by Hans J. Wollstein
synopsis
Cinematographer Edward Kull, who earlier had helmed 2-reel westerns for Universal, was promoted to feature-film director with Barriers of Folly, a miserly independent western starring also-ran action lead George Larkin. Larkin plays Jim Buckley, a heroic cowboy who warns pretty Eva Novak that smooth-talking city slicker (Wilfred Lucas is really after her oil-rich land. Kull directed several other poverty-row westerns before returning to his previous metier in the sound era.
characteristics
- Love
- Land-war
- Romance
- Romantic
- Swindle
- Scam
- Land-scheme
- Damsel-in-distress
- Con-game
- Con-artist
- Con/scam
- Cowboy
