The Texans

The Texans is a 1938 American Western film directed by James P. Hogan and starring Joan Bennett and Randolph Scott. The screenplay was written by Bertram Millhauser, Paul Sloane and William Wister Haines and is based on the novel North of 36 by Emerson Hough.

The Texans
Theatrical poster
Directed byJames P. Hogan
Produced byLucien Hubbard
Screenplay byBertram Millhauser
Paul Sloane
William Wister Haines
Based onNorth of 36
by Emerson Hough
StarringJoan Bennett
Randolph Scott
CinematographyTheodor Sparkuhl
Edited byLeRoy Stone
Production
company
Paramount Pictures
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • August 12, 1938 (1938-08-12)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Most of the exterior scenes were filmed about 30 miles (48 km) east of Cotulla, Texas, on the 35,000-acre (140 km2) La Mota Ranch. Other scenes were filmed near Laredo, Texas. 2500 Texas Longhorns were used for the herd. Interior scenes were recorded at Paramount Studios in Hollywood. The Texans premiered at San Antonio's Majestic Theater on July 16, 1938.[1]

Synopsis

After the Civil War, the former Confederates of Texas are suffering under harsh taxes, ill treatment and corruption by the Federal Government during the Reconstruction era. Texas ranch owner, Ivy Preston (Joan Bennett) accompanied by her grandmother Granna (May Robson) and her old ranch foreman now the trail boss Chuckawalla (Walter Brennan) is trying to move her cattle to market to sell them. The carpetbaggers are not only trying to seize her cattle without payment but want her ranch as well for their own ends. Ivy's true love, former Confederate officer Alan Sanford (Robert Cummings) is in Mexico with General Shelby's Expedition to Mexico.

A Confederate veteran named Kirk Jordan (Randolph Scott) who has had enough of war and desires to make wealth in America becomes involved with her. He convinces her to drive her cattle to Abilene, Kansas rather than Mexico but he is upset with her when he learns she wants to use the money to help the South continue fighting. Their cattle drive fight the elements, the Comanche and the US Army who follow the orders of the carpetbaggers.

Principal cast

See also

References
  1. Thompson, Frank. Texas Hollywood: Filmmaking in San Antonio Since 1910. San Antonio: Maverick Publishing Company, 2002. pp 39.
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