Strawberry Roan

October. 26,1933      NR
Rating:
6.6
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Ken Maynard stars as a roving cowboy who tells the tale of taming the stallion that inspired the titular poem.

Ken Maynard as  Ken Masters
Ruth Hall as  Alice Edwards
Harold Goodwin as  Bart Hawkins
James A. Marcus as  Big Jim Edwards
William Desmond as  Colonel Brownlee
Charles King as  Curley
Jack Rockwell as  Henchman Beef

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Reviews

Maidexpl
1933/10/26

Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

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Neive Bellamy
1933/10/27

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

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Gary
1933/10/28

The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

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Scarlet
1933/10/29

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

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Diosprometheus
1933/10/30

Made in 1933 while cowboy star Ken Maynard was under contract at Universal, this film has better production values than some of his other sound films. For those curious about Maynard and his famous horse Tarzan, this is really a great, enjoyable and unusual Western. This is not really a shot 'em up Western. There is plenty of action, however, in this story of how a Wild Strawberry Roan comes to be tamed. If you know the famous song, you know the plot of this film. In fact, part of the plot involves a fictionalized account of how the catchy song came to be. Ken displays his limited but real cowboy-like singing abilities. Maynard is sometimes credited as the first singing cowboy in the movies, although Gary Cooper sang a tune in the 1929 Virginian.Tarzan also shows why he became the famous horse he once was, and has somememorable and exciting scenes. Tarzan does not play the Strawberry Roan as he is Ken's horse and the Roan is a Wild Horse.

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wrbtu
1933/10/31

Some B western fans consider this to be Ken Maynard's best movie, that's why I picked it as the first Maynard movie I've watched since childhood. It's quite disappointing. Ken is a poor actor, worse than most of the B western stars of his era. If you like singing cowboys, you may enjoy him a little bit more, because he does sing as well or better than most of the cowboy singers of the time. Overall acting in this movie was fair, with Ken noticeably having the most trouble with his lines. His horse, Tarzan, is featured in the two best parts of the movie, horse fights. The horse fights looked quite realistic, & either they were real, or Tarzan is quite an accomplished actor. Fairly thin plot, later used by Gene Autry. Save your money on this one, & buy any Hopalong Cassidy movie instead!

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