Buffalo Stampede (1933)
Both Sprague and Jett and their crews are hunting buffalo. Doan is with Sprague and is looking for the Jett outfit where his girlfriend Milly is being held against her will. In addition to the thieving Jett who is stealing Sprague's furs, the Indians are gathering to attack all the white buffalo hunters.
Buffalo stampedes...Indian attacks...Plundering bandits...He braved them all when he rode into the badlands...and rode out with a beautiful girl!
Jude Pilchuk, Spraque's Partner: [philosophically] Ah, well, being in love ain't going to hurt him. Ain't no harm in that. It's getting hitched is where the trouble begins.
Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, USA
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
(buffalo herd)
Re-titled 'Buffalo Stampede' by Favorite Films for its 1950 re-release, this title was often shown in tandem with the re-release of Born to the West (1937), re-titled "Hell Town".
A remake of The Thundering Herd (1925) starring Jack Holt. Both Noah Beery. and Raymond Hatton appeared in that film. Scenes from it were used in this version and required Randolph Scott to have a pencil-thin mustache to match Holt.
All scenes involving buffalo, and the Native-American attack on the wagons, as well as a considerable amount of other footage, were lifted from The Thundering Herd (1925) ), and when reprinted and projected at the faster sound speed, do not match up well with the freshly filmed footage.
The scenes of the buffalo herds were filmed in Yellowstone National Park.
This is one of 20 Zane Grey stories, filmed by Paramount in the 1930s, which it sold to Favorite Films for re-release, circa 1950-52. The failure of Paramount, the original copyright holder, to renew the film's copyright resulted in it falling into public domain, meaning that virtually anyone could duplicate and sell a VHS/DVD copy of the film. Therefore, many of the versions of this film available on the market are either severely (and usually badly) edited and/or of extremely poor quality, having been duped from second- or third-generation (or more) copies.
Anachronisms
The story takes place in 1874, but Judith Allen's hairstyle, makeup, and demeanor are strictly 1933.
Boom mic visible
During the first scene between Randolph Scott and Buster Crabbe, the shadow of the boom mike is clearly visible on both actors.