Rawhide Romance

I enjoyed this B western comedy far more than I expected. Even the fistfight between Buffalo Bill Jr. and three or four guys is pretty funny. Despite the poor acting by ingénue Genee Boutell -- who looks, acts and is named like she has aspirations of being a Pre-Code Ginger Rogers in Arabian Nights movies. Si Jenks plays the tall-tale-telling Old Coot Cookie and Lafe McKee plays the ingénue's father.

The whole thing starts as Bill vows to swear off women forever, so it is clear how the whole thing will end. I credit director Victor Adamson for letting the comedy flow freely in a genre in which romance was often an annoying imposition.