Oklahoma Cyclone

1930 film

August 8, 1930 (1930-08-08)

Running time

66 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

Oklahoma Cyclone is a 1930 American pre-Code Western film directed by John P. McCarthy that is a forerunner of the singing cowboy genre. It stars Bob Steele in his second talking picture playing the title role and singing.^[1] The film was released by Tiffany Pictures. The film was remade as Song of the Gringo.

Plot

A cowboy pretends to be an outlaw in order to become a member of the gang that killed his sheriff father.^[2]

Cast

Bob Steele as Jimmy Henderson / Jim Smith
Rita Rey as Carmelita Carlos
Al St. John as Slim
Charles King as McKim / Black Diablo
Slim Whitaker as Henchman Rawhide
Cliff Lyons as Henchman
N.E. Hendrix as Henchman Shorty
Hector Sarno as Don Pablo Carlos
Emilio Fernández as Pancho Gomez

Production

John P. McCarthy was the director of Oklahoma Cyclone, and he and Ford Beebe were the film's writers. Trem Carr was the producer for Trem Carr Productions.^[3]

Al St. John sang "The Lavender Cowboy" (Music by Ewen Hail, lyrics by Harold Hersey) in the film.^[4]

References

^ Aquila, Richard (April 16, 2015). The Sagebrush Trail: Western Movies and Twentieth-Century America. University of Arizona Press. p. 106. ISBN 978-0-8165-3178-3. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
^ Wollstein, Hans J. "Oklahoma Cyclone (1930)". AllMovie. Archived from the original on June 30, 2021. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
^ "Oklahoma Cyclone (1930)". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on June 30, 2021. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
^ Duchemin, Michael (September 22, 2016). New Deal Cowboy: Gene Autry and Public Diplomacy. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 64. ISBN 978-0-8061-5671-2. Retrieved June 30, 2021.