Westerns, Vol. 4

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Another great western starring Hopalong Cassidy vol 4
"Hopalong Cassidy series of the '40s at Lone Pine"
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Hopalong Cassidy, Vol. 4
Starring: William Boyd
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ASIN: B0002S64F0
Release Date: 2004-08-17

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How did they do that?????.......2007-01-30

The quality is so good that you will think you are watching brand new prints in the best theater on Main Street in the 1940s. Actually it's probably better than that. The intro says these digital re-masters were done by a company named "US Television Office, Inc.". For goodness sake, every person or studio who has old prints TAKE THEM TO "US TELEVISION OFFICE, INC." AND GET THEM RE-MASTERED. Platinum has released 8 volumes of these Hoppy feature films and I own all 8. But for some strange reason, probably only known to some "power lunch" executive, they did not number the volumes...so you will just have to tell the difference by the numbers Amazon gives them. They are worth twice or 3 times the price. There were 66 Hopalong Cassidy films made starring William Boyd, and you can own 40 of them with these 8 volumes at a slim price.

Another great western starring Hopalong Cassidy vol 4.......2005-07-12

Hoppy let's us move from the west to the tall timber country in "Riders of the Timerline". He and California Carlson help catch a band of crooks who want to cut down and destroy precious mountain ridges full of trees.

Anyone who is not only a Hoppy fan, can also enjoy the early career of Robert Mitchum. He got his start in the early Hoppy movies and appears always as one of the bad guys in these western classics.

If you like shoot outs, horseback chases through beautiful locations, heros who understand values and principles, funniest side kicks to have ever been filmed, and just plain good American West fun, then you must have this classic collection of Hopalong Cassidy movies. You can let your children watch them and be a kid with them in these clean wholesome movies.

"Hopalong Cassidy series of the '40s at Lone Pine".......2005-05-01

One of the most outstanding series of westerns began in 1935 from Paramount Pictures "Hopalong Cassidy", under the guiding hand of producer Harry "Pop" Sherman...continued well into the '40s proved to be the most successful 'B' Westerns ever made...based on Clarence E. Mulford's stories, they strived in changing Cassidy's image, which was both original and influential...the hero, played by William Lawrence Boyd, was mature and a man of his word...the plots were solid with a sudden burst of climactic action in the last reel, usually a frantic chase backed by tension building music...the Hoppy series produced by Harry "Pop" Sherman is arguably the best "B" western series ever made...its production values were miles above any other and they always had the look and feel of more expensive "A" features...Clarence E. Mulford's fictional western character "Hopalong Cassidy" came to life through the producing of Harry "Pop" Sherman and the realistic performance of William Lawrence Boyd...as Hoppy aims to do some trailing for cattle rustlers, clean up a wild town and save the under-dog...always filmed in the great outdoors of Lone Pine, California at the foothills of Mount Whitney, beautiful photography is exceptional for a "B" product.

In all, Boyd made sixty-six Hopalong Cassidy Westerns, early films included Uncle Ben and Windy Halliday, both played by veteran actor George "Gabby" Hayes...was a steady favorite as a hitch rack, chosen five years in succession as one of the 10 best money-making Western sidekick stars...like most western comics, had his share of narrow escapes being thrown from his horse, burned by blanks...but that was all in a days work...his one-liners will never be forgotten..."You're dern tootin'"..."Never trust a female, they're pure poyzin"...or my all-time favorite "Persnickgordy Women"...this crusty old-timer stole many a scene from John Wayne, Randolph Scott and yes, even William Boyd.

In this Volume Four we have five films of the following:

RIDERS OF THE TIMBERLINE (1941-B&W-59 mins)
Boyd (Hoppy), Andy Clyde (California Jack Carlson), Brad King (Johnny Nelson), Victor Jory (Baptiste Deschamp), Eleanor Stewart (Elaine Kerrigan), J. Farrell MacDonald (Jim Kerrigan), Tom Tyler (Bill Slade), Hal Taliaferro (Ed Petrie).

