I was unfamiliar with Buck's movies until I saw this on TCM this morning. All I had known before was that he had been a popular cowboy star who died in a famous fire at the Coconut Grove. This tale about a blow-hard who winds up capturing the heart of a movie starlet and gets whisked to Hollywood is little more than a live-action cartoon. But, I've always enjoyed good cartoons and this one is easy to take.
Here he has to make good on all the things he said he could do. The bits with him trying to fake being experienced at race car driving and flying are amusing. Jones' affable charm move the events along. The direction is rather primitive, using reaction-shot techniques from the silent era. But, that's also part of the fun. I glad I spent an hour with The Thrill Hunter this morning. I enjoyed his company.
Here he has to make good on all the things he said he could do. The bits with him trying to fake being experienced at race car driving and flying are amusing. Jones' affable charm move the events along. The direction is rather primitive, using reaction-shot techniques from the silent era. But, that's also part of the fun. I glad I spent an hour with The Thrill Hunter this morning. I enjoyed his company.