Johnny
Mack
Brown
His
good
looks
and
powerful
physique
saw
him
portrayed
on
Wheaties
cereal
boxes
and
in
1927,
brought
an
offer
for
motion
picture
screen
tests
that
resulted
in a
long
and
successful
career
in
Hollywood.
He
played
silent
film
star
Mary
Pickford's
love
interest
in
her
first
talkie,
Coquette
(1929),
for
which
Pickford
won
an
Oscar.
He
appeared
in
minor
roles
until
1930
when
he
was
cast
as
the
star
in a
Western
entitled
Billy
the
Kid
and
directed
by
King
Vidor.
An
early
widescreen
film
(along
with
Raoul
Walsh's
The
Big
Trail
with
John
Wayne,
produced
the
same
year),
the
movie
also
features
Wallace
Beery
as
Pat
Garrett.
Brown
was
billed
over
Beery,
who
would
become
MGM's
highest-paid
actor
within
the
next
three
years.
Also
in
1930,
Brown
played
Joan
Crawford's
love
interest
in
Montana
Moon.
Brown
went
on
to
make
several
more
top-flight
movies
under
the
name
John
Mack
Brown,
including
The
Secret
Six
(1931)
with
Wallace
Beery,
Jean
Harlow,
and
Clark
Gable,
as
well
as
the
legendary
Lost
Generation
celebration
of
alcohol.
Rechristened
"Johnny
Mack
Brown"
in
the
wake
of
this
extremely
serious
career
downturn,
he
made
low-budget
westerns
for
independent
producers.
Eventually
he
became
one
of
the
screen's
top
B-movie
cowboys,
and
became
a
popular
star
at
Universal
Pictures
in
1937.
Brown
also
starred
in
Five
serials
and
was
a
hero
to
millions
of
young
children
at
movie
theaters
and
on
their
television
screens.
DVD
Disc
1
Fighting
With
Kit
Carson
-
1933
Johnny
Mack
Brown
-
Betsy
King
Ross
-
Noah
Beery,
Sr.
12
Chapters
-
1933
-
250
Minutes
DVD
Disc
2
Rustlers
of
Red
Dog
-
1935
Johnny
Mack
Brown
-
Joyce
Compton
-
Raymond
Hatton
12
Chapters
-
1935
-
231
Minutes
DVD
Disc
3
Wild
West
Days
-
1937
Johnny
Mack
Brown
-
George
Shelley
-
Lynn
Gilbert
13
Chapters
-
1937
-
268
Minutes
DVD
Disc
4
Flaming
Frontiers
-
1938
Johnny
Mack
Brown
-
John
Archer
-
Eleanor
Hansen
15
Chapters
-
1938
-
298
Minutes
DVD
Disc
5
The
Oregon
Trail
-
1939
Johnny
Mack
Brown
-
Louise
Stanley
-
Fuzzy
Knight
15
Chapters
-
1939
-
320
Minutes
