The Corriganville Movie Ranch Filmography

By Jerry L Schneider

From 1938 through 2007, the Corriganville Movie Ranch site has been utilized for filmmaking. This book lists the films and television shows which used the property for some or all of the scenes in their production.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Jun 29, 2014
• ISBN: 9781312316393

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The Corriganville Movie Ranch Filmography

The Corriganville Movie Ranch Filmography

by Jerry L. Schneider

Corriganville Press

California

The Corriganville Movie Ranch Filmography

Copyright 2008 by Jerry L. Schneider

E-Book Published June 2014

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INTRODUCTION

Ray Crash Corrigan claimed that over 3,500 films and television shows were partially or wholly filmed at his ranch from its beginnings in 1937 to 1964. It is extremely doubtful if there were that many productions which utilized his ranch as a location (he also claimed that half of all westerns used his ranch[1]). Over 450 films and about 500 television show episodes have been identified. While this is still not a complete list, it does contain a vast majority of productions which utilized the ranch.

What forms of visual, published entertainment was the ranch used for?

All forms!

Motion pictures and television shows were major contributors, but you could find the ranch in commercial advertisements, magazine and newspaper articles, in photography shoots, and any type of medium you can think of. Nor were these confined to G-rated endeavors. All levels of film and photographic activities are found in the historical archives of the ranch from innocent Disney-level to adult tripe-x. The ranch was a haven for 1940’s to 1960’s cheesecake, nude, and early stag-type films (see Modeling section). While many of these uses of the ranch will remain unknown, as many as have been found are included in the following filmographies of the ranch.

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[1] A total of well over 3,000 western films were produced during the time period indicated, which means at least 1,500 films were shot at his ranch. That is a total prevarification as virtually all western films which used the Corrigan ranch have been identified and are listed in this filmography.

THE FILMS

1938

Gun Law (RKO) Directed by David Howard. Cast: George O’Brien, Rita Oehmen, Ray Whitley, Paul Everton, Ward Bond, Francis McDonald, Edward Pawley, Robert Glecker, Frank O’Connor, Hank Bell, Paul Fix.

Heroes of the Hills (Republic) Directed by George Sherman. Cast: Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, Priscilla Lawson, Le Roy Mason, James Eagles, Roy Barcroft, Barry Hays, Carleton Young, Forrest Taylor, John Wade, Maston Williams, John Beach, Jerry Frank, Roger Williams, Kit Guard.

I’m From the City (RKO) Directed by Ben Holmes. Cast: Joe Penner, Richard Lane, Lorraine Krueger, Paul Guilfoyle, Kay Sutton, Kathryn Sheldon, Ethan Laidlaw, Lafayette McKee, Edmund Cobb, Clyde Kinney.

Law of the Texan (Columbia) Directed by Elmer Clifton. Cast: Buck Jones, Dorothy Fay, Kenneth Harlan, Don Douglas, Matty Kemp, Joe Whitehead, Forrest Taylor.

Lawless Valley (RKO) Directed by David Howard. Cast: George O’Brien, Kay Sutton, Chill Wills, Walter Miller, Fred Kohler, Sr., Fred Kohler, Jr., George McQuarrie, Lew Kelly, Earle Hodgins.

Pals of the Saddle (Republic) Directed by George Sherman. Cast: John Wayne, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, Doreen McKay, Josef Forte, George Douglas, Frank Milan, Ted Adams, Harry Depp, Dave Weber, Don Orlando, Charles Knight, Jack Kirk.

Phantom Ranger (Monogram) Directed by Sam Newfield. Cast: Tim McCoy, Suzanne Kaaren, John St. Polis, Karl Hackett, Charles King, Tom London, John Merton, Dick Cramer.

Pioneer Trail (Columbia) Directed by Joseph Levering. Cast: Jack Luden, Joan Barclay, Slim Whitaker, Leon Beaumon, Hal Taliaferro, Marin Sais, Eve McKenzie, Hal Price.

Riders of the Black Hills (Republic) Directed by George Sherman. Cast: Bob Livingston, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, Ann Evers, Roscoe Ates, Maude Eburne, Frank Melton, Johnny Lang Fitzgerald, Jack Ingram, Edward Earle, Monte Montague, Ben Hall, Frank O’Connor, Tom London, Snowflake, John Merton, Dick Elliott.

Santa Fe Stampede (Republic) Directed by George Sherman. Cast: John Wayne, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, June Martel, William Farnum, Le Roy Mason, Martin Spellman, Genee Hall, Walter Wills, Ferris Taylor, Tom London, Dick Rush, John F. Cassidy.

Starlight Over Texas (Monogram) Directed by Al Herman. Cast: Tex Ritter, Carmen LaRoux, Snub Pollard, Horace Murphy, Karl Hackett, Charles King, Martin, Garralaga, George Chesebro, Carlos Villarias, Edward Cassidy.

Stranger from Arizona, The (Columbia) Directed by Elmer Clifton. Cast: Buck Jones, Dorothy Fay, Hank Mann, Roy Barcroft, Hank Worden, Bob Terry, Horace Murphy, Budd Buster, Dot Farley.

Under Western Stars (Republic) Directed by Joseph Kane. Cast: Roy Rogers, Smiley Burnette, Carol Hughes, Guy Usher, Kenneth Harlan, Tom Chatterton, Alden Chase, Brandon Beach, Earl Dwire, Dick Elliott, Jack Rockwell.

Whirlwind Horseman (Grand National) Directed by Bob Hill. Cast: Ken Maynard, Joan Barclay, Bill Griffith, Joe Girard, Kenny Dix, Roger Williams, Dave O’Brien, Walter Shumway, Budd Buster, Lew Meehan, Glenn Strange, Tarzan.

1939

Arizona Legion (RKO) Directed by David Howard. Cast: George O’Brien, Lorraine Johnson, Chill Wills, Carlyle Moore, Jr., Edward J. LeSaint, Harry Cording, Tom Chatterton, William Royle, Glenn Strange, Monte Montague.

Code of the Fearless (Spectrum) Directed by Raymond K. Johnson. Cast: Fred Scott, Claire Rochelle, John Merton, Harry Harvey, Walter McGrail, Roger Williams, Carl Mathews, Frank LaRue, George Sherwood, William Woods.

Colorado Sunset (Republic) Directed by George Sherman. Cast: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, June Storey, Larry Buster Crabbe, Barbara Pepper, Robert Barrat, Patsy Montana, Parnell Pratt, William Farnum, Kermit Maynard, Jack Ingram, Elmo Lincoln.

Marshal of Mesa City (RKO) Directed by David Howard. Cast: George O’Brien, Virginia Vale, Leon Ames, Henry Brandon, Harry Cording, Lloyd Ingraham, Slim Whitaker, Joe McGuinn, Mary Gordon, Frank Ellis, Wilfred Lucas.

Mexicali Rose (Republic) Directed by George Sherman. Cast: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Noah Beery, Luana Walters, William Farnum,