Movies starring Ray

The Hard Hombre (1931)

95 mins     Western      

The Hard Hombre (1931) Hoot Gibson stars as Peaceful Patton who finds himself in a case of mistaken identity when everyone thinks he is the dangerous Hard Hombre...

Hidden Valley (1932)

57 mins     Western      

On one hand I could tell you that "Hidden Valley" is just a variation on that western staple where there is some hidden treasure and the good guy ends up wrongly charged with a murder and so has to escape to prove his innocen...

Flying Down to Rio (1933)

89 mins     Comedy, Musical, Romance      

"Flying Down to Rio" is a movie about band leader Roger Bond falling for Brazilian beauty Belinha de Rezende and doing whatever he can to woo her. But that is not what you remember the movie for because "Flying Down to Rio" w...

After Tonight (1933)

71 mins     Drama, Romance, Thriller      

Espionage 1933 style is like so many older movies an acquired taste one which I will admit is not mine and truthfully was grateful that "After Tonight", which is also known as "Sealed Lips", is only 71 minutes long. In fact I...

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)

115 mins     Comedy, Romance      

Over time some of cinema's most popular movies have come at the hands of director Frank Capra. He gave us "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" and of course "It's a Wonderful Life" amongst others. He also gave us "Mr. Deeds Goes to...

My Man Godfrey (1936)

94 mins     Comedy, Romance      

It may be a cliche but "they don't make them like they use to" and after watching the simply brilliant "My Man Godfrey" you will find yourself agreeing. Here is an early screwball comedy which puts its foot to the floor in th...

The Bride Walks Out (1936)

75 mins     Comedy, Romance      

I could base my review of "The Bride Walks Out" on how dated it is, visually when we have a married couple sleeping in separate beds to the whole old fashioned idea of a wife's place being in the home but heck this is a movie...

A Damsel in Distress (1937)

98 mins     Comedy, Musical, Romance      

"A Damsel in Distress" is on one hand a unique movie but on the other not unique at all, I know that's a contradiction but it's true. It is unique because it is the only time that author P.G. Wodehouse assisted in writing a s...

Gunsmoke Ranch (1937)

53 mins     Western      

Gunsmoke Ranch: The Three Mesquiteers try to aid a new community who have been swindled by a land owner into increasing the value of his land...

The Trigger Trio (1937)

55 mins     Western      

Cue are heroic cowboy riding fast as he gives chase to some men in a car, throw with that some fast paced music and you have one of the many scenes in "The Trigger Trio" which to be blunt did very little for me. And to be hon...

Red River Range (1938)

56 mins     Western      

I know I have watched at least one other western featuring The Three Mesquiteers but am confident that I haven't watched one where John Wayne was one of these heroes. But considering The Three Mesquiteers never had a set in s...

Pals of the Saddle (1938)

55 mins     Western      

As a western "Pals of the Saddle" is nothing special, yes the story which sees chemical smuggling is a bit different but the whole good guy masquerading as one of the bad guys and ending up in prison is as routine as they com...

The Four Feathers (1939)

129 mins     Action , Drama, Romance, War      

One of my usual gripes about modern cinema is that even when they have a good storyline they end us wasting it in favour of over the top action followed by more over the top action. Yet go back to a time, the 1930's, when tec...

The Wizard of Oz (1939)

101 mins     Adventure , Family, Fantasy, Musical      

Usually when a movie has had several directors it spells out disaster, a jumbled mismatch of styles and ideas but then "The Wizard of Oz" is the exception to the rule as despite working its way through various directors and a...

The Spy in Black (1939)

82 mins     Thriller, War      

In cinematic history "The Spy in Black" is important as it was the first collaboration of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger who if you are unaware went on to give us such greats as "Black Narcissus" and "A Matter of Life ...

The Saint in London (1939)

77 mins     Action , Comedy, Crime      

"The Saint in London" was the third movie in the series and was quite different to the previous movies. Not only was this movie set in Britain but was less of a mystery movie than the previous movies. In fact it lays pretty m...

Dark Command (1940)

94 mins     Western      

"Dark Command" is loosely based on the real life Confederate guerrilla leader William Quantrill but as with many movies it mixes fact with fiction to create this entertaining movie all about rivalry and jealousy as well as de...

Santa Fe Trail (1940)

110 mins     Action , Adventure , Biography      

The DVD case for my copy of "Santa Fe Trail" describes it as a biographical look at Jeb Stuart. Now as a Brit whose history education understandably didn't cover the American Civil War or the events leading up to it the name ...

Gaslight (1940)

84 mins     Thriller      

For those who consider remakes a modern blight on the world of cinema should look at Patrick Hamilton's play "Gaslight" which he wrote in 1938. In 1940 it was made in to a movie of the same name yet only 4 years later it was ...

Irene (1940)

101 mins     Comedy, Musical, Romance      

"Irene" is the sort of musical comedy which Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers could have made except they didn't instead we have Anna Neagle and Ray Milland doing a solid job in what is really a light weight movie. It is what it...