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(More customer reviews)VCI Entertainment and Republic Pictures present "RED RYDER DOUBLE FEATURE VOL. 12" (Lone Texas Ranger, California Gold Rush & Homesteaders of Paradise Valley) (1946-1947) (digitally remastered in Dolby), the long running Red Ryder series turned out in the early to mid '40s was in the top 10 of all B-Westerns...relive those thrilling days when the Red Ryder took us down the dusty trails with hard riding and straight shooting hitting the bull's eye with excitement every time... the Red Ryder series of B-Westerns were a staple of Saturday matinees in the 1940s ... don't miss any of the Red Ryder features loaded with action that will leave you wanting more of his B-Western adventures.
First up we have "LONE TEXAS RANGER" (1946) (56 min. B/W) --- Under Spencer Gordon Bennet (Director), Louis Gray (Associate Producer), Fred Harman (comic strip characters), Robert Creighton Williams (Screenplay), Bud Thackery (Cinematographer), Charles Craft (Editor) ------ the cast includes Wild Bill Elliott (Red Ryder), Bobby Blake (Little Beaver), Alice Fleming (Duchess Wentworth, Red's Aunt), Roy Barcroft ('Hands' Weber), Tom Chatterton (Sheriff 'Iron Mike' Haines), Jack McClendon (Tommy Haines), Helen Talbot (Sally Carter), Bud Geary (Henchman Betcha), Budd Buster (Editor F. E Murphy), Nelson McDowell (Undertaker Henry Grimm), Larry Olsen (Payne, a miner), Rex Lease (Henchman Whitey), Jack Kirk (Bill Bradley) ------ our story begins with who has been robbing silver mines and stagecoaches putting the blame on local cowhands and ranchers ... could it be our favorite villains Roy Barcroft and Tom Chatterton ... the sheriff Chatterton who is as crooked as they come is killed and Red Ryder is the prime suspect ... Jack McClendon the son of the sheriff is determined to get Ryder for this at all costs ... Wild Bill Elliott gives the hard riding loyal fans their moneys worth in this oater ... Roy Barcoft always takes his character to another level ... great direction from veteran director Spencer Gordon Bennet.
BIOS:
1. William 'Wild Bill' Elliott (aka: Gordon Nance)
Date of birth: 16 October 1903 - Pattonsburg, Missouri
Date of death: 26 November 1965 - Las Vegas, Nevada
2. Robert Blake (aka: Michael James Vijencio Gubitosi)
Date of birth: 18 September 1933 - Nutley, New Jersey
Date of death: Still Living
3. Roy Barcroft (aka: Howard Clifford Ravenscroft)
Date of birth: 7 September 1902 - Crab Orchard, Nebraska
Date of death: 28 November 1969 - Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California
4. Spencer Gordon Bennet (Director)
Date of birth: 5 January 1893 - Brooklyn, New York, New York
Date of death: 8 October 1987 - Santa Monica, California
Second on the triple bill is "CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH" (1946) (56 min. B/W) --- Under R.G. Springsteen (Director), Sidney Picker (Associate Producer), Fred Harman (based on character), Robert Creighton Williams (Original Screenplay), William Bradford (Cinematographer), Charles Craft (Editor) ------ the cast includes Wild Bill Elliott (Red Ryder), Bobby Blake (Little Beaver), Alice Fleming (Duchess Wentworth, Red's Aunt), Peggy Stewart (Hazel Parker), Russell Simpson .(Colonel Parker), Dick Curtis (Chopin, the Whistling Killer), Joel Friedkin (Ernest Murphy), Kenne Duncan (Felton), Tom London (Sheriff Peabody), Monte Hale (Pete), Wen Wright (The Idaho Kid), Dickie Dillon (Broken Arrow), Mary Arden (Stage Passenger), Jack Kirk (Stage passenger) ------ our story has Little Beaver (Bobby Blake) giving our hero Red Ryder (Bill Elliott) a helping hand when he's captured by Sheriff Tom London ... stagecoaches are being robbed and The Duchess sends for Red to be ready for action ... our heroine is the pretty Peggy Stewart who always brings Republic Pictures quality to the forefront ... another fine character actor Dick Curtis is at the head of the badman as a fine supporting cast brings home a winner.
