"Wagon Wheels"
Today I watched my first Randolph Scott movie (contrary to the song Randolph Scott never actually Rode The Range Alone, since he always had sidekicks), Wagon Wheels. It's a B-movie version of Zane Gray's book Fighting Caravans , which had already received one or two A-movie treatments at that time. Randy, indeed. I enjoyed it. Scott was an unexpected pleasure. He was calm and poised and actually attractive (rather than just Cowboy Movie "attractive"). There was a little kid played by Billy Lee who was not only was non-annoying, he was actually adorable. The female love interest had determination and dignity and the most beautiful alto voice. The supporting characters were enjoyable even: the frontier lesbian and her bookish sister, the Old Gay Mountaineer Couple who raised Scott's character since finding him as a child, the Snidely Whiplash guy who's "half-injun" and there to sabotage the trip. There's a lot of sexual tension here. I'm ...