''Blazing Barriers'' is a 1937 American

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by

Aubrey Scotto Aubrey H. Scotto (August 21, 1895 – June 24, 1953) was an American film director, writer and film editor. Born in Los Angeles and active in films from 1929, Scotto graduated from directing short subjects to Republic Pictures features in 1933. ...

and written by Edwin C. Parsons and Lee Freeman. The film stars

Junior Coghlan Frank Coghlan Jr. (March 15, 1916 – September 7, 2009) also known as Junior Coghlan, was an American actor who later became a career officer in the United States Navy and a naval aviator. He appeared in approximately 129 films and televis ...

, Edward Arnold Jr., Florine McKinney,

Irene Franklin Irene Franklin (June 13, 1885 - June 16, 1941) was an American actress on stage and screen, vaudeville comedian, and singer. Biography Irene Franklin was born in Saint Louis, Missouri, in 1885. While many sources have suggested her birth year as ...

Guy Bates Post Guy Bates Post (September 22, 1875 – January 16, 1968) was an American character actor who appeared in at least twenty-one Broadway plays and twenty-five Hollywood films over a career that spanned more than fifty years. He was perhaps best rem ...

and Milburn Stone. The film was released on July 4, 1937, by Monogram Pictures.

Plot

The story follows hoods Tommy McGrath and "Fats" Moody, who are sent to a Civilian Conservation Corps camp in order to get them away from their criminal path.

Cast

as Tommy McGrath *Edward Arnold Jr. as Percival Throckmorton 'Fats' Moody * Florine McKinney as Joan Martin *

as Fleurette Varden *

as Reginald Burley * Milburn Stone as Joe Waters * Jack Randall as Arthur Forsythe *

Dick Hogan Dixon Howard "Dick" Hogan (November 27, 1917 – August 18, 1995) was an American actor of the 1930s and 1940s. During his 12-year career he appeared in over three dozen films, in roles which varied from unnamed bellhops to featured and starring ...

as CCC Boy *

Herbert Corthell Herbert Corthell (born Joseph Bertram Corthell, January 20, 1878 – January 23, 1947) was an American stage and film actor. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and died in Hollywood, California Hollywood is a neighborhood in the c ...

as Sheriff Martin *Mary Hayes as Sales Clerk *Frank Bischell *

Cliff Carpenter Clifford A. Carpenter (March 2, 1915 – January 9, 2014) was an American actor who appeared in radio, television and films. Career In 1937, Carpenter began his professional career on the radio serial ''Terry and the Pirates''. The show was ada ...

* Al Taylor as Thug

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0028638, Blazing Barriers 1937 films American adventure drama films Monogram Pictures films Films directed by Aubrey Scotto 1930s adventure drama films American black-and-white films 1937 drama films 1930s English-language films 1930s American films