Very disappointing...

That was an excellent one.

Just perfect...

Absolutely Fantastic

At least the villain is not wearing a mustache in this cliché ridden western musical. Roy Rogers is typically heroic as a singing cowboy who aids a 16 year old heir to a gold mine threatened with losing her father's bequest. Very mature looking Mary Lee is as close to 16 as Dale Evans as a Mexican ranch owner. John Hubbard is cast as the villainous land baron determined to add the property to his already huge bundle. Rogers and sidekick Guinn "Big Boy" Williams win the cynical teen instantly (probably because they let her eat the viddles she attempted to steal) and are all of a sudden everybody's (except Hubbard's) pals. Some pleasant minor songs and a lot of action keep this moving at breakneck speed, and it does hold some minor entertainment value. But it's as fresh a plot as 20 year old Lee seemed as a husky voiced teenager. The musical highlight is the plot pointless but quaiby "Enchilada Man" with the leads and the Sons of the Pioneers. Of course, clean shaven Hubbard is surrounded by a bunch of stereotypical looking western bad guys. There are never any surprises which downgrades this to standard stuff, fortunately over as fast as Trigger can cross Texas.

Cowboy and the Senorita (1944) ** 1/2 (out of 4) Roy Rogers and 'Teddy Bear' (Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams) show up in a small town looking for jobs when they're befriend by a young girl (Mary Lee) and her keeper (Dale Evans). Rogers and Bear are given jobs looking after the young girl and it turns out that she has a valuable mine, which a greedy man (John Hubbard) is trying to con her out of. After several double crosses Rogers tries to get evidence to show what's going on. COWBOY AND THE SENORITA isn't the best film Rogers ever made but it's a decent "B" Western that is also remembered for being the first film between Rogers and his future wife Evans. Overall the story here certainly isn't anything too special as the entire "ripping off someone for their mine" had been done to death by the time talkies came into play. With that said, the director and cast do good enough of a job to at least make you care for the characters and want to see the bad punished and the good walking away without any trouble. It certainly doesn't hurt that the cast members are in such fine form and this of course starts with Rogers who once again plays that kind-hearted soul just doing what's right. That laid back style really comes across good here and that chemistry with Evans is on full display. The two really seem to be flirtatious throughout the film and they manage to mix it up quite well. Lee is also very impressive in her part as is Hubbard as the hissing villain. It was pretty funny seeing Williams in a Western like this as he was often seen in gangster pictures from the likes of Warner. There's certainly nothing ground breaking to be found here but if you're a fan of low-budget Westerns then this here is a decent time killer. It should be noted that the most common version out there is missing nearly twenty-minutes worth of footage most of which is song and dance numbers.

Riding into town, Roy Rogers and Guinn "Big Boy" Williams are mistaken for kidnappers. Chased out of town, they encounter the missing girl in question and agree to help look for her father's buried treasure, money that could spare her sister Dale Evans from marrying the rich town bully.Another typical, albeit pleasantly entertaining Roy Rogers adventure, this has a slick villain, fun support by underused sidekick Williams, the first pairing of Roy and Dale, and an appealing performance by Mary Lee, as Dale's kid sister.However, like a lot of Roy's later pictures, the music is a bit of a disappointment, being more in a pop vein than country or western. For example, the grand finale has Dale, Roy, and Lee singing a silly song about "The Enchilada Man"!

This is a pretty good Roy Rogers feature, with an interesting and rather involved story, plus Dale Evans, Mary Lee, and some variety entertainment. The story has Roy and his sidekick (played this time by Big Boy Williams) befriending a young woman who is looking for a hidden mine, and trying to protect her interests from the shifty Allen, who meanwhile is working to discredit Roy. Quite a bit happens after that, and there are a lot of interesting developments even after devoting a good amount of the running time to songs and musical numbers. It works pretty well, and should satisfy any of Rogers's fans.