Hollywood Greats in Early Westerns

10 CLASSIC WESTERNS John Wayne, Ronald Reagan, Jane Russell, Errol Flynn, Clark Gable and Walter Huston were among the first to start the legendary Hollywood Western. No theatrical genre has dominated Hollywood as much as the western. Whether the scene is ranchers fighting over water rights, Native Americans in a battle, rounding up horse thieves or singing cowboys under a western sky-it is all here. The Painted Desert (1931)- Clark Gable's debut in the romantic western about young lovers caught between feuding families. Features William Boyd and Helen Twelvetrees. Arizona Days (1937) - Early gun-fighting western with the original singing cowboy, Tex Ritter. Features Eleanor Stewart, Syd Saylor, and Snub Pollard. Boots & Saddles (1937) - The great Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette teach an English newcomer the Code of the West. Also stars Judith Allen. Dawn on the Great Divide (1943) - The story of lawmen who expose villains trying to frame Indians for their crimes. Buck Jones' last film. The Outlaw (1941) - Famous western debut of Jane Russell with Jack Buetel as Billy the Kid and Walter Huston as Doc Holiday. The Frontiersman (1938) - Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd) and Gabby Hayes deal with unruly school children, their pretty school teacher plus gang of rustlers. Under California Stars (1948) - Classic western of the lone cowboy, Roy Rogers, as he battles a gang of horse thieves who hold his horse, Trigger, for ransom. Riders of Destiny (1933) - Action western starring John Wayne as a Washington agent sent to get water rights for ranchers. Also starring Cecilia Parker, Gabby Hayes, and Forrest Taylor. Santa Fe Trail (1940) - Action packed pre-Civil War western starring Errol Flynn and Ronald Reagan as West Point classmates and romantic rivals in the epic story of John Brown's Kansas raids. A haunting film also starring Olivia de Havilland, and Alan Hale. Texas Wildcats (1939) - Good guys versus bad guys western with Tim McCoy starring as the Phantom. Also with Joan Barclay and Ben Corbett.