Frontier Scout

Starring:George Houston, Al St. John, Beth Marion, Dave O'Brien, Alden 'Stephen' Chase, Jack C. Smith, Jack Ingram, Dorothy Fay, Slim Whitaker, Kenne Duncan, Carl Mathews, Kit Guard, Bob Woodward (II), Walter Byron, Budd Buster, Frank LaRue, Minerva Urecal, Mantan Moreland, Joseph W. Girard, Roger Williams
Director: Sam Newfield
Studio: Alpha Video
Product Type: DVD

Description

In this surreal, satirical comedy, Italian director Marco Ferreri presents his take on the classic American Western, sympathizing with the Indians instead of the cowboys. This time, the Battle of Little Big Horn, the scene of General Custer's humiliating defeat by the Indians, rages at the demolished site of a formerly thriving marketplace in Paris. Starring Marcello Mastroianni as General Custer and Catherine Deneuve as his ravishing frontier gal.

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Subtle, pointed humor.......2000-12-13

I bought the DVD on Philrob's recommendation. I agree those who enjoy the Marx Brothers should look at this film, but I think it's more for the fan who looks beyond the surface humor of the Marx Brothers. The humor is subtle, sometimes too subtle for its own good, but it's on the mark. The production values are spartan at best, but overlook the deficiencies; this film has a lot to say. Cozy up to it with a cup of hot coffee and a discerning eye and enjoy.

You should appreciate this movie..........2000-06-19

...a little bit more, if you knew the small facts around it: Marco Ferreri just finished shooting "La Grande Bouffe" (As well, the 4 main actors are the same as in "La Grande Bouffe") when the works for the Paris' subway RER produced a big hole in the middle of the city (Les Halles). When he saw that hole, he thought it was the most perfect stage he could get for shooting his next movie. But since he could not put the subway works on a full stop, he had to make it in a hurry, hence some shortcomings in the final output. When you'll see this one, just keep in mind that most of the scenes in this movie were almost improvised on the spur of the moment. Those who like the Marx Bros should enjoy this one.

A Satirical Take on War, History, and Culture.......1999-04-24

I was entranced by this film. Artfully taking the events of Little Big Horn and translating them into '70's (then contemporary) Paris, "Don't Touch the White Woman" manages to at once entertain, delight, and provoke. The final scene remains one of the most scatching indictments of Imperialism yet to be recorded on film. To cap it all of, Marcello Mastroianni dazzles alongside Catherine Deneuve.

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Gary Cooper saves his Wagon "Caravan" from Indian attack
Low-rent version of "The Big Trail"...

Fighting Caravans
Starring: Gary Cooper , Lili Damita , Ernest Torrence , Tully Marshall , and Fred Kohler
Director: Otto Brower , and David Burton
Manufacturer: Lions Gate
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ASIN: B000A6T24O
Release Date: 2005-09-06

Description

Gary Cooper stars in this action packed Zane Grey classic! Welcome to the Civil War where fighting caravans of freight wagons struggle to make their way west, fighting enemies at every turn. A young frontier scout helps guide a freight wagon train across the country, fighting off Indians and evil traders. Meanwhile, his two crusty companions try and save him from falling in love with the hot-tempered French maiden Lili Damita who is determined to make her way West alone.

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Gary Cooper saves his Wagon "Caravan" from Indian attack.......2001-08-02

Although this was Gary Cooper's next film after "Morocco" and despite its title, "Fighting Caravans" is not another film about the French Foreign Legion, but rather a Western. Cooper plays Clint Belmet, who is arrested for disturbing the peace right before he was to leave Missouri to be the guide for a caravan of wagons heading west. His partners, Bill Jackson (Ernest Torrence) and Jim Bridger (Tully Marshall), talk Felice (Lily Damita), an orphaned French girl who wagon has just joined the caravan, to pretend to be Clint's wife to get him out of jail. Once free, Clint is more than willing to play the bridegroom, but apologizes where it is clear Felice is angry. The two become friends worrying Bill and Jim that Clint is going to want to marry and settle down. Meanwhile, another member of the caravan, Lee Murdock (Fred Kohler), plays to betray them to the Indians who attack in the final real. This 1931 film, based on the 1929 novel by Zane Grey, was directed by Otto Brown and David Burton. Cooper's performance is okay, although the script does not require him to do much along the way except look handsome. "Fighting Caravans" was such a big production that the two directors shot enough footage that the extra was used as background for the 1934 film "Wagon Wheels" starring Randolph Scott. Finally, to make things really interesting, this film, which is an above-average Western from the early days of talking pictures, has been shown on television as "Blazing Arrows."

Low-rent version of "The Big Trail"..........2001-06-11

A semi-clone of "The Big Trail", Cooper takes over the spot DUKE played, as a frontiersman/guide for a wagon train.

