''Paradise Valley'' is a 1934 American

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directed by James P. Hogan and starring Jean Chatburn,

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and

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. It was an

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production made on Poverty Row.Pitts p.181

Plot

A radio singer tires of life in the big city and moves into the country in a valley where a long-standing battle has been raging between

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and cattlemen. His dog Gandhi is quickly but wrongly suspected of killing sheep.

Cast

* Sam Pierce as 'Wing' Bonner * Jean Chatburn as Peggy Crawford *

as 'Smiley' Mason *

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as Sanchez *

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as Scotty * Si Jenks as Si * Donny Baker as Jimmy Crawford * Aleth Hansen as Lazy Bones *

as Farmer Hiram * Don Paul as Singing Cowboy * The Beverly Hillbillies as Western Band * Zanda the Dog as Gandhi

References

Bibliography

* Pitts, Michael R. ''Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940''. McFarland & Company, 2005.

External links

* 1934 films 1934 Western (genre) films 1930s English-language films American Western (genre) films Films directed by James Patrick Hogan American black-and-white films 1930s American films English-language Western (genre) films {{1930s-western-film-stub