BIOS:
1. Peggy Stewart (aka: Peggy O'Rourke)
Date of birth: 5 June 1923 - Palm Beach, Florida
Date of death: Still Living
2. Dick Curtis (aka: Richard Dye)
Date of birth: 11 May 1902 - Newport, Kentucky
Date of death: 3 January 1952 - Hollywood, California
3. R.G. Springsteen (Director)
Date of birth: 8 September 1904 - Tacoma, Washington
Date of death: 9 December 1989 - Unknown
Final and third feature "HOMESTEADERS OF PARADISE VALLEY" (1947) (59mins/B&W) --- Under R.G. Springsteen (Director), Sidney Picker (Associate Producer), Fred Harman (comic book character), Steven Slesinger (Screenplay), Earle Snell (Screenplay), Alfred S. Keller (Cinematographer), Charles Craft (Editor) ------ the cast includes Allan Rocky Lane (Red Ryder), Bobby Blake (Little Beaver), Martha Wentworth (The Duchess), Ann E. Todd (Melinda Hill), Gene Roth (Bill Hume (as Gene Stutenroth), John James (Steve Hill), Mauritz Hugo (Rufe Hume), Emmett Vogan (Mr. Langley), Milton Kibbee (A. C. Blaine), Tom London (Rider Summoning Posse After Hume Brothers), Edythe Elliott (Mrs. Hume), George Chesebro (E. J. White), Ed Cassidy (The Sheriff of Center City (as Edward Cassidy), Jack Kirk (Ed, departing homesteader), Marshall Reed (Tim, homesteader on trail) ------ our story and hero Allan Rocky Lane fills the boots of Red Ryder in this runaway oater with action at the top of the list ... will the homesteaders fine peace in Paradise Valley or will outlaws blame Ryder for all the trouble the locals are being targarted ... is the water supply and a dam to be built the main reason for all the skullduggery ... don't miss the final showdown in this Red Ryder oater under the Republic Picture banner, proves to be one of his most exciting performances.
BIOS:
1. Allan Rocky Lane (aka: Harry Leonard Albershart)
Date of birth: 22 September 1909 - Mishawaka, Indiana
Date of death: 27 October 1973 - Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California
2. Martha Wentworth
Date of birth: 2 June 1889 - New York, New York
Date of death: 8 March 1974 - Sherman Oaks, California
If you crave action, drama and plenty of adventure check out other western double features of Red Ryder on VCI:
RED RYDER DOUBLE FEATURES:
VOL 1 San Antonio Kid & Cheyenne Wildcat
VOL 2 Stagecoach to Denver & Vigilantes of Boomtown
VOL 3 Fighting Redhead & Cowboy & the Prizefighter
VOL 4 Marshall of Cripple Creek & Oregon Trail Scouts
VOL 5 Colorado Pioneers & Wagon Wheels Westward
VOL 6 Conquest of Cheyenne & Sun Valley Cyclone
VOL 7 Great Stagecoach Robbery & Phantom of the Plains
VOL 8 Rustlers of Devil's Canyon & Santa Fe Uprising
VOL 9 Marshal of Laredo & Tucson Raiders
VOL 10 Marshal of Reno & Sheriff of Redwood Valley
VOL 11 Vigilantes of Dodge City & Sheriff of Las Vegas
VOL 12 California Gold Rush/Lone Texas Ranger/Homesteaders of Paradise Valley
Check out the latest Bobby J. Copeland book on "Bill Elliott:The Peaceable Man" is chuck full of answers to all the questions his fans had from early on...plenty of thrills, adventure and loaded with action. My personal favorites were the "Red Ryder Series" or "The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok" an ongoing character that would appear in many films to come...as Hickok and Wild Bill Saunders. Elliott was a natural for the western, his riding abilities and fight scenes were the caliber of Buck Jones, Johnny Mack Brown and Bob Steele...good reading for all you wranglers out there...I found myself being transported back in time, Mr. Copeland's book has opened my eyes to what a wonderful unselfish person Bill Elliott was...only wish I could have met him. He was one of a kind...a peaceable man!...published by Empire Publising and available on Amazon and Empire Publications Inc.
Red Ryder was a popular American fictional cowboy created by Stephen Slesinger and drawn by artist Fred Harman ... the artist had created the Western adventure comic strip Bronc Peeler in 1933, and the central character, Bronc Peeler, evolved over five years, eventually getting a name change to Red Ryder ... beginning Sunday, November 6. 1938, Red Ryder was syndicated by NEA, expanding over the following decade to 750 newspapers with a readership of 14 million ... endless parade of comic books, Big Little Books, novels, serial chapters, radio programs and products ... astride his mighty steed Thunder, Red was a tough cowpoke who lived in Painted Valley with his aunt, the Duchess, and his sidekick, Buckskin Blodgett. Little Beaver rode his horse, Papoose, when they took off to deal with the bad guys ... and VCI Home Video has released all of this on the wonderful Red Ryder B-Western Series ... gotta love it.
Total Time: 171 mins on DVD ~ VCI Home Video ~ (11/28/2006)
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