The Forest Rangers (1942)
Whoever thought the beautiful, sexy Susan Hayward would start her career playing a character named “Butch”? In The Forest Rangers, she’s not the romantic lead. Paulette Goddard is the beautiful love interest to forest ranger Fred MacMurray, with masculine Susan Hayward waiting in the wings. This love triangle is amusing enough to justify renting this movie, so if you’re as much a Susan Hayward fan as I am, I recommend watching it one afternoon for a good laugh.
With tons of special effects combined with real footage of forest fires and controlled burns, The Forest Rangers is a pretty impressive movie for 1942. Stunt doubles are used and abused, and the blue-screen effect is very well edited for the time period. The plot is interesting and fast-paced, and there’s both a surprise and a good laugh in the end. It’s a little more light-hearted than you’d expect, but it’s pretty cute. Plus there’s a funny scene between Fred MacMurray and Eugene Pallette straight out of any classic comedy: Fred has been out all night with Paulette, Eugene’s daughter, and neither man knows who the other is. So, while Eugene is laughing about Fred’s conquest, he has no idea that the girl in question is his daughter!
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More Susan Hayward movies here!
With tons of special effects combined with real footage of forest fires and controlled burns, The Forest Rangers is a pretty impressive movie for 1942. Stunt doubles are used and abused, and the blue-screen effect is very well edited for the time period. The plot is interesting and fast-paced, and there’s both a surprise and a good laugh in the end. It’s a little more light-hearted than you’d expect, but it’s pretty cute. Plus there’s a funny scene between Fred MacMurray and Eugene Pallette straight out of any classic comedy: Fred has been out all night with Paulette, Eugene’s daughter, and neither man knows who the other is. So, while Eugene is laughing about Fred’s conquest, he has no idea that the girl in question is his daughter!
Want to watch it? Click here to watch it on ok.ru. And thanks "Tony Caban" for posting!
More Susan Hayward movies here!