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The Duke in a top hat.-in Republic westerns!, September 6, 2007
Dakota/In Old California Double Feature
Dakota/In Old California Double FeatureYep, Wayne starts out in both these Republic offerings in a tophat! But, he soon trades them in for more conventional western wear. The DVD is a good quality transfer, with maybe just a momentary sound skip or two in each. No extras in the "Dakota" DVD, but a reading commentary included in the "In Old California "DVD. In the latter film, Wayne, an easterner pharmacist, arrives in a primitive Sacramento, just before the Gold Rush.(The fact that Sacramento didn't exist, except in the form of Sutter's Fort, before the Gold Rush, seems not to have bothered the script editor). He chose this script because his father was a pharmacist. Wayne immediately gets on the bad side of the "boss" of Sacramento, Britt Dawson, by carrying his longtime girlfriend across a muddy street, despite her initial protests. By the end of this event, we are pretty sure who she will eventually end up with. Wayne proceeds to become an ever bigger thorn in Dawson's side and they have occasional...
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| Author: W. Walker (westminster m.. | Yep, Wayne starts out in both these Republic offerings in a tophat! But, he soon trades them in for more conventional western wear. The DVD is a good quality transfer, with maybe just a momentary sound skip or two in each. No extras in the "Dakota" DVD, but a reading commentary included in the "In Old California "DVD. In the latter film, Wayne, an easterner pharmacist, arrives in a primitive Sacramento, just before the Gold Rush.(The fact that Sacramento didn't exist, except in the form of Sutter's Fort, before the Gold Rush, seems not to have bothered the script editor). He chose this script because his father was a pharmacist. Wayne immediately gets on the bad side of the "boss" of Sacramento, Britt Dawson, by carrying his longtime girlfriend across a muddy street, despite her initial protests. By the end of this event, we are pretty sure who she will eventually end up with. Wayne proceeds to become an ever bigger thorn in Dawson's side and they have occasional... | 3 | |
| Author: Daniel Lee Taylor "dan57.. | As I have said before, two movies for the price of one is always a good deal. These are two from Wayne's day at Republic Studios. While these do not rank with the Duke's best work they are action filled with good plots and some humor too. John Wayne plays a pharmacist in the selection "In Old California". This is a little different from the roles he normally played, but he wanted this because his father had been a pharmacist. Wayne saves the day as villians steal prospectors' gold and battles a disease outbreak as well. "Dakota" pairs him with Vera Ralston as his wife. Look for Walter Brennan and Ward Bond in this one also. It is the story of settlers fighting the bad guys over the passage of railraod tracks. | 2 | |
