Factual error: The plot introduction states the movies takes place in 1890. However, in the first scene, the judge (played by Will Rogers) is reading a newspaper showing a satirical cartoon featuring the "Yellow Kid." However, the "Yellow Kid" did not appear in newspapers until 1895. (00:02:14 - 00:02:50)
Judge Priest (1934)
1 factual error
Directed by: John Ford
Starring: Anita Louise, Henry B. Walthall, Tom Brown, Will Rogers
Factual error: The plot introduction states the movies takes place in 1890. However, in the first scene, the judge (played by Will Rogers) is reading a newspaper showing a satirical cartoon featuring the "Yellow Kid." However, the "Yellow Kid" did not appear in newspapers until 1895. (00:02:14 - 00:02:50)
Judge William 'Billy' Priest: Hey, hey boy, wake up there. Sheriff, wake him up there. If anybody's going to sleep in this court, it'll be me.
Sheriff Birdsong: Hey, wake up.
Jeff Poindexter: What?
Judge William 'Billy' Priest: Come here, boy. Come on over here. What's your name?
Jeff Poindexter: Um, Jeff Poindexter.
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