This time Hoppy and his Bar 20 saddle pals tangle with loggers...Ed Petrie and his gang of cutthroats are bent on stopping Kerrigan from fulfilling his contract...Bill Slade advises the Kerrigan loggers to quit...when Elaine Kerrigan arrives with a new crew...Hoppy builds an overhead line to transport the logs when the flume is destroyed...Ed Petrie is convinced he must blow up the dam to stop Hoppy and Jim Kerrigan...will Hoppy be able to get there in time to stop the explosion...is there no end to what these evil villains are capable of...this is one adventure Hoppy fans won't want to miss with riders of the timberline!

RIDERS OF THE DEADLINE (1943-B&W-70 mins)
Boyd (Hoppy), Andy Clyde (California Jack Carlson), Jimmy Rogers (Himself), Frances Woodward (Sue Mason), William Harrigan (Simon Crandall), Robert Mitchum (Nick Drago), Richard Crane (Tim Mason), Earle Hodgins (Sourdough), Hugh Prosser (Sheriff Gilcrest), Anthony Warde (Gunner Madigan), Jack Rockwell (Tex).

Hoppy's friend Tim Mason (Richard Crane) gets into trouble with gamblers and runs up a gambling debt...not being able to pay, Hoppy lets him hide out at the Bar 20 Ranch...Mason has become a Ranger, but to pay off the debt Crandall forces Mason to let his group of smugglers bring guns across the border...Mason is found out and jailed for leaving his post...Crandall has him killed to keep him quiet about the smuggling operation...Hoppy is kicked out of the Rangers for aiding Mason...but don't believe that for one minute...it's a scheme between Hoppy and Captain of theRangers so Cassidy can join the gang...Hoppy traps the outlaws and discovers Mr. Crandall the local banker is the brains...the actioin scenes are something to behold...one of the best of the series..

FALSE PARADISE (1943-B&W-70 mins)
Boyd (Hoppy), Andy Clyde (California Jack Carlson), Rand Brooks (Lucky Jenkins), Elaine Riley (Anne Larson), Joel Friedkin (Prof. Alonzo Larson), Cliff Clark (Gerald Waite), Kenneth MacDonald (Bentley), Don Haggerty (Deal Marden).

Professor Larson (Joel Friedkin) buys a worthless ranch from Bentley (Kenneth MacDonald)...banker Gerald Waite (Cliff Clark) learns from Hoppy there is silver on the ranch...after learning this Bentley tries to purchase the ranch, but it fails...Hoppy takes over the mining duties, but there is trouble ahead from Bentley and his gang...plenty of action ahead, with several good gunfights...Hoppy and the Bar 20 boys have never let you down yet with this false paradise!

UNEXPECTED GUEST (1947-B&W-59 mins)
Boyd (Hoppy), Andy Clyde (California Jack Carlson), Rand Brooks (Lucky Jenkins), Una O'Connor (Mathilda Hackett), John Parrish (David J Potter), Patricia Tate (Ruth Baxter), Earle Hodgins (Joshua Colter),

California Jack Carlson has just come into some money from an estate of his late counsin...the estate is divided among seven relatives...the attorney states the ranch is complete worthless...but this doesn't add up for Hoppy, so he does some detective work...an excellent mystery is about to unfold...can Hoppy prove the lawyer is a crook and a cheat...will California make it through another night without being threatened...stand by and watch what happens with the unexpected guest!

WIDE OPEN TOWN (1941-B&W-78 mins)
Boyd (Hoppy), Andy Clyde (California Jack Carlson), Russell Hayden (Lucky Jenkins), Evelyn Brent (Belle Lantry), Victor Jory (Steve Fraser), Morris Ankrum (Jim Stuart), Roy Barcroft (Red), Glenn Strange (Ed Stark),

Belle Langtry (Evelyn Brent) and her saloon is a front for Steve Fraser (Victory Jory) and his gang of cattle rustlers...Hoppy is made sheriff after stopping a gang from wrecking the towns newspapers printing press....Hoppy with help from the Bar 20 boys vow to clean up this town and all the outlaws it protects...Hoppy comes up with a plan to trap one of the rustlers, let him escape so he will lead them to the rest of the gang and the Bar 20 stolen cattle...Victor Jory is at his nastiest with a strong supporting cast makes this B-Western almost an A!

