Arthur Kerr Movies
- 1939
Two Canadian Mounties and the son of Rin Tin Tin join forces to solve a complex mystery in the north woods. The trouble begins when a lumber heiress finds herself victimized by two rivals who are after her land. She seeks help from her English uncle. Unbeknownst to her, he was killed by his aide who begins impersonating him. The disguised aide then goes to Canada to take the land for himself The heiress's rivals find themselves accused of the uncle's murder. Meanwhile, an addled mountain man claims that the land is really his. It is up to the RCMP and their dog to clear the whole mess up. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Edgar Edwards, Sheila Bromley, (more)
- 1937
In this romance, a new man comes to a logging camp and learns of a conspiracy with a competitor. Unbeknownst to the other lumber jacks, the new hand is actually the owner's son in disguise. He soon falls in love with the camp's lovely manager, his father's business partner. It is not an easy love affair as the couple must deal with plenty of misunderstandings and engage in may adventures. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- William Gargan, Molly Lamont, (more)
- 1936
Every so often, Columbia's resident cowboy hero Charles Starrett would head to the studio's facilities in British Columbia to star in a Northwest Mountie opus. The second of these "northerns" was Secret Patrol, which was supposed to have been directed by screenwriter Ford Beebe but was ultimately helmed by David Selman. Starrett is cast as Mountie Alan, who goes undercover to solve the murder of his best friend. Tied in with this is the mysterious disappearance of the Chief Inspector's son (Henry Mollison), who is presumed dead but who has actually gone AWOL. The love interest is provided by the exotically yclept Columbia ingenue Finis Barton. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Charles Starrett, Henry Mollison, (more)
Stampede was the first of western star Charles Starrett's "northerns," filmed through the facilities of Columbia's Canadian studios in Victoria B.C. Based on a story by Peter B. Kyne, the film cast Starrett as Larry, a cattle buyer who crosses the Canadian border to purchase new stock. He quickly runs afoul of a gang of rustlers, who cap their many misdeeds by murdering Larry's brother. Suddenly, our hero becomes a one-man police force, refusing to rest until every last one of the villains has been brought to justice. Stampede was written and directed by Ford Beebe -- evidently not to the satisfaction of Columbia's executives, who replaced Beebe with David Selman for Starrett's next Canadian production Secret Patrol. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Charles Starrett, Finis Barton, (more)
