Oklahoma Cyclone
{{short description|1930 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Oklahoma Cyclone
| image = Oklahoma Cyclone FilmPoster.jpeg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = John P. McCarthy
| producer = Trem Carr (producer)
| writer = John P. McCarthy (story)
| starring = See below
| music =
| cinematography = M.A. Anderson
Hap Depew
| editing = Fred Allen
| distributor = Tiffany Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1930|08|08}}
| runtime = 66 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
}}
Oklahoma Cyclone is a 1930 American pre-Code Western film directed by John P. McCarthy that is a forerunner of the singing cowboy genre. It stars Bob Steele in his second talking picture playing the title role and singing.{{cite book |last1=Aquila |first1=Richard |title=The Sagebrush Trail: Western Movies and Twentieth-Century America |date=2015-04-16 |publisher=University of Arizona Press |isbn=978-0-8165-3178-3 |page=106 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hv91BgAAQBAJ&dq=%22Oklahoma+Cyclone%22+1930&pg=PA106 |access-date=June 30, 2021 |language=en}} The film was released by Tiffany Pictures. The film was remade as Song of the Gringo.
Plot
A cowboy pretends to be an outlaw in order to become a member of the gang that killed his sheriff father.{{cite web |last1=Wollstein |first1=Hans J. |title=Oklahoma Cyclone (1930) |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/oklahoma-cyclone-v36107 |website=AllMovie |access-date=June 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210630022056/https://www.allmovie.com/movie/oklahoma-cyclone-v36107 |archive-date=June 30, 2021}}
Cast
- Bob Steele as Jimmy Henderson / Jim Smith
- Rita Rey as Carmelita Carlos
- Al St. John as Slim
- Charles King as McKim / Black Diablo
- Slim Whitaker as Henchman Rawhide
- Cliff Lyons as Henchman
- N.E. Hendrix as Henchman Shorty
- Hector Sarno as Don Pablo Carlos
- Emilio Fernández as Pancho Gomez
Production
John P. McCarthy was the director of Oklahoma Cyclone, and he and Ford Beebe were the film's writers. Trem Carr was the producer for Trem Carr Productions.{{cite web |title=Oklahoma Cyclone (1930) |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/11073-OKLAHOMA-CYCLONE?sid=98480d3e-dc79-46a9-9859-394cff9218fc&sr=11.298477&cp=1&pos=0 |website=American Film Institute |access-date=June 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210630023807/https://catalog.afi.com/Film/11073-OKLAHOMA-CYCLONE?sid=98480d3e-dc79-46a9-9859-394cff9218fc&sr=11.298477&cp=1&pos=0 |archive-date=June 30, 2021}}
Al St. John sang "The Lavender Cowboy" (Music by Ewen Hail, lyrics by Harold Hersey) in the film.{{cite book |last1=Duchemin |first1=Michael |title=New Deal Cowboy: Gene Autry and Public Diplomacy |date=2016-09-22 |publisher=University of Oklahoma Press |isbn=978-0-8061-5671-2 |page=64 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rq4DDQAAQBAJ&dq=%22Oklahoma+Cyclone%22+1930&pg=PA64 |access-date=June 30, 2021 |language=en}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0021202|title=Oklahoma Cyclone}}
- {{Internet Archive film|id=TheOklahomaCyclone|name=Oklahoma Cyclone}}
{{John P. McCarthy}}
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Category:1930 Western (genre) films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:American Western (genre) films
Category:Tiffany Pictures films
Category:Films directed by John P. McCarthy
Category:1930s English-language films
Category:English-language Western (genre) films
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