The Younger Brothers In the end, though, the Youngers are cleared of wrongdoing and able to ride away free and clear. The Younger Brothers The Younger Brothers is a 1949 American Western film directed by Edwin L. Marin, and starring Wayne Morris and Janis Paige. Determined to reform from their outlaw ways, Cole, Jim and Bob Younger ride to Cedar Creek, Minnesota, where a parole hearing will be held. If they steer clear of trouble, the Youngers will be free to return home to Missouri and their farm. A detective who blames the Youngers for losing his Pinkerton's job, Ryckman, is eager to
Bob Cole (composer) or Cole’s changing ideals in black musicals – he desired to test out another path in vaudeville plays and songwriting In 1899, Cole met two brothers from Jacksonville, Florida. who paved the path of the rest of his career in show business: his partnership with James Weldon and J. Rosamond Johnson, especially J. R. Johnson, lasted until his retirement in 1911. As Thomas L. Riis claimed, Cole’s “association with the Johnson brothers indicated that Cole was turning away from coon-song composition” (140). There was little evidence as to the reason behind Cole’s drastic shift from traditional “coon songs”; one possible