Fighting Caravans (1931)

Fighting Caravans (1931)***

Paramount Pictures
Director: Otto Brower and David Burton

   Fighting Caravans is what I can only describe as a western romantic comedy. It is actually quite fun to watch and even the comic characters do their part for the story (from another Zane Grey novel by the way). Clint Belmet (Gary Copper) is a scout for a wagon train when he gets into some trouble in Independence. To get him out, his friends, old timers Bill and Jim (Ernest Torrence and Tully Marshall), enlist the help of a young traveler Felice (Lili Damita). Once free the train sets off for California and a romance develops between Felice and Clint, but can Felice tame this rugged scout?