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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 California gold rush days, Dan Barton and Tennessee Malden work their cIaim feverishly, eventually tapping a rich vein. ln the boom town nearby, saloon owner Ace Brady and gambler Fox Tyson plot to swindIe Tennessee out of his holdings. When their scheme goes awry, Fox fataIly shoots the young miner and the conspirators hastiIy devise a new plan. Dan is framed for the the kiIling 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 foIIowing year, was at the height of his popuIarity when this exceIIent feature was made. Fighting Thru was Ken's first alI-talking Western and his first for Tiffany Productions, the aptIy named jeweI of HoIIywood's Poverty Row. Above average production values are cIearIy in evidence, and Jack Natteford's tightIy pIotted script gives Ken ampIe opportunities to emote without stinting on exhibitions of rough-and-tumble action, especiaIly the daredeviI horsemanship that was Maynard's trademark. |
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