There’s a new gold rush out West, and it’s just as filled with adventure and romance as the roaring days of ’49. Since the virtual doubling of gold’s monetary value, there’s a new boom in the old ghost towns. Rich strikes are being made. Lucky prospectors are getting wealthy. Both men and women are answering the siren call.
This is the central theme that inspired the making of “Wild Gold”, which opens tomorrow at the Skouras Rockland Theater. The scenes were filmed in Kernville, California, one of the prosperous mining towns of ’49 that has gained a new lease of life. When the picture was being filmed, the whole town was engaged to play in it. So the back grounds are authentic.
John Boles, Claire Trevor and Harry Green have the principle roles. Roger Imhof portrays an old prospector whose discovery of gold brings a rush of gold-seekers to Red Rock. Among the early arrivals are Harry Green and his show troupe, the Golden Girls, who come to supply entertainment and also to seek their share of gold. Ruth Gillette is the leader of the troupe, which includes Wini Shaw, Blanca Vischer, Elsie Larson, Gloria Roy and Myra Bratton.
The romantic interest in the story is supplied by Boles, who portrays an engineer, and Moss Trevor. Monroe Owsley is the villain of the piece. Lester Cole and Henry Johnson wrote the screen play from the original story by Dudley Nichols and Lamar Trotti. George Marshall directed