Roaring Timber (1937) DVD-R

Starring Jack Holt, Grace Bradley, Ruth Donnelly, Raymond Hatton, Willard
Robertson, J. Farrell MacDonald
Directed by Phil Rosen

Print: black/white
Runtime: 60 min.
Genre: drama
Print Quality: B

Jim Sherwood, toughest logging boss in the timber country, takes on his
toughest assignment when he agrees to cut an enormous volume of
timber for Andrew MacKinley, who has to deliver the timber within sixty
days. Jim, offered a big bonus, gets his men more pay and wins
cooperation all around except from Harrigan, the job engineer. MacKinley
is killed in an automobile crash, and his daughter, Kay, takes over. Sam
Garvin, the general manager, wants Kay to sell out so his confederates
can take over the contract. She declines and Harrigan flies to the camp.
Jim, already sullen because he has just lost a huge quantity of timer in a
dam break,is infuriated when Garvin says he has no intention of paying
the promised bonus. Jim retaliates by slowing down production, and in
order to run up expenses, orders Harrigan to build a section of railroad
over a little-used gorge. With production slowed down, expenses
climbing and low morale among the workers, Kay, with her fluttery Aunt
Mary, decides to visit the camp. She reproves Jim for building an
unnecessary railroad and sides with Harrigan. Jim quits and most of his
men follow him. After a riot involving Harrigan's "scab workers, Jim's men
and the State Police, Kay asks Jim to take over again, revealing that it was
never her intention to withhold his promised bonus. The fired Harrigan
attempts to sabotage the operation, but Jim manages to produce the
timber needed to make the contract, thereby winning the respect and
heart of Kay.