Yellowstone (film)

Yellowstone is a 1936 American crime film set in Yellowstone National Park, directed by Arthur Lubin and released by Universal Studios.^[2][3]

Yellowstone
Video cover of 1936 movie Yellowstone
Directed by	Arthur Lubin
Written by	Jefferson Parker& Stuart Palmer Houston Branch
Based on	story by Arthur Phillips
Produced by	Val Paul (associate producer)
Starring	Henry Hunter Judith Barrett Andy Devine
Cinematography	Milton R. Krasner
Edited by	Maurice Wright
Music by	Clifford Vaughan
Production company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	September 1, 1936 (1936-09-01) (United States) [1]
Running time	63 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The film, starring Judith Barrett, Henry Hunter, Ralph Morgan, Alan Hale, Raymond Hatton, and Andy Devine, combines murder mystery, romance, and natural setting. The famous historic building Old Faithful Inn is featured in the film.^[4]

Lubin called it "a silly story... they laughed Yellowstone off the screen. It was a very unfortunate picture."^[5]

Plot

An ex-con is murdered in Yellowstone National Park while a bank robber's son is searching for the loot his father hid there 20 years before.

Cast

• Henry Hunter as Dick Sherwood
• Judith Barrett as Ruth Foster
• Andy Devine as Pay-Day
• Alan Hale as Hardigan
• Ralph Morgan as James Foster
• Monroe Owsley as Marty Ryan
• Rollo Lloyd as Franklin Ross
• Raymond Hatton as Old Pete
• Paul Harvey as Radell
• Paul Fix as Dynamite
• Michael Loring as Merritt Billing

Production

Filming started June 1936 with the majority taking place in the studio, with very little outdoor filming taking place in the national park.^[6][7]

Soundtrack

• Unknown singer and the Universal Recording Orchestra - "From the Land of the Sky-Blue Water" (Music by Charles Wakefield Cadman, lyrics by Nelle Richmond Eberhart)
• Michael Loring - "Joggin' Along" (Music by Irving Actman, lyrics by Frank Loesser)

Reception

The Christian Science Monitor called it "an inferior mystery story".^[8]

Diabolique called it "a decent thriller notable for its weak leads, robust support cast and incorporation of location photography at Yellowstone National Park."^[9]

Lubin called the film "horrible", one of what he considered the "eight flops" in his career.^[10]

In Grand Design, Tino Balio writes that "set in the national park, [it] wastes its scenic opportunities through unconvincing rear projection and cramped studio shots unimaginatively directed by Arthur Lubin.^[7]