She Had To Choose

Larry Darmour Productions present "SHE HAD TO CHOOSE" (1 October 1934) (65 mins/B&W) (Fully Restored/Dolby Digitally Remastered) --- The American actor Buster Crabbe graduated from the University of Southern California and won the 400 meter freestyle in which he medaled in the 1932 Olympics, went to work for Paramount in "King of the Jungle" (1933), next role was "Tarzan the Fearless (1933), Crabbe returned to Paramount Pictures was featured in Zane Grey Westerns which were well received, then came the roles that made him a household word "Flash Gordon" and "Buck Rogers" at Universal Picture Serials (1936-1940), meanwhile PRC Studios was looking for a leading hero "Billy the Kid" and "Billy Carson" in the 1940's B-Western series and ran its course for six years, later made several televison appearances and appeared in a series "Captain Gallant and the Foreign Legion" (1955-1957)

Under the production staff of:
Ralph Ceder - Director
Houston Branch - Screenwriter
Izola Forrester - Screenwriter
Mann Page - Screenwriter
Larry Darmour - Executive Producer
James S. Brown Jr. - Cinematographer
Charles Harris - Film Editor

The story line and plot, A love triangle for childhood sweethearts Bill Cutler (Buster Crabbe) and Clara Berry (Sally Blane) when chirpy Texan beauty Sally Bates (Isabel Jewell) starts work at his drive-in hamburger joint --- Bill's interfering mother (Maidel Turner) does her best to break up the new romance --- Clara's playboy brother [Regis Toomey] is used by Sally to make Bill jealous, and when Bill accidentally kills the brother in a fight -not knowing that they have secretly married, Sally falls in with Mrs Cutler and Clara's plans to clear Bill of a possible murder charge by casing herself in a bad light. Realizing however that Bill is genuinely in love with Sally, they relent and help him find her again --- Will Bill get out of this tight spot with any help from the director and the cast, don't touch that dial you're about to find out.

the cast includes:
Buster Crabbe ... Bill Cutler
Isabel Jewell ... Sally Bates
Sally Blane ... Clara Berry
Regis Toomey ... Jack Berry
Maidel Turner ... Mrs. Cutler
Fuzzy Knight ... Wally
Arthur Stone ... Pop
Edward Gargan ... Higgins
Huntley Gordon ... Attorney
Wallis Clark ... District Attorney
Kenneth Howell ... Announcer
Eddie Fetherston ... Hold-Up Man
Max Wagner ... Hold-Up Man

SPECIAL FEATURES:
BIOS:
1. Buster Crabbe (aka: Clarence Linden Crabbe II)
Date of Birth: 17 February 1907 - Oakland, California
Date of Death: 23 April 1983 - Scottsdale, Arizona

If you crave action, drama and plenty of adventure check out other Buster Crabbe titles --- Ask Amazon.Com to carry the volumes as they are not available on Amazon as of yet --- you can order and pick up your copy now from VCI Entertainment

BUSTER CRABBE - RELEASED BY VCI ENTERTAINMENT:
1. WESTERN DOUBLE FEATURE Vol 1: Western Cyclone & Sheriff of Sage Valley (1942)
2. WESTERN DOUBLE FEATURE Vol 2: Fugitive of the Plains & Fuzzy Settles Down (1943)
3. CLASSIC WESTERNS -: Fugitive of the Plains, Fuzzy Settles Down, Western Cyclone, Sheriff of Sage Valley
4. TO THE LAST MAN (with Randolph Scott & Buster Crabbe)
5. BUCK ROGERS (Serial)
6. FLASH GORDON CONQUERS THE UNIVERSE (Serial)

Hats off and thanks to Les Adams (collector/guideslines for character identification), Chuck Anderson (Webmaster: The Old Corral/B-Westerns.Com), Boyd Magers (Western Clippings), Bobby J. Copeland (author of "Trail Talk"), Rhonda Lemons (Empire Publishing Inc), Buck Rainey (The Life & Films of Buck Jones) and Bob Nareau (author of "The Real Bob Steele") as they have rekindled my interest once again for B-Westerns and Serials --- If you're into the memories of B-Westerns with high drama, this is the one you've been anxiously waiting for --- please stand up and take a bow Western Classics --- all my heroes have been cowboys!

Total Time: 65 mins on DVD ~ Larry Darmour Productions ~ (05/26/2009)

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