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    • Source: Way Out West (1930 film)

      • Way Out West is a 1930 American pre-Code parody film, directed by Fred Niblo, starring William Haines, Leila Hyams, Polly Moran, and Ralph Bushman. It tells the story of Windy, a con man who cheats a group of cowboys out of their money. When they discover his cheating and learn that he has been robbed, they force him to work on a ranch until he has paid his debt.


      Plot


      Windy, a sideshow barker, cheats a group of cowboys out of their pay, but is then robbed himself. When the cowboys discover they have been cheated, they initially decide to hang him, then decide to make him work off his debt. He falls in love with ranch owner Molly, and when he saves her life after she is bitten by a rattlesnake, he wins her heart.


      Cast


      William Haines as Windy
      Leila Hyams as Molly Rankin
      Polly Moran as Pansy
      Cliff Edwards as Trilby
      Ralph Bushman as Steve (as Francis X. Bushman Jr.)
      Vera Marshe as La Belle Rosa
      Charles Middleton as Buck Rankin
      Jack Pennick as Pete
      Buddy Roosevelt as Tex
      Jay Wilsey as Hank
      Catherine Moylan as Carnival Show Girl


      Production


      Way Out West was made on a budget of $413,000, one of the more expensive William Haines vehicles.


      Response


      The New York Times deemed Way Out West "an impertinent, moderately comic affair tinctured with slapstick and romance". The film made a profit of $84,000, making it one of the less profitable of Haines's films of the period.
      Gay film historians, noting the homosexuality of William Haines, suggest that Way Out West is "one of the gayest films ever made". Haines biographer William J. Mann cites latent homoeroticism and inside gay humor throughout the film. In one particular example, viewed in light of the Pansy Craze that was beginning to reach Hollywood, Windy is mistaken for the cook Pansy. When called by her name, he replies "I'm the wildest pansy you ever picked!" Richard Barrios, author of Screened Out: Playing Gay in Hollywood from Edison to Stonewall, concurs: "For anyone seeking gay text or subtext in any of Haines's movies, this is the one to study."


      References




      External links


      Way Out West at the Internet Movie Database
      Way Out West at Turner Classic Movies
      Way Out West at AllMovie
      Way Out West at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

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