Hoppy's interaction with Windy Halliday (George "Gabby" Hayes) and California Carlson (Andy Clyde) was always a shot in the arm with their down-to-earth humor and sentimentality, theses scenes are pure Americana! Boyd, with his silver hair, black clothes and white horse (Topper) rode into our lives and we've never been the same since...your children and grandchildren will enjoy this clean wholesome entertainment...Hoppy always wore two silver white handle six shooters, never drank or smoked, when the good guys always won and the moral to the story was fair-play...outstanding role model...gotta love it!

William Boyd was my hero, this collection of five films are perfect, clear and give me hope for the future. Our youth should have such a hero to look up to today. Must mention the fact that I still miss one of my all-time-favorite sidekicks though, George "Gabby" Hayes, you're durn tootin'!

Paramount and Clarence E. Mulford's fictional western character Hopalong Cassidy comes to life through William Boyd as Hoppy and Andy Clyde as California with films from the '40s...horse operas directed by Lesley Selander and George Archainbaud...some of the best hard riding and smokin' gunplay that ever came across the big screen from the Bar 20 boys...just the way we like 'em.

Total Time: 385 mins (5 films) DVD ~ Platinum Disc Corp 20759 ~ (7/27/2004)

Best Value for Money in DVD.......2004-10-16

Marvelous! Five,yes 5, Hopalong Cassidy B Westerns for less than half the price that one could reasonably expect to pay for one. Image Entertainment's 'Hopalong Cassidy - The Early Years' are priced at around $22.00 for just two movies. So, these get five stars for value, five stars for quality (all movies are digitally remastered) and an average three and a half stars for production values of the movies themselves. (I rate most B Westerns between One and a half and three and a half stars as all are low to medium budget; at best) These are the later years, 1940 plus, and have stars like Robert Mitchum in the early stages of his career.
I've not a lot to say about the movies themselves with the exception of 'Wide Open Town' (1941) because you know what to expect with regards to this type of film and none of these will disappoint. 'Wide Open Town' is a remake of 'Hopalong Cassidy Returns' (1936) and has some interesting observations which I shall share.
1) Evelyn Brent the saloon owner and boss of the villians, she plays the same role in both, even some of the dialog is word for word identical; which means the producers must have reworked and borrowed heavily from the same script.
2) In 'Hopalong Cassidy Returns' Morris Ankrum (aka Stephen Morris) plays Evelyn Brent's henchman 'Blackie' and he foully murders the local crippled newspaper editor. In 'Wide Open Town' Morris Ankrum plays the part of the newspaper editor and is on the side of "Hoppy". Comedy relief is ably carried out by Andy Clyde as California instead of George 'Gabby' Hayes 'Windy Holiday'.
In spite of the above, these two movies are not entirely the same and the remake has some different twists in the story. The ending is a little happier!
I've purchased all of the first four volumns and have received two to date, Vols 1 & 4. I expect delivery of vols 2 & 3 any day now. I have also ordered, from Amazon, vols 5 to 8; 40 movies for $82.00 including postage and packing to Australia; unbelievable!!!
I would like to point out that these aren't Region 1 encoded as stated by Amazon. They are ALL REGIONS and can be played anywhere in the world. No matter where you live you can purchase these with confidence.

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Lonesome Dove: The Series, Vol. 4
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The fabulous predecessor to Doctor Quinn Mediicine Woman
Bordertown
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Great Old Favorite.......2007-01-10

We watched these old shows when our older kids were young and were thrilled to find them on DVD for our younger guys. Decent Family viewing, not too graphic or sensual

The fabulous predecessor to Doctor Quinn Mediicine Woman.......2006-12-20

Long before DQMW there was Bordertown, a half hour weekly western drama on the Family Channel. It ran for three seasons from 1989-1991, and was the Family Channel's highest rated original show. It was cancelled not due to ratings, but due to high production costs. 78 episodes were filmed. For some reason, this wonderful family drama has not been released on DVD in seasoned boxed sets. We only get 2 episodes from Season 1 and all of Season 3 (26 episodes.)

