Paradise Canyon

Starring:Marion Burns, Gordon Clifford, Gino Corrado, Earl Dwire, Herman Hack, Earl Hodgins, Reed Howes, Perry Murdock, Tex Palmer, Yakima Canutt, John Wayne
Director: Carl Pierson
Studio: Genius Entertainment
Product Type: DVD

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John Wayne Triple Feature: Paradise Canyon/Randy Rides Alone/Winds Ofthe Wasteland
Starring: John Wayne
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Release Date: 2006-06-27

John Wayne: Rainbow Valley/His Private Secretary/Paradise Canyon/Shadow Of The Eagle

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Standard Wayne Output
Includes The Entire "Shadow Of The Eagle" serial

John Wayne: Rainbow Valley/His Private Secretary/Paradise Canyon/Shadow Of The Eagle
Starring: John Wayne
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Legend of the Lost (1957)

ASIN: B0001I2C4I
Release Date: 2004-02-24

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Standard Wayne Output.......2006-12-25

I'm a big fan of John Wayne and have now seen roughly 115 of his roughly 152 movies thanks to the additional four that I saw in this collection. It's no secret that John Wayne became a greater actor beginning with his role in "Stagecoach". His second time around with John Ford turned him from a Saturday afternoon B movie star to an actor worthy of the feature film. Wayne wasn't bad in the sort of roles that this collection featured. Indeed, he was the able rival of the likes of Hopalong Cassidy and Gene Autry (without the singing). He might have retired into a status of a hero to pre-teen boys of a former generation.

Watching these movies is a reminder of that screen persona he had before stardom. It's actually a pretty good collection with a couple of Westerns, a non-Westrern romance, and the complete serial of "Shadow of the Eagle". It was "Shadow of the Eagle" that impressed me the most although not necessarily in a positive light. I had previously seen the first 4 of 14 chapters of Wayne's "The Three Musketeers". In the DVD I watched, each episode was introduced the way the audience would have seen it at the time; the introduction with the cast and characters, a recap of the story to date, and completing the episode with a cliffhanging situation. In the presentation of "Shadow of the Eagle" everything was run together as though it were an uninterrupted movie. Too bad, because, although I could generally tell where each segment might have ended, I was able to see the resolution to the crisis immediately appear on the screen. It made for one LONG movie. In the abbreviated version of "The Three Musketeers" I grew tired of the repeated intros. In "Shadow of the Eagle" I became confused by everything happening so fast. I couldn't tell who were the good guys and the bad guys (partly because that's what the writer wanted, partly because they all looked and acted alike). I wondered how many times our hero could have been knocked cold and still get out of bed and chase the bad guys. I'm glad I had the opportunity to understand this and, hopefully, come to appreciate that these hastily-made productions were meant to be seen one at a time and only on a weekly basis. All in all, though, I'd still probably rate it as better than "Rio Lobo".

Includes The Entire "Shadow Of The Eagle" serial.......2005-11-17

This DVD is simply called JOHN WAYNE. It may be purchased on it's own, or in a 2 pack with the Great American Western Vol 24(5 Wayne Westerns from the 30's).That pack is under the title "John Wayne/Great American Westerns Vo". If you copy and paste or enter that title in the DVD search you will find it.It is part of the Platinum Disc series, although the studio listed in the buying info here is Echo Bridge Home Ent.(I'm not sure if they are one in the same, but this is a Platinum disc, and I entered the code # from the back of the package to get here.)
This DVD contains 4 films starring a very young John Wayne. Two are Western/Mystery, One is a Romantic/Comedy, and last and worth the price of admission all by itself, the entire mystery/suspense serial from 1932 "Shadow of the Eagle", which runs over 3 hours by itself.

These films are all from the early thirties. They are so old that even Gabby Hayes looks young(well young for Gabby, anyway). He's a great sidekick to Wayne in "Rainbow Valley" from 1935 The Duke plays a secret agent assigned by the government to break up a gang of bad guys, who will stop at nothing to get what they want...gold mines!

The other Western, "Paradise Canyon"(1935) is another mystery. Once again Our guy is a covert agent trying to track down a band of con men. A traveling medicine show may lead him to the prime suspects.Lots of great action scenes, suspense and stunts.

"His Private Secretary"(1933), has Wayne as the rich playboy who thinks of nothing but girls, girls girls!. His Father though decides to put him to work. It is then he meets the girl of his dreams(really, this time) and must prove himself worthy of her. Lots of fun! A very different look at The Duke! Evelyn Knapp co-stars and gets top billing over Wayne.

These three films all show there age, with sratches and dirt, but for the John Wayne fan, a real treat(and who can beat this price?).Early signs of what was about to become a legend are witnessed in these films. And watch out for that famous punch of his! They all run an hour or less.

Next up is something really special for fans. "The Shadow of the Eagle", runs complete, with no breaks between the chapters of this 12 part serial. For 3 hours, Craig McCoy(Wayne), a stunt pilot, will try to solve the mystery of who is The Eagle. Whos has been flying a skywriting plane and making threats in the sky. The upper hand goes back and forth throughout, and nearly everyone is suspect at different points. McCoy gets help from the traveling fair he is part of. Everyone from the ventriliquist to the strong man will help solve the case. It's a real nail-biter! Fans will love this stuff.

I was surprised that this film looked so good. It starts off pretty scratchy and grainy, but for the most part, had a nice picture, and very good sound.

All the films are on one side(no need to flip) and each film has about scene selection options. If you are looking for pristine transfers of these oldies, pass this one by.

