Timber Queen (1944 film)

1944 film by Frank McDonald

Timber Queen

Directed by| Frank McDonald
Written by| Edward T. Lowe Jr.
Maxwell Shane
Produced by| William H. Pine
William C. Thomas
Cinematography| Fred Jackman Jr.
Edited by| Victor Lewis
Music by| Willy Stahl
Distributed by| Paramount Pictures

Release date

* January 13, 1944 (1944-01-13)

Running time

| 66 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English

Timber Queen is a 1944 American lumberjack drama film directed by Frank McDonald.[1]

It was Arlen's last film for Pine-Thomas for a number of years until Speed to Spare (1948).

## Plot

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Russ Evans gets out of the service and meets Elaine, the widow of Ken, a man he served with. He helps her protect the rights to some timber land that she has inherited.

## Cast

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* Richard Arlen as Russell (Russ) Evans
* Mary Beth Hughes as Elaine Graham
* June Havoc as Lil Boggs
* Sheldon Leonard as Smacksie Golden
* George E. Stone as Squirrel
* Dick Purcell as Milt Holmes
* Charles Anthony Hughes as Harold Talbot
* Edmund MacDonald as Joe Birsdell
* William Haade as Rawson
* Clancy Cooper as Barney
* Dewey Robinson as Wenzel
* Horace McMahon as Rodney
* Jimmy Ames as Strudel

## Production

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The film was originally called Timberman.[2] Pine-Thomas signed Mary Beth Hughes to make this film and a musical The Duchess Rides High.[3]

Filming took place in July 1943.[4]

The film was slanted more towards comedy than many earlier Pine-Thomas films.[5]

## References

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1. ^ Timber Queen Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 11, Iss. 121, (Jan 1, 1944): 46.
2. ^ SCREEN NEWS HERE AND IN HOLLYWOOD New York Times 21 June 1943: 13.
3. ^ Goddard in 'All Around the Town' 'MISSION TO MOSCOW' DUE Opens at the Hollywood Today -- 'Presenting Lily Mars' Arrives at Capitol New York Times 29 Apr 1943: 25
4. ^ DRAMA AND FILM Los Angeles Times 28 June 1943: 13.
5. ^ SCREEN AND STAGE Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times 15 July 1943: 12.

## External links

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* Timber Queen at IMDb
* Timber Queen at TCMDB
* Timber Queen at BFI
* Review of film at Variety'
* Timber Queen is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive

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Films of Pine-Thomas Productions

Feature Films|

* Power Dive (1941)
* Forced Landing (1941)
* Flying Blind (1941)
* No Hands on the Clock  (1941)
* Torpedo Boat (1942)
* I Live on Danger (1942)
* Wildcat (1942)
* Wrecking Crew (1942)
* Tornado (1943)
* Aerial Gunner (1943)
* High Explosive (1943)
* Alaska Highway (1943)
* Submarine Alert (1943)
* Minesweeper (1943)
* Timber Queen (1944)
* The Navy Way (1944)
* Gambler's Choice (1944)
* Take It Big (1944)
* Dark Mountain (1944)
* One Body Too Many (1944)
* Double Exposure (1944)
* Dangerous Passage (1944)
* High Powered (1945)
* Midnight Manhunt (1945)
* Follow That Woman (1945)
* Scared Stiff (1945)
* People Are Funny (1946)
* Tokyo Rose (1946)
* They Made Me a Killer (1946)
* Hot Cargo (1946)
* Swamp Fire (1946)
* Seven Were Saved (1947)
* Big Town (1947)
* I Cover Big Town (1947)
* Fear in the Night (1947)
* Danger Street (1947)
* Adventure Island (1947)
* Jungle Flight (1947)
* Big Town After Dark  (1947)
* Albuquerque (1948)
* Caged Fury (1948)
* Mr. Reckless (1948)
* Speed to Spare (1948)
* Big Town Scandal (1948)
* Shaggy (1948)
* Waterfront at Midnight (1948)
* Disaster (1948)
* Dynamite (1949)
* Manhandled (1949)
* Special Agent (1949)
* El Paso (1949)
* Captain China (1950)
* The Eagle and the Hawk (1950)
* The Lawless (1950)
* Tripoli (1950)
* The Last Outpost (1951)
* Passage West (1951)
* Hong Kong (1951)
* Caribbean (1952)
* The Blazing Forest (1952)
* Tropic Zone (1953)
* Jamaica Run (1953)
* Sangaree (1953)
* The Vanquished (1953)
* Those Redheads from Seattle (1953)
* Jivaro (1954)
* Run for Cover (1955)
* The Far Horizons (1955)
* Hell's Island (1955)
* Lucy Gallant (1955)
* Nightmare (1956)
* The Big Caper (1957)
* Bailout at 43,000 (1957)

Short Films|

* A Letter from Bataan (1942)
* We Refuse to Die (1942)
* The Price of Victory (1942)

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Films directed by Frank McDonald

* Broadway Hostess (1935)
* The Big Noise (1936)
* Isle of Fury (1936)
* Smart Blonde (1937)
* Her Husband's Secretary (1937)
* Reckless Living (1938)
* Flirting with Fate (1938)
* They Asked for It (1939)
* In Old Missouri (1940)
* Flying Blind (1941)
* No Hands on the Clock (1941)
* Wildcat (1942)
* Wrecking Crew (1942)
* Submarine Alert (1943)
* O, My Darling Clementine (1943)
* Alaska Highway (1943)
* Take It Big (1944)
* Gambler's Choice (1944)
* Lights of Old Santa Fe (1944)
* One Body Too Many (1944)
* Timber Queen (1944)
* Scared Stiff (1945)
* Tell It to a Star (1945)
* The Man from Oklahoma (1945)
* Along the Navajo Trail (1945)
* Bells of Rosarita (1945)
* My Pal Trigger (1946)
* Song of Arizona (1946)
* Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1947)
* Linda, Be Good (1947)
* French Leave (1948)
* Gun Smugglers (1948)
* Mr. Reckless (1948)
* The Big Sombrero (1949)
* Ringside (1949)
* Call of the Klondike (1950)
* Snow Dog (1950)
* Sierra Passage (1950)
* Texans Never Cry (1951)
* Father Takes the Air (1951)
* Yukon Manhunt (1951)
* Yellow Fin (1951)
* Northwest Territory (1951)
* Sea Tiger (1952)
* Yukon Gold (1952)
* Son of Belle Starr (1953)
* Thunder Pass (1954)
* The Big Tip Off (1955)
* Treasure of Ruby Hills (1955)
* The Underwater City (1962)
* Gunfight at Comanche Creek (1963)
* Mara of the Wilderness (1965)

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