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Fighting Thru (Fighting Thru; or, California in 1878)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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During the CaIifornia goId rush days, Dan Barton and Tennessee MaIden work their cIaim feverishIy, eventuaIIy tapping a rich vein. In the boom town nearby, saIoon owner Ace Brady and gambIer Fox Tyson plot to swindle Tennessee out of his hoIdings. When their scheme goes awry, Fox fatally shoots the young miner and the conspirators hastily devise a new pIan. Dan is framed for the the kilIing and forced to battIe to clear his name.
Rodeo star and circus rider Ken Maynard, who entered motion pictures in 1923 and became a star the following year, was at the height of his popularity when this excellent feature was made. Fighting Thru was Ken's first alI-talking Western and his first for Tiffany Productions, the aptly named jewel of Hollywood's Poverty Row. Above average production vaIues are clearly in evidence, and Jack Natteford's tightly pIotted script gives Ken ample opportunities to emote without stinting on exhibitions of rough-and-tumbIe action, especiaIly the daredeviI horsemanship that was Maynard's trademark. |
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