While "Fighting Caravans" is not as expansive as "The Big Trail", and while the young Gary Cooper is no young John Wayne, this early western is pretty entertaining.

In the story, Cooper helps the wagon train fend off Indians and evil traders, while his two crusty companions try and save him from falling in love.

There's plenty of action, and there's even a hint of pre-code Hollywood, as Cooper's character practically attempts to blackmail his new sweetheart into fooling around with him.

Laserlight/Delta found a pretty fair print, but there are several missing frames. The image will occasionally "black out", but while annoying, does not interfere with viewing. Originally 92 minutes, this print seems to be more or less intact, missing perhaps two or three minutes.

The story moves along well, and the opening credits alone are pretty snazzy for 1931.

The film has much to recommend it, and while "The Big Trail" is superior, this early Cooper vehicle is worth adding to your western DVD collection. Especially for the low price the disc is being offered at, you should definitely pick this one up.

Description

Tex Houston (Johnny Mack Brown), famous Indian scout, finds a Pony Express Rider dead on the trail, killed by renegade Indians. He decides to take the rider's mailbag into town, where he meets Mary Grant and her father, terrorized by ruthless Bart Eaton, who is intent on wedding Mary and stealing her brother's gold mine. It's up to Tex to ward off renegade Indians and rival outlaw gangs in order to save Mary and her brother's gold.

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"The King of Serials & B-Westerns...VCI Entertainment ~ Flaming Frontiers (1938)".......2006-01-14

VCI Entertainment and Universal Pictures present..."Flaming Frontiers" (1938) (Dolby digitally remastered), a 15 Chapter cliffhanger from an action packed Universal western serial era featuring an outstanding cast with Ray Taylor and Alan James at the helm...."Flaming Frontiers" was one of four serials that Johnny Mack Brown made for Universal Pictures in the 30's he moved back to full feature films and B-Westerns...story line opens with John Archer who has discovered GOLD!!....but James Blaine (villain) with henchman galore Charles Stevens, Roy Barcroft, Charles King along with Charles Middleton (the meanest villain of them all) are after his claim...Archer is framed for a murder he didn't commit and is sister Eleanor Hansen is out to clear him, with the help of our young indian scout Johnny Mack Brown...can our hero find the real culprits and save the day...lots of indian raids, hard riding and excitement over 15 Chapters of adventure....don't leave the theater until the final chapter is over and done with "A Duel to Death"....just remember double thrills, chills, mystery and suspense...hitting the bull's eye with excitement...don't miss a single spine thrilling episode..return next week to this local theater for another episode of action and adventure that will keep you thrilled until the next chapter.

Under director's Ray Taylor and Alan James, associate producer Henry MacRae, from the story "The Tie That Binds" by Peter B. Kyne, screenplay by George Plympton, Basil Dickey, Wyndham Gittens, Paul Perz and Ella O'Neill (dialogue director) , musical director Charles Previn ...stunts by Cliff Lyons, Tom Steele and Bob Woodard.....the cast includes Johnny Mack Brown (Tex Houston), Eleanor Hansen (Mary Grant), John Archer (Tom Grant), William Royle (Crosby), Charles Middleton (Ace Daggett), Charles Stevens (Breed), Chief Thundercloud (Thunder Cloud), Roy Barcroft (Ben Hollister/henchman), Charles King (Blackie/henchman), James Blaine (Bart Eaton), Jack Rutherford (Bill Cody/Buffalo Bill), Eddy Waller (Andy Grant), Ed Cassidy (Joe/henchman), Karl Hackett (Jake), Horace Murphy (Sheriff), Al Bridge (John Merkle), Richard Alexander (bartender), Frank LaRue (Judge)........special footnote, there are several character actors who have made their mark in B-Westerns and Serials...first is Roy Barcroft who was normally cast as a villain...Barcroft's unmistakable smooth voice and his swager made him the perfect heavy in many a Rex Allen, Gene Autry, Johnny Mack Brown, Sunset Carson, Hopalong Cassidy, Eddie Dean, Wild Bill Elliott (Red Ryder), Rocky Lane, Dale Evans and Roy Rogers..........second was actor Charles King, who they called "Blackie" in just about every B-Western...King worked in silent films, then when sound came in his career took off, King was one of the most popular villains riding the outlaw trail against such good guys as Buster Crabbe, Buck Jones, Ken Maynard, Tim McCoy and little Bob Steele...King had Bob Steele had knockdown dragout fist fights that became legend, you couldn't wait for that scene in the film to arrive, you were never disappointed.....great to see one of my favorite villains of all time Charles Middleton (Ming the Merciless from the "Flash Gordon" serials), who appeared in hundreds of B-Westerns and Serials, Middleton was as evil as they came....check out Charles Stevens as the Breed, Stevens was the grandson of legendary Apache Chief Geronimo, Stevens first appeared in "Birth of a Nation" (1915), played various roles in some 200 feature films and serials, did guest shots on 40 TV shows, wonderful character actor from the silent era through the '50s in dramas and westerns..........meanwhile back to our Universal Serial which is always good till the last drop and this serial is no exception...there is a great deal of entertainment here for the cliffhanger fans out there...all courtesy of VCI Entertainment, who in my humble opinion is the best there is in restoring early serials and features.

