![]() (Courtesy of Les Adams) Above are Lucile Browne and her real life husband, James Flavin. ![]() (Courtesy of Les Adams) Above, heroine Lucile Browne and Tom Tyler as the hero of the serial, BATTLING WITH BUFFALO BILL (Universal, 1931). | Lucile Browne Lucile Browne was born in Memphis, Tennessee in 1907. And the correct spelling of her first name is Lucile with one L.1907 - 1976 She did some modeling and stage work before journeying to Hollywood and becoming a contract player at Fox, circa 1930. During the 1930s, she did about ten westerns with George O'Brien, Bob Steele, Ken Maynard, Gene Autry, Tom Tyler, Johnny Mack Brown and John Wayne. She is probably best remembered for her heroine duties in six cliffhangers --- DANGER ISLAND (Universal, 1931), BATTLING WITH BUFFALO BILL (Universal, 1931), AIRMAIL MYSTERY (Universal, 1932), THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS (Mascot, 1932), MYSTERY SQUADRON (Mascot, 1933) and THE LAW OF THE WILD (Mascot, 1934). She met and married actor James Flavin around 1932. Both Browne and Flavin passed away in 1976. |
![]() (Courtesy of Les Adams) Above from L-to-R are Edward Hearn, J. Carrol Naish, Bob Steele and Lucile Browne in a scene from the cliffhanger, THE MYSTERY SQUADRON (Mascot, 1933). |
Verna Hillie 1914 - 1997 Michigan born Verna Hillie only did about a dozen films, and is best remembered as the heroine to Ken Maynard in the cliffhanger MYSTERY MOUNTAIN (Mascot, 1934). She also did a couple of B westerns with John Wayne, THE TRAIL BEYOND (Lone Star/Monogram, 1934) and THE STAR PACKER (Lone Star/Monogram, 1934). | ![]() (Courtesy of Les Adams) |
![]() (Courtesy of Les Adams) Above from L-to-R are Tarzan, Verna Hillie, Ken Maynard and Syd Saylor in a scene from the cliffhanger MYSTERY MOUNTAIN (Mascot, 1934). |
Caryl Lincoln 1903 - 1983 Caryl Lincoln, a 1929 WAMPAS Baby Star, was another actress whose career was brief, consisting of less than a dozen films from the late 1920s through the early 1930s. Her B western films were with Tom Mix, Bob Steele, Rex Bell, Bob Custer, Tim McCoy and Tom Tyler. The very brief biographies on Caryl Lincoln note that she was married to Barbara Stanwyck's brother. | ![]() (Courtesy of Les Adams) Above, Caryl Lincoln with Tom Tyler in WAR ON THE RANGE (Freuler/Monarch, 1933). |
![]() (Courtesy of Les Adams) Above from L-to-R are a youngish Al St. John, Caryl Lincoln and Bob Steele in the early talkie LAND OF MISSING MEN (Tiffany, 1930). Notice that Steele is packing a brace of pearl-handled six-shooters. |