The Roundup

The Roundup

90 mins | Western | April 3, 1941

Originally written as a stage vehicle for corpulent character actor Macklyn Arbuckle, Ernest Day's The Roundup was first filmed in 1920 with Fatty Arbuckle (no relation) in the lead. By the time the film was remade in 1941, Arbuckle's character, a roly-poly frontier sheriff named Slim (!), was refashioned as a supporting role, with Jack Benny's radio announcer Don Wilson essaying the part. The plot, however, remained fairly intact: Upon hearing that her fiance Greg (Preston Foster) has been killed, Janet (Patricia Morison) agrees to marry rancher Steve (Richard Dix) on the rebound. On the day of the wedding, who should show up but Greg, determined to raise as much Hell as humanly possible

The Roundup

90 mins | Western | April 3, 1941

The Roundup
Originally written as a stage vehicle for corpulent character actor Macklyn Arbuckle, Ernest Day's The Roundup was first filmed in 1920 with Fatty Arbuckle (no relation) in the lead. By the time the film was remade in 1941, Arbuckle's character, a roly-poly frontier sheriff named Slim (!), was refashioned as a supporting role, with Jack Benny's radio announcer Don Wilson essaying the part. The plot, however, remained fairly intact: Upon hearing that her fiance Greg (Preston Foster) has been killed, Janet (Patricia Morison) agrees to marry rancher Steve (Richard Dix) on the rebound. On the day of the wedding, who should show up but Greg, determined to raise as much Hell as humanly possible
Producers Paramount, Harry Sherman Productions
Original title The Roundup
Directors Lesley Selander
Writers Edmund Day, Harold Shumate

Cast

Richard Dix

as Steve Payson

Patricia Morison

as Janet Allen (Payson)

Preston Foster

as Greg Lane

Don Wilson

as Sheriff 'Slim' Hoover

Ruth Donnelly

as Polly Hope

Douglass Dumbrille

as Capt. Bob Lane

Jerome Cowan

as Wade McGee

Betty Brewer

as Mary, Child Rescued by Greg Lane

Morris Ankrum

as 'Parenthesis'

Dick Curtis

as Ed Crandall (as Richard Curtis)

William Haade

as Frane Battles

Clara Kimball Young

as Mrs. Wilson

Weldon Heyburn

as 'Cheyenne'

Lane Chandler

as Taggert

Lee 'Lasses' White

as Sam Snead