Bobby J. Copeland's book on "Johnny Mack Brown: Up Close & Personal" is chuck full of answers to all the questions his fans had from early on...when you went to see him on the big screen, you got exactly what the marquee said...plenty of thrills, adventure and loaded with action...Johnny Mack was a natural for the western, his riding abilities and fight scenes were of the the same caliber as Buck Jones and Bob Steele...Johnny Mack sets the saddle better than Duke Wayne...seems Johnny got better with the more films he made and the scripts were always top notch...he was one of the best-liked people in films, what you saw on the screen is what he really was, a great human being...pick up your copy from Amazon or Empire Publishing both have this in stock.

BIOS:
1. Johnny Mack Brown
Birth Date: 9/01/1904 - Dothan, Alabama
Died: 11/14/1974 - Woodland Hills, California, USA. (cardiac condition)

CHAPTER TITLES:
1. The River Runs Red
2. Death Rides the Wind
3. Treachery At Eagle Pass
4. A Night of Teror
5. Blood and Gold
6. Trapped by Fire
7. A Human Target
8. The Savage Horde
9. Toll of the Torrent
10.In the Claws of the Cougar
11.The Half Breed's Revenge
12.The Indians Are Coming
13.The Fatal Plunge
14.Dynamite
15.A Duel to Death

If you're into vintage serials as I am, why not pick up a copy of the following titles from VCI Home Video:
VCI CLIFFHANGER TRAILERS:
1. Adventures of Red Ryder (Don "Red" Barry)
2. Adventures of the Flying Cadets (Bobby Jordan)
3. Buck Rogers (Buster Crabbe)
4. Captain Midnight (Dave O'Brien)
5. Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere (Judd Holdren & I. Stanford Jolley)
6. Dick Tracy's G-Men (Ralph Byrd)
7. Don Winslow of the Navy (Don Terry)
8. Don Winslow of the Coast Guard (Don Terry)
9. Drums of Fu Manchu (Henry Brandon)
10.Fighting Kit Carson (Johnny Mack Brown)
11.Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (Buster Crabbe)
12.The Green Archer (Victory Jory)
13.Jungle Girl (Frances Gifford)
14.Jungle Jim (Grant Withers & Raymond Hatton)
15.Lost City of the Jungle (Russell Hayden & Keye Luke)
16.Mandrake the Magician (Warren Hull & Dick Curtis)
17.Miracle Rider (Tom Mix & Tony Jr)
18.The Painted Stallion (Ray "Crash" Corrigan)
19.The Phantom (Tom Tyler)
20.The Return of Chandu (Bela Lugosi)
21.Riders of Death Valley (Dick Foran, Leo Carrillo & Buck Jones)
22.Secret Agent X-9 (1937) (Scott Kolk & Henry Brandon)
23.Secret Agent X-9 (1945) (Lloyd Bridges & Keye Luke)
24.Sky Raiders (Donald Woods & Billy Halop)
25.Undersea Kingdom (Ray "Crash" Corrigan)
26.Winners of the West (Dick Foran, Harry Woods, Roy Barcroft & Charles Stevens)
27.Zane Greys "King of the Royal Mounted" (Allan "Rocky" Lane)
28.Zorro's Cliffhanger Collection (Reed Hadley, John Carroll & Linda Stirling)

Great job by VCI Entertainment for releasing "Flaming Frontiers" (1938), the digital transfere with a clean, clear and crisp print...looking forward to more high quality releases from the vintage serial era of the '30s, '40s & '50s...order your copy now from Amazon or VCI Entertainment where there are plenty of copies available on DVD and VHS, stay tuned once again for top notch action mixed with deadly adventure from the "King of Serials" VCI...just the way we like 'em

Total Time: 305 mins on 2 DVD ~ VCI Entertainment 8442 ~ (1/17/2006)

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Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer
Starring: Bruce Bennett; Lon Chaney; Faron Young; Kem Dibbs
Director: Albert C. Gannaway; Ismael Rodriguez
Manufacturer: Reel Enterprises
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The story of the 18th century legendary frontier scout, Daniel Boone, as he conquers the savage frontier. He guides a party of settlers from North Carolina to Kentucky and faces Indians, food shortages, and bad weather along the way. The climax finds Boone and company defending their fort from a Shawnee Indian attack.

