Black Aces

Black Aces


Starring:Jones, Linaker
Studio: Alpha Video
Product Type: DVD
Black Aces
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • "The King of B-Westerns & Serials...VCI Entertainment ~ Black Aces (1937)"
 Black Aces
Starring: Frank Campeau , Robert W. Frazer , Bob Kortman , William E. Lawrence , and Charles Le Moyne
Director: Buck Jones
Manufacturer: Alpha Video
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B0009OL93O
Release Date: 2005-07-26

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars "The King of B-Westerns & Serials...VCI Entertainment ~ Black Aces (1937)".......2006-02-03

VCI Entertainment and Universal Pictures present "Black Aces" (1937) (digitally remastered), long running Buck Jones series turned out in the early '30s...our story involves a mysterious gang "The Black Aces" who blackmail and terrorize the local citizens and ranchers...our hero Buck Jones goes into action trying to outwit Fred MacKaye, Ben Corbett, Bob Kortman and Charles King and keep them in his gunsight...Buck is under suspicion as being one of the Black Aces...why is someone leaving those black ace cards with a note for a ransom...the identity of the big boss comes in the last reel, who do you think he is, don't look now there is a twist in this oater...Kay Linaker is the heroine and Buck must once again count on his wonder horse Silver to help him save the day....just remember double thrills, chills, mystery and suspense...hitting the bull's eye with excitement...don't miss any of Buck Jones features loaded with action that will leave you wanting more of his B-Western adventures.

Under director and producer Buck Jones, associate producer/director Lesley Selander, screenplay by Frances Guihan, original short story by Stephan Payne, musical score by Abe Meyer ...the cast include Buck Jones (Ted Ames), Kay Linaker (Sandy McKenzie), Fred MacKaye (Len Stoddard), Ben Corbett (Bridge/henchman), W.E. Lawrence (Boyd Loomis), Robert Frazer (Homer Truesdale), Raymond Brown (Henry Kline), Bob Kortman ('Wolf' Whalen), Barney Phillips ( Jake Stoddard), Charles King (Jess Walker), Silver (Buck Jones, wonder horse). . . . . . . . .specal footnote, actor /producer Buck Jones made over 164 feature films beginning with "Western Blood" (1918/silent) with a bit part...Jones final film was "Dawn on the Great Divide" (1942)...with his famed horse "Silver:, Jones was one of the most successful and popular B-Western actors of the '20s, '30s and '40s, at one time receiving more fan mail than any actor in the world...was inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 1973. . . . . . . . . .second specal footnote, director Lesley Selander had a film career that lasted more than 40 years, in the early '20s as a lab technician then onto the production end as a camera operator...his first feature was a western in 1936 which would be his life-long career genre...Selander's sense of pacing was such that his films could be counted on to move quickly and smoothly...and not just his westerns he also made detective thrillers, action/adventure pictures and even a horror film or two...meanwhile this is an exciting Buck Jones western provided by Universal Pictures during their heyday of the early '30s.

SPECIAL FEATURES:
BIOS:
1. Buck Jones (aka: Charles Frederick Gebhart)
Birth Date: 12/04/1889 - Vincennes, Indiana
Died: 11/30/1942 - Boston, MA (fire)
2. Lesley Selander
Birth Date: 5/26/1900 - Los Angeles, CA
Died: 12/05/1979 - Los Alamitos, California

Check out other Buck Jones titles available on VHS from VCI:
1. Black Aces (1937)
2. Dawn on the Great Divide (1942)
3. Down Texas Way (1942)
4. Gunman from Bodie (1941)
5. Renfrew of the Royal Mounted (1937)
6. Riders of Death Valley (1941)
7. Silver Spurs (1936)
8. Six Gun Man (1946)
9. South of the Rio Grande (1932)

If you crave action, drama and plenty of adventure check out other western double features with Buck Jones:

BUCK JONES WESTERN DOUBLE FEATURES:
1. Vol. 1 - Branded/Shadow Ranch (VCI #7273) (DVD)
2. Vol. 2 - Left handed Law/White Eagle (VCI #7278) (DVD)
3. Silver Spurs (VCI #7249) (DVD)
4. Winners of the West (VCI #8416/Serial) (DVD)

ROUGH RIDERS WESTERN DOUBLE FEATURES:
1. Vol. 1 - Arizona Bound/Gunman from Bodie (VCI #7241) (DVD)
2. Vol. 2 - Ghost Town Law/Below the Border (VCI #7264) (DVD)
3. Vol. 3 - Forbidden Trails/Down Texas Way (VCI #7274) (DVD)
4. Dawn on the Great Divide (VCI #7219) (DVD)

Ask Amazon.Com to carry the above titles if they are not available as of yet...you can order and pick up your copy now from VCI Entertainment...if you enjoyed "Silver Spurs" (1936), why not pick up other copies of Buck Jones features.

Buck Jones appeared in Universal and Columbia Serials, he was on the screen regulary every week and this was a plus for all his fans.
1. GORDON OF GHOST CITY (Universal, 1933)
2. THE RED RIDER (Universal, 1934)
3. THE ROARING WEST (Universal, 1935)
4. THE PHANTOM RIDER (Universal, 1936)
5. WHITE EAGLE (Columbia, 1941)

In 1941 the "Rough Riders" series began with Buck as Marshal Buck Roberts, Tim McCoy was Marshal Tim McCall and Raymond Hatton was Marshal Sandy Hopkins for Monogram Pictures:

1. ARIZONA BOUND (Monogram, 1941)
2. THE GUNMAN FROM BODIE (Monogram, 1941)
3. FORBIDDEN TRAILS (