 Courtesy of Minard Coons) Above are Bob Baker and pretty heroine Marjorie Reynolds in a scene from WESTERN TRAILS (Universal, 1938). Reynolds was the co-star to Bing Crosby in HOLIDAY INN and in the early days of TV, she portrayed William Bendix's wife in THE LIFE OF RILEY. She was the leading lady in four of Baker's westerns - WESTERN TRAILS (Universal, 1938), BLACK BANDIT (Universal, 1938), GUILTY TRAILS (Universal, 1938) and THE PHANTOM STAGE (Universal, 1939).  (Courtesy of Minard Coons) Above from L-to-R are John Ridgely and Forrest Taylor, and inside the coach are Bob Baker and Marjorie Reynolds in WESTERN TRAILS (Universal, 1938). A remake of the John Wayne DAWN RIDER (Lone Star/Monogram, 1935), this is one of Baker's weakest films.  (From Old Corral collection) Above - Bob Baker, Constance Moore and young Dick Jones in BORDER WOLVES (Universal, 1938). She was also the heroine in Baker's THE LAST STAND (Universal, 1938). Dick Jones did a bunch of "kid" roles, but is best remembered as the saddle pal to Jock Mahoney in TV's RANGE RIDER series. Jones later starred as BUFFALO BILL JR. on TV. Constance Moore did a batch of A and B films, but only a few westerns (including the 1946 IN OLD SACRAMENTO with Bill Elliott). She was 'Wilma Deering' in the BUCK ROGERS cliffhanger which starred Buster Crabbe.  (From Old Corral collection) Above - Bob Baker has the drop on Glenn Strange in a still from THE LAST STAND (Universal, 1938).  (Courtesy of Les Adams) Above from L-to-R are Chick Hannan/Hannon, Hank Worden, Lew Morphy, Bob Baker, Wally West and Bob Card in THE SINGING OUTLAW (Universal, 1938). That's Herman Hack in the back row center with his hand in the air. High in the upper right corner is Art Mix (George Kesterson).  (Courtesy of Minard Coons) THE PHANTOM STAGE (Universal, 1939) is about stolen gold shipments and was singing cowboy Bob Baker's twelfth western film and his last starring role before moving to the Johnny Mack Brown series. Above - Baker discovers that pint-sized Ernie Adams hides in a special trunk and pilfers the gold shipments while the stage is enroute. |