There is a difference between the boxed set and the four single volumes that were released. The boxed set has been digitally remastered. If you do not care about remastering, get the four individual volumes.

BORDERTOWN SUMMARY

Pemmican was a town in the western plains of North America near the 49th parallel (49° north latitude). It took until 1880 until the border was surveyed in the area of Pemmican, at which time it was found that the town straddled the border. In fact, the border goes through the local law enforcement office. In order to have proper and legal law enforcement, both Clive Bennett (John H. Brennan) and Jack Craddock (Richard Comar) have been stationed in the town. Clive is a colonel in the North West Mounted Police, and was formerly stationed in Toronto. Jack is a U.S. Marshal and a former Texas Ranger.

Each of these law officers is courting the fancy of Marie Dumont (Sophie Barjac). Marie and her husband (Jacque), both from Paris, lived in Bordertown until he died leaving Marie a widow. Marie is also the town's doctor and proprietor of the local general store. Marie has adopted Lucy, a girl whose parents have died.

EPISODE SUMMARIES:

VOLUME 1: This disc has two episodes from Season 1:

Season 1, Episode 2: The Runners - A quiet day in Bordertown is disrupted by the arrival of driverless Mounties wagon. Bennett finds arrows and bloodstains, but no treaty money or payroll, so he sets off to see what happened to the driver and the Mountie escort.

Season 1, Episode 3: Medicine Woman - Howling Dog a young Blackfoot accidentally causes a fire in Marie's store when he tries to steal food. When the Canadian Indian Agent is murdered, Marie suspects he has been selling Indian rations to the townspeople for profit.

Volume 2: Season 3 Episodes from the beginning

Season 3, Episode 53: Second Chance - Clives' former flame stops by to visit her husband's grave and restarts her relationship with the Mountie. Jack and Clive arrest moonshiners. (Part 1 of 2)

Season 3, Episode 54: Vengeance is Mine - Clive and Anna plan to marry. On their wedding day the moonshiner takes his revenge on Clive. (Part 2 of 2)

Season 3, Episode 59: Blood - Jack and Clive hire Couteau to track an outlaw who robbed a bank in Helena, but they are unaware that the outlaw is Couteau's brother, John.

Season 3, Episode 55: Nebraska Lightning - When Bat Masterson kills a member of an outlaw gang and uses Jack Craddock's name to collect the reward, the rest of the gang comes to Bordertown seeking revenge.

Season 3, Episode 57: Sons of Thunder - Jack is assigned to escort a criminal escape artist to the Canadian authorities. Trouble is thugs want the man for American crimes he committed.

Season 3, Episode 56: Let There be Light - A friend of Marie's from France brings bicycles for her to sell in the store. Electricity and power lines come to Bordertown.

Season 3, Episode 61: Sight Unseen - When Clive goes after outlaws who wounded Jack, his pistol misfires and he is blinded. He has to count on the help of a woman he ran out of Bordertown years ago.

Season 3, Episode 62: The Preacher - Jack and Clive come across an Indian village where everyone has mysteriously perished, but a priest is there ministering to the dead.

Season 3, Episode 63: Honour Thy Father - A farmer and his son accuse Couteau of murdering a man who had wronged the Métis Indians - even though the son was not a witness to the crime.

VOLUME 3: Season 3 Episodes Continue

Season 3, Episode 60: Sweet Revenge - Jack shoots a stagecoach robber who later dies. His children seek revenge on Jack since their father was only trying to provide for them and save their land.

Season 3, Episode 58: Wild Horses - Jack buys a horse for Willie from a horse trader, but two other men come to town claiming the herd belongs to them.

Season 3, Episode 64: In Cold Blood - Don Carlos comes to town to oversee the bounty hunter he hired to get rid of Jack.