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A great DVD for those who want to reclaim their childhood!!

The Last of the Mohicans
Starring: John Doucette , John Stephenson , Paul Hecht , Kristina Holland , and Casey Kasem
Manufacturer: Koch Vision
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ASIN: B000CSUNOS
Release Date: 2006-03-07

Description

James Fenimore Cooper's exciting tale of the English Indian scout Hawkeye and his Mohican friends during the French and Indian War is an enduring classic.

It is 1757, English Indian scout Hawkeye and his Mohican friends meet up with a British officer escorting two sisters to their father, a commander of a frontier fort. Along the way, they face trouble when an enemy Indian tribe, the Hurons, capture the group of travelers. Attempts at rescue turn into battle when another tribe joins the Mohicans to save themselves from death at the hands of the renegades.

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A great DVD for those who want to reclaim their childhood!!.......2006-02-11

Finally after all these years one of my favorite cartoons from childhood goes digital!! Overall this is a really neat cartoon. I think it is one of the more realistic cartoon portrayals of Last of the Mohicans out there, but of course along with all the other cartoons that have been made there are a lot of differences to make it appropriate for children. I also like the animation that was used in the picture, because it is the typical 1970's Hanna Barabara animation of that era that we love so much.

The show starts off with Major Heyward who is escorting Cora and Alice Munro to their father in Fort William Henry. Along the way they meet Magua who claims to be a scout for the British. But instead of leading them to the fort he is actually leading them deeper into the forest away from the fort into a trap. They eventually meet up with Uncas, his father Chingachgook and a frontiersman named Hawkeye. Hawkeye recognizes Magua and says the coolest thing: "Magua!! I told you that if I ever saw your ugly face again...!" Magua glares at Hawkeye and runs into the forest as Uncas runs after renegade indian to see where his men are hiding. That night Chingachgook watches over Heyward and the women while Uncas and Hawkeye look for a safe way out of the forest. Chingachgook gives Alice a blue turtle necklace that was given to him when he was a young brave to comfort her and it ultimately saves her in the end. He will also later give his life to save the life of his son Uncas who was "the last of the Mohicans." In the end they make it to Fort Ticonderoga where Colonel Munro reunites with his daughters having never got his heart torn out and eaten by Magua. (remember this is a children's show)

This show has a lot of characterization in it as we learn that Cora and Major Heyward have a thing for eachother, Alice is poor mannered and has an annoying dog named Pip that gets them into trouble all the time and that Hawkeye's real name is "Natty Bumppo" (Nathaniel Poe in the 1992 movie) which Alice mistakes for the name of a mosquito bite. There are some cool actors in this including the voice talents of Casey Kasem as Uncas and Joan Van Ark as Cora. As far as I know there no special features on it, but no matter what I cant wait to get this! Koch Vision didn't do the best job remastering this cartoon, but at least they didn't do as bad of a job on it as they did The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. I'm ecstatic about this considering that the VHS I have was taped by my dad over 20 years ago when I was a kid and now it is totally shot. All they have to do now is release Hanna Barbara's "Davy Crockett on the Mississippi" on dvd and I'll be a happy camper!! :-)

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Fighting Caravans
Starring: Gary Cooper; Lili Damita; Ernest Torrence; Fred Kohler; Tully Marshall
Director: Otto Brower
Manufacturer: Reel Enterprises
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ASIN: B000KIX8VA
Release Date: 2006-11-13

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Gary Cooper and two scouts who raised him lead a wagon train across the plains headed by a pretty French woman who he falls in love with. They must fight Plains Indians incited by an evil white man. Good Zane Grey western. Full of intrigue, action and romance.

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Frontier Scout
Starring: George Houston , Al St. John , Beth Marion , Dave O'Brien , and Alden 'Stephen' Chase
Director: Sam Newfield
Manufacturer: Alpha Video
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ASIN: B0006SSTEA
Release Date: 2005-01-25

Description

Wild Bill Hickok, Union Army hero and personal scout for General Ulysses Grant, is now working as a U.S. Deputy Marshal. Hickok's latest investigation takes him to the small town of Milton, New Mexico to see why large shipments of cattle purchased by his army buddy, Steve Norris, have been mysteriously disappearing during cattle drives.Wild Bill picks up the trail of the missing herds with help from his old friend "Whiney" Roberts and discovers a canyon where the cattle are hidden. Under the cover of night, he tracks down the deadly gang of rustlers, who are led by the ruthless "One Shot" Folsom. Hickok and Roberts must now rely on their frontier bravado and their skill with a revolver to bring the merciless band of thieves to justice.

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