Gun smuggling in Louisiana

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Movie
German title Gun smuggling in Louisiana
Original title Old Louisiana
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1937
length 60 minutes
Rod
Director Irvin Willat
script Mary Ireland
production ER Derr ,
Bernard A. Moriarty
music Abe Meyer
camera Arthur Martinelli
cut Donald Barratt
occupation

Gun smuggling in Louisiana (original title: Old Louisiana ) is an American western with Tom Keene and Rita Hayworth from 1937. A story by John T. Neville was used as a template .

action

When the western side of the Mississippi was still a Spanish colony, more and more Americans are settling there. Concerned about the growing trade on the Mississippi, the Spanish governor of Louisiana imposed a tax on all American goods shipped to New Orleans on October 16, 1803 . Luke E. Gilmore, the owner of a fur factory, instructs his henchman Flint to instigate a rebellion among the American settlers in order to take control of the area. The respected American John Colfax, on the other hand, tries to deter his compatriots from any action before he has referred their affairs to President Thomas Jefferson . John once saved his life and he hopes that President Jefferson will listen to him.

Gilmore then sets Flint on John to kill him and thus thwart his plans. But Flint's attempt at murder fails and John succeeds in Washington, DC , to convince President Jefferson of Gilmore's shady machinations. President Jefferson, who intends to peacefully bring Louisiana to the United States , subsequently signs a certificate declaring John the leader of the settlers. On the way back to Louisiana, John and his assistant Kentuck meet Doña Angela Gonzalez, the daughter of the Spanish governor, on a steamer. On the same ship, John and Kentuck find a load of smuggled weapons used by Gilmore to attempt a coup. After sinking the guns in the Mississippi, a violent exchange of fire ensues between them and Gilmore's men. Together with Angela, John manages to escape the precarious situation. He then escorted her to her home in St. Louis .

Once there, Angela's strict father insists that John take Angela as his wife, following Spanish custom, because they spent a night together in the woods on their way to St. Louis. When John vigorously opposes the prospect of marriage, Angela feels deeply offended, as she already has feelings for him. Gilmore and Flint, meanwhile, accuse John of being responsible for smuggling arms. They also find President Jefferson's letter on John's affairs, so that Angela's father sees his responsibility as governor prompted to have John arrested. Angela hastily sends a message to Kentuck and John's other friends who can eventually rescue him from prison. John then confesses his love to Angela. Meanwhile, Gilmore and his people begin attacking Spanish soldiers, only to force the governor to proclaim Louisiana an independent republic. Should he refuse, Gilmore would not hesitate to kill him and his daughter. John and a large number of settlers reach the scene just in time. Together they overpower and arrest Gilmore and his men. John and Angela hug each other and nothing stands in the way of an imminent wedding.

background

In arms smuggling in Louisiana , Rita Hayworth still appeared under the name Rita Cansino. In the 1940s, at the height of Hayworth's fame as screen goddess, the B-Western was re-released in the United States under the title Louisiana Gal , with her name at the top of the posters this time and the film, unlike its first release has been performed in major cities like New York .

Reviews

For Film Daily , gun smuggling in Louisiana was "a satisfactory action film" that was "doubly interesting" because "it relates to the story". Rita Hayworth is also "decorative in her role as a lady of the heart". Weekly Variety described the film again as the "weakest part of the Tom Keene series" and predicted that it would "only run moderately or worse in the cinemas" for the production company Crescent. “Even scenes of the highest intensity” were “only implemented slowly by the cast”. After all, the “southern accent” is Rita Hayworth's “good” daughter as the daughter of the Spanish governor.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gene Ringgold: The Films of Rita Hayworth . Citadel Press, Secaucus 1974, p. 75.
  2. ↑ “A satisfactory action programmer, made doubly interesting, inasmuch as it touches upon history […]. Rita Cansino is decorative as the love interest. " See film Daily quoted. after Gene Ringgold: The Films of Rita Hayworth . Citadel Press, Secaucus 1974, p. 75.
  3. ↑ “Poorest of the Tom Keene series for this Company [Crescent] Louisiana will fare moderately and worse whenever booked. Even scenes of utmost intensity are passed in the spirit of relaxation by the cast. [...] Femme nicety is Rita Cansino, whose tamale accent fits her well for the part of the daughter of the Spanish governor. " See Weekly Variety cit. after Gene Ringgold: The Films of Rita Hayworth . Citadel Press, Secaucus 1974, p. 75.