Spend some time with the Duke, In the saddle, In a car, and in the air!....Laurie

Sagebrush Trail/The Man From Utah/The Star Packer/The Trail Beyond/Paradise Canyon

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Sagebrush Trail/The Man From Utah/The Star Packer/The Trail Beyond/Paradise Canyon
Starring: John Wayne
Manufacturer: Pop Flix
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ASIN: B000GH3Q8K
Release Date: 2006-08-08

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THE DUKE RIDES TALL IN FIVE CLASSIC WESTERNS!

Sagebrush Trail (1933) 58 min B&W
Co-starring: Lane Chandler, Yakima Canutt, Nancy Shubert; Director: Armand Schaefer Wrongfully convicted of murder, John Brant (Wayne) breaks out of prison to clear to his name and find the true killer.

The Man From Utah (1934) 55 min B&W
Co-starring: George "Gabby" Hayes, Anita Campillo; Director: Robert North Bradbury John Wayne is the Man from Utah, a drifter deputized by the town marshal after helping to foil a bank robbery.

The Star Packer (1934) 60 min B&W
Co-starring: George "Gabby" Hayes, Verna Hillie; Director: Robert North Bradbury When a newly elected town sheriff is shot and killed, U.S. marshal John Travers (Wayne) arrives to turn the table on the bad guys.

The Trail Beyond (1934) 55 min B&W
Co-starring: Noah Beery, Noah Beery Jr., Verna Hillie; Director: Robert North Bradbury Rod Drew (Wayne) and his pal (Noah Beery Jr.) hit the trail to find long-lost miner John Ball and his daughter (Verna Hillie).

Product Description

PARADISE CANYON: John Wayne starring as an undervocer agent on the trail of a counterfeiting gang. B&W 59 minutes 1935 ---------- BLUE STEEL: John Wayne stars as a marshall who has to save a town from being terrorized by land speculators. B&W 53 minutes 1934

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Blue Steel/Paradise Canyon

Manufacturer: Genius Entertainment
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ASIN: B0006GANXW
Release Date: 2004-01-01

The Duke - John Wayne 5 DVD Pack With 9 Movies

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The Duke - John Wayne 5 DVD Pack With 9 Movies

Manufacturer: CASCADIA ENTERTAINMENT
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ASIN: B00069JAMY

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The Duke - John Wayne 5 DVD Set. This box set consists of 5 Discs with 9 movies on them all by John Wayne. List Of The Movies Is As Follow: 1. Angel And He Badman 2. Lawless Range 3. Lawless Frontier 4. The Lucky Texan 5. Man From Utah 6. Paradise Canyon 7. Randy Rides Alone 8. Trail Beyond 9. The Dawn Rider

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The last of John Wayne's early westerns for Lone Star
Good for what ails you

Paradise Canyon
Starring: John Wayne , Marion Burns , Reed Howes , Earle Hodgins , and Gino Corrado
Director: Carl Pierson
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The last of John Wayne's early westerns for Lone Star.......2004-06-21

"Paradise Canyon" is the last of the sixteen B Westerns that a young John Wayne made for poverty row studio Monogram's Lone Star division between 1933 and 1935. Directed by Carl Pierson, the first of three cheap Westerns the long time film editor directed, you need to know right from the start that they did not save the best for last in this series despite the promise of the tagline: "The fight at Robber's Roost...It Teems With Action!" But Wayne did well enough to move on after this one to Republic Pictures, where eventually he would encounter John Ford, make "Stagecoach," and become the iconic actor of the American western film genre.

Once again John Wayne is playing an undercover good guy, this time named John Wyatt who joins the medicine show of Doc Carter (Earle Hodgins) as a sharpshooter in an effort to find some counterfeiters along the Mexican border in Arizona (It it just me or does counterfeiting sound overly ambitious for the Wild West? How many opportunities are there to find change for a fake $100, $20 or whatever in these towns?). Wyatt is suspicious of the Doc but it turns out the bad guy is really Curly Joe Gale (legendary stuntman Yakima Canutt), who is not only the counterfeiter but also found time in his criminal past to frame Curly Joe (it is a decidedly small world in these Westerns). This is helpful because Wyatt has taken a liking to Doc's daughter, Linda (Marion Burns), billed as Princess Natasha in Wyatt's shooting act.

If you have been following the Lone Star series there are really few surprises here in terms of the plot. If you can frame one person for counterfeiting you can frame another person. The twist on this one is that the Duke's character has to cross the border to pursue Curly Joe and rescue Doc and Linda. Not surprisingly, our hero has as many problems with law enforcement south of the border as he does on this side. Then there is the question of why a story about counterfeiting with a canyon in the title ends up having the climax in an old mine. "Paradise Canyon" also has the diversion of Perry Murdock and Gordon Clifford singing as the Texas Two, but that is not really enough to get this one up to the level of being an average Lone Star oater. I would not recommend that a John Wayne fan endure all sixteen of these early efforts, but the first dozen or so did have not only the Duke and Canutt but George "Gabby" Hayes, which always helps.

Good for what ails you.......2003-05-26

Paradise Canyon isn't one of John Wayne's more memorable early westerns, but it is something of a hoot to watch. In this film, Wayne plays a lawman who goes to work undercover with a traveling medicine show in an effort to catch a gang of counterfeiters along the Mexican border. The good doctor, whose fabulous Indian elixir is 90% alcohol, served time for counterfeiting a few years earlier when his "partner" turned states' evidence and set him up for the fall, so Wayne's character starts his investigation there. Yakima Canutt plays the bad guy, and Marion Burns fills the role of Dr. Carter's daughter. There's not as much riding, shooting, and fisticuffs as you normally find in these old Lone Star Productions films, but Paradise Canyon does feature a vintage medicine show with singing, sharp-shooting, and ardent hawking of Dr. Carter's Indian Remedy, good for anything that ails you. There's plenty here for John Wayne fans to enjoy, but Paradise Canyon is by no means his best early picture.

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