Cowboys From TexasRepublic release of Harry Grey production. Directed by George Sherman. Original screenplay by Oliver Drake. Photography Ernest Miller; editor Tony Martinelli; music William Lava. Completed October 10, 1939. Running time 57 minutes. Motion Picture Herald (December 9, 1939): Reclamation of western wasteland under the sponsorship of President Theodore Roosevelt in 1902 is the theme of the second of the Mesquiteers series for this season. Robert Livingston, Raymond Hatton and Duncan Renaldo are the unconquerable cowboys, and Carole Landis is the girl. Directed by George Sherman, with Harry Grey associate producer, the story is from an original screenplay by Oliver Drake, based on characters created by Wm Colt MacDonald. The Mesquiteers band together with the homesteaders, who have been granted permission by the United States government to establish homes on the wasteland of the west. Cattlemen, guided by unscrupulous government officials and outlaws, endeavor to drive the homesteaders from their newly established homes. Stony joins up with the outlaws to disclose their leader. Livingston returns as Stony Brooke, Hatton continues as Rusty Joslin and the picture is Duncan Renaldo’s second as a Mesquiteer. The three appear in roles new to the series.
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