''Luck of Roaring Camp'' is a 1937 American

western film The Western is a film genre defined by the American Film Institute as films which are "set in the American West that mbodythe spirit, the struggle, and the demise of the new frontier." Generally set in the American frontier between the Calif ...

directed by

Irvin Willat Irvin V. Willat (November 18, 1890 – April 17, 1976) was an American film director of the silent film, silent film era. A short biography reprinted from ''Blue Book of the Screen'' (1923). He directed 39 films between 1917 and 1937. Early i ...

and starring Owen Davis, Charles Brokaw and Joan Woodbury.Pitts p.199 It is based on the 1868 story '' The Luck of Roaring Camp'' by

Bret Harte Bret Harte ( , born Francis Brett Hart, August 25, 1836 – May 5, 1902) was an American short story writer and poet best remembered for short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a caree ...

. It was shot at the Iverson Ranch in

California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...

Plot

Cast

* Owen Davis Jr. as Davy * Charles Brokaw as Don Oakhurst * Joan Woodbury as Elsie * Sheila Bromley as Susan Oakhurst * Ferris Taylor as Judge Brandt *

Bob Kortman Robert F. Kortman (December 24, 1887 – March 13, 1967) was an American film actor mostly associated with westerns, though he also appeared in a number of Laurel and Hardy comedies. He appeared in more than 260 films between 1914 and 1952. 193 ...

as Yuba Bill * Charles King as Sandy *

Byron Foulger Byron Kay Foulger (August 27, 1898 – April 4, 1970) was an American character actor who over a 50-year career performed in hundreds of stage, film, and television productions. Early years Born in Ogden, Utah, Byron was the second of four ...

as Kentuck * Robert McKenzie as Tuttle

References

Bibliography

* Pitts, Michael R. ''Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films''. McFarland, 2012.

External links

* 1937 films 1937 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films American Western (genre) films Films directed by Irvin Willat Monogram Pictures films 1930s English-language films 1930s American films Films based on works by Bret Harte English-language Western (genre) films {{1930s-western-film-stub