack Rockwell

Vaquero
(uncredited)

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Sluggish Oater With Unappealing Johnny Mack Brown

The story of a band of outlaws in the California of the 1850s when there was a military regime deserves more vigorous treatment than it gets here, with the bandit leader played by the unappealing Johnny Mack Brown who makes things worse by putting on a phony Spanish accent. There are a few nice touches though such as the shot of a scaffold glimpsed by his fellow criminals Raymond Hatton and J. Farrell MacDonald,a and the support lent by Zasu Pitts as a flirtatious aunt . This early 30s Paramount turned up at one point in a television package called Stardust Theatre.

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One of over 700 Paramount releases, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since; its earliest documented telecast took place in Denver Saturday 1 August 1959 on KBTV (Channel 9).