glennstenb Review of Galloping Romeo

Galloping Romeo (1933)

Bob Steele and "Gabby" Galloping into View with a Good Film!

[8/10 · 14 December 2018]

This is a stark, gritty, and dusty tale with a straight-ahead approach to telling the story. The soundtrack is brilliant and crisp with all sorts of appropriate foreground and background noises and sounds. Hayes and Steele seem so natural together, and their knowing glances to one another as the movie unfolds are a pleasure to watch. I particularly enjoyed how the film gets off to a surprising and really marvelous start with a fairly unique multi-part flashback sequence as the two pardners reminisce around a relaxing campfire. As is usually the case with western films from the first half of the 1930s, the lack of musical accompaniment really is a key component of their stories being told so compellingly. I would also like to note that not only was the girl very durable, so too was the stagecoach, both of which took quite the tumble! This is a fun film!