Drums of Destiny

1937 film

Drums of Destiny
Directed byRay Taylor
Written byRoger Whately
John T. Neville
Produced byE.B. Derr
Frank Melford
StarringTom Keene
Edna Lawrence
Budd Buster
CinematographyArthur Martinelli
Edited byFinn Ulback
Music byAbe Meyer
Production
company
Crescent Pictures
Distributed byCrescent Pictures
Release date
June 12, 1937
Running time
62 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Drums of Destiny is a 1937 American Western film directed by Ray Taylor and starring Tom Keene, Edna Lawrence and Budd Buster.[1]

It sometimes confused with the 1937 film Old Louisiana also made by Crescent and starring Keene, which was originally known by this title.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Frank Dexter.

Plot

Following the War of 1812 a force of American troops are raised to combat Spanish-led Indian attacks from Spanish Florida.

Cast

  • Tom Keene as Capt. Jerry Crawford
  • Edna Lawrence as Rosa Maria Dominguez
  • Budd Buster as Kentuck
  • Ray Bennett as Jenkins
  • Robert Fiske as Bill Holston
  • Carlos De Valdez as Don Salvador Dominguez
  • David Sharp as Lt. Bill Crawford
  • John Merton as Toby Simmons
  • Chief Flying Cloud as Indian
  • Henry Hall as Pa Green
  • Chief Many Treaties as Indian
  • Aurora Navarro as Rosa Maria's Duenna
  • Artie Ortego as Indian
  • Marin Sais as Ma Green
  • Charles Unger as Johnny Green

See also

  • Florida Western

References

  1. ^ Gevinson p.736

Bibliography

  • Gevinson, Alan. Within Our Gates: Ethnicity in American Feature Films, 1911-1960. University of California Press, 1997.

External links

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