Season 3, Episode 65: A Question of Negligence - Marie's competence as a doctor is questioned when a patient dies of minor injuries.

Season 3, Episode 66: Conduct Becoming - An educated Cree Indian produces documents claiming that Bordertown belongs to the Cree nation.

Season 3, Episode 67: The Bostonian - When a friend dies under suspicious circumstances, Jack summons the man's nephew to prevent the sale of the property to a rancher who is eager to acquire the land.

Season 3, Episode 68: Field of Honour -Louis Gilbert is challenged to a duel by a French peddler who recognizes him from an incident that occurred in France years earlier.

Season 3, Episode 69: The New Recruit - A young Mountie who is traveling with Clive and the payroll is really part of a gang waiting to ambush him.

Season 3, Episode 70: Marshal Law - Willie and Lucy stumble over a dead body, and Jack and Clive track down a US Marshal who has illegally entered Canada while chasing an escaped criminal.

VOLUME 4: Season 3 Episodes and the Season/Show Finale

Season 3, Episode 72: The Road Chosen - Marie and Lucy are held prisoners in their home by the very gang of outlaws that Clive and Jack are chasing.

Season 3, Episode 74: Demon Rum - A young cowboy becomes ill after drinking whiskey from the saloon. While the Bordertown women revolt, Marie discovers the real reason for the illness and is kidnapped.

Season 3, Episode 73: :Hired Hand - Ben Vereen guest stars as a rancher threatened when he refuses to sell his property for a fraction of what it is worth.

Season 3, Episode 75: Tall in the Saddle - Willie's father returns to take him to Paris, and a distressed Jack goes with the part way on the trail. Willie finds a grave marker in the cemetery with Jack's name on it. Jack dismisses it as a prank but later finds out the true meaning of the marker.

Season 3, Episode 71: Roaring Days - After serving jail time, Clive's old friend Archie comes to Bordertown pressing Clive for a job, feeling that he owes him due to their past together.

Season 3, Episode 76: A Small Kindness - Wendell tells Sally he must foreclose if she cannot pay her three late mortgage payments. While Wendell tries to find a solution, another buyer wants the structure to turn into a saloon with dancing girls.

Season 3, Episode 77: Frontier Passage - Marie's in-laws come to visit and she is forced to stay overnight at a stage stop during a storm. During the night one of the traveler's is murdered with Charles Dumant's knife in his chest.

Season 3, Episode 78: Under Western Skies - Season and Show Finale. Jack, Marie and Clive are returning from a party when Jack is wounded by a criminal he arrested when he was a Texas Ranger. Clive is wounded when he attempts to escape the cabin for help. It is up to the residents of Bordertown to deliver the ransom to the outlaws and save the trio.

Bordertown.......2005-08-16

I never recieved this item even though I ordered it and payed for it.

Alert!!! You want quality for nothing. This is it!.......2005-04-04

There was a time that I thought this was lost forever. Now it is
available for a few dollars. Thanks to the people who made this
DVD set available to the public for such a low price!!!

What is on this DVD?.......2005-02-23

Here is what is on it:

8 episodes from season 3:
The Road Chosen - Marie and Lucy are held prisoner in their home.
Demon Rum - Someone is sick from bad whiskey and Marie and Jack need to find out who.
Hired Hand - Ben Vereen co-stars as an old friend of Jack's working for the Radway ranch.
Tall in the Saddle - Willie's Dad returns for him.
Roaring Days - Bennett's past catches up with him when an old friend comes to Bordertown.
A Small Kindness - Sally is in danger of losing her home.
Frontier Passage - Maries in-laws come to visit.
Under Western Skies - Last episode. Craddock is wounded and Bennett must go for help.

With this DVD and Volume 2 and 3, you have all of season 3, 26 episodes.

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Limited Range.......2007-05-12

Not bad series for kids. Jock Mahoney is athletic but riding and jumping carry an actor only so far. Every episode seems to be a variation on a single plot.

