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Haunted Gold (1932)

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John and Janet get a weird letter telling them to go to a ghost town which has an abandoned mine. There they contend with bad guys looking for hidden gold. They are aided by a mysterious Phantom.

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  • Erville Alderson in Haunted Gold (1932)
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21 June 2007 | bkoganbing
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| The Duke Goes Gothic
Haunted Gold is not a bad western for John Wayne from the series he made at Warner Brothers in 1932-1933. He's the owner of a ranch who's investigating some strange goings on at a mine where his father was once the part owner. The daughter of his dad's partner, Sheila Terry, received a letter about the mine and she's on the scene as well.

There's a mysterious 'phantom' at work and Haunted Gold is starting to bare a resemblance to Abbott and Costello's Hold That Ghost. Never mind that it's a remake of an old Ken Maynard silent western.

The comedy here comes from Blue Washington who plays Clarence Washington Brown, cook at Wayne's ranch and self-appointed bodyguard to his person. Sad to say that Blue Washington conforms generally to prevalent black stereotypes of the period. But actually if you take away the racial component, Washington really does act a whole lot like Lou Costello.

As in all of Wayne's Warner Brothers films of the time, the Duke is aided and abetted by Duke the Wonder Horse. Most exciting scene is a fight with John Wayne and one of Harry Woods's gang of bad guys in a cable car above the mine. Duke the Horse comes to Wayne's rescue twice during that scene, actually quite exciting.

It's too bad the racial stereotyping was there, but wouldn't a film with John Wayne with Lou Costello as a sidekick been real interesting? The mind boggles.

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Trivia

A remake of The Phantom City (1928) with Ken Maynard in John Wayne's role.

Quotes

Joe Ryan: Benedict, just why are you back in town? And what are you trying to pull, up at the Mary-Ann?
Benedict: No one's been near that worthless mine for years
Joe Ryan: I'm not so sure it's worthless. You ain't hanging on here for nothing.
Benedict: Joe Ryan, your father was a bad man in...

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Duke is listed 2nd in the opening credits (above the title) but not mentioned in the comprehensive cast list. IMDb's policy for such a case is to list the opening credits first and fill in the rest with the comprehensive list.

Alternate Versions

Turner Classic Movies (TCM) has been showing a re-released version of this film (the PCA certificate number ends with "R" on it). The original version has Erville Alderson's name misspelled as "Anderson." That version was broadcast on TCM's sister station, TNT, in 1990.

Soundtracks

Sweet Genevieve
(1869) (uncredited)
Music by Henry Tucker
Played on the organ by Sheila Terry
Played in the score at the end

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Genres

Horror | Mystery | Western

Details

Release Date:

17 December 1932

Language

English

Country of Origin

USA

Filming Locations

Iverson Ranch - 1 Iverson Lane, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA

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