American Empire (Paramount, sold to United Artists, 1942)

. . Watchable, but… . . Wartime, and Paramount made a big black & white Western called American Empire with loads of shooting and riding, a Mississippi steamer and some romance too. Unfortunately they chose Richard Dix, pushing 50, and Preston Foster, early 40s, to star; neither was a convincing Westerner, both being distinctly unathletic. […]