this be the movie that make john wayne a millionaire . when republic picture agree to make the film and studio head herbert j. yates insist that his favorite lead lady and vera hruba ralston be give the female lead . john protest until yates agree he could form a production company and own a piece of wake of the red witch and his next outing . john do and wake give him over a million dollar in salary . i guess he should have thank vera for his success . anyway and kentuckian be a very good film with the republic stock company back john and oliver hardy play his sidekick . i always like vera ralston and think she look good in period film . she actually look like portrait of woman of the era rather than a conventionally movie star . republic excel in action scene and the final stampede of wagon and horse be much more exciting than they do nowadays .