Water Rustlers

Water Rustlers
	Original film poster
Directed by	Samuel Diege
Produced by	George A. Hirliman (executive producer); Don Lieberman (producer)
Written by	Lawrence Meade (story); Don Laurie (story); Arthur Hoerl (screenplay)
Starring	See below
Cinematography	Mack Stengler (director of photography)
Edited by	Guy V. Thayer Jr. (as Guy Thayer)
Distributed by	Grand National Films
Release date	January 6, 1939;
Running time	54 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Water Rustlers is a 1939 American film directed by Samuel Diege. It was the first of three Dorothy Page singing cowgirl films for Grand National Films.

Plot

Mr. Weylan purchases land in order to keep the water supply for himself, originally for hydraulic mining. His long term scheme is when all the ranches fail due to their cattle having no water, he can buy their land cheaply and sell it to a meat company.

Weylan gets his way through fair means, such as having his lawyers getting the rancher's case thrown out of court, as well as foul means such as his henchmen murdering Shirley Martin's father and preventing witnesses to testify. Shirley takes the law into her own hands to lead the ranchers in their fight for justice.

Production

Grand National Pictures lost their top singing cowboy star Tex Ritter to Monogram Pictures. In what was planned to be a series of six musicals, Page filmed three films with a shooting time of five days each from August to October 1938. All were directed by Samuel Diege who died of a heart attack in October 1939[1].

Cast

Dorothy Page as Shirley Martin
Dave O'Brien as Bob Lawson
Vince Barnett as Mike, the cook
Stanley Price as Robert Weylan
Ethan Allen as Tim Martin
Leonard Trainor as Andy Jurgens, rancher
Warner Richmond as Wiley, crooked foreman
Edward R. Gordon as Henchman Herman
Edward Peil Sr. as Lawyer
Lloyd Ingraham as Judge
Merrill McCormick as Sheriff

Soundtrack

Dorothy Page -"Let's Go On Like This Forever" (Written by Al Sherman)
Dorothy Page - "When a Cowboy Sings a Dogie Lullaby" (Written by Walter Kent)
Dorothy Page - "I Feel at Home in the Saddle" (Written by Milton Drake)

Notes

pp. 142-145 Bradley, Edwin M. Hollywood Musicals You Missed: Seventy Noteworthy Films from the 1930s McFarland, 5 Jun 2020

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External links

Water Rustlers on IMDb
Water Rustlers is available for free download at the Internet Archive

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[1] . 142-145 Bradley, Edwin M. Hollywood Musicals You Missed: Seventy Noteworthy Films from the 1930s McFarland, 5 Jun 2020