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"Red Ryder B-Western Series ... Allan Lane as Red Ryder ... VCI Home Video"

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Red Ryder Double Feature, Vol. 3
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Release Date: 2004-02-24

Description

The Red Ryder movies were based on the character created by Fred Harman for his newspaper comic strip, which ran from 1938 to 1964. Legend has it that Red Ryder and his faithful sidekick Little Beaver, would go wherever needed, to defend the innocent, bring crooks to justice and restore the peace. This double feature includes Marshal of Cripple Creek (1947) -- the last film to star Lane in the title role -- in which he rids a gold mining town of the outlaws who have been operating right under the nose of the sheriff. The second film, Oregon Trail Scouts (1947), recounts how Red was teamed up with his young sidekick, Little Beaver. Bonus Features: Actor Bios| Previews| Scene Selection| Bonus: "Gun Trouble Valley" the pilot episode of the Red Ryder TV Series Specs: DVD9; Dolby Digital Mono; 118 minutes; B&W; 1.33:1 Aspect Ratio; MPAA - NR; Year - 1947; SRP - $19.99.

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"Red Ryder B-Western Series ... Allan Lane as Red Ryder ... VCI Home Video" .......2004-09-11

VCI presents another of its popular Red Ryder series starring Allan "Rocky" Lane as Ryder and Bobby Blake as Little Beaver ~ on this double bill both films were personally handled by legendary B-western director R.G. Springsteen ~ Earle Snell was the screenwriter and produced and released by Republic/Sidney Picker Productions ~ with the regular stock company coming to the rescue.

First up is "The Marshal of Cripple Creek" (1947-B&W-58 mins), featuring an all-star cast Martha Wentworth as the Duchess, Tom London, Trevor Bardette, Gene Roth, William Self, Helen Wallace and last but not least Mr. Roy Barcroft (King of the Badmen) who always has an ace up his sleeve ~ this last and seventh film of Allan Lane has everything that a buckaroo could ask for...bankrobbers in a gold-mining town and a chance for Red Ryder to show the right path for a former outlaw to follow.

Let's look at the second outing "Oregon Trail Scouts" (1947-B&W-58 mins), real touching storyline, when Little Beaver met up with Red Ryder and became long-lasting friends and sidekicks...riding the range in adventure after adventure ~ another Republic cast with Ed Cassidy, Emmett Lynn, Edmund Cobb, Earl Hodgins, Jack Kirk and our favorite bad guy Roy Barcroft being hit over the head with a frying pan by Martha Wentworth (the Duchess)...this was the fifth of the seven Red Ryder westerns...this fast paced horse-opera finished with high marks on the entire Ryder Series.

RED RYDER SERIES:
1. Marshal of Reno (1944)
2. The San Antonio Kid (1944)
3. Vigilantes of Dodge City (1944)
4. Sheriff of Las Vegas (1944)
5. Great Stagecoach Robbery (1945)
6. The Lone Texas Ranger (1945)
7. Marshal of Laredo (1945)
8. Sheriff of Redwood Valley (1946)
9. Sun Valley Cyclone (1946)
10.Stagecoach to Denver (1946)
11.Vigilantes of Boomtown (1947)
12.Homesteaders of Paradise Valley (1947)
13.Rustlers of Devil's Canyon (1947)
14.Marshal of Cripple Creek (1947)
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16.Roll, Thunder, Roll! (1949)
17.The Fighting Redhead (1949)
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Altogether Fred Harman's Red Ryder appeared in 22 full-length films and one serial "The Adventures of Red Ryder", starring Don "Red" Barry in the title role ~ artist Harman (2/09/1902 - 01/02/1982) was born in St. Joseph, Missouri and made his way illustrating for various publications...his most popular and enduring character was Red Ryder, was later published by Dell in comic book form...I know because I collected each and everyone when I was a youngster...there plenty of action and hard riding...well, you're durn tootin', a line that was used by one of my favorite sidedkicks, George "Gabby" Hayes --- Western Classics, all my heroes have been cowboys!

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The Great American Western, Vol. 4: The Man From Utah/Hell Town/The Desert Trail/Angel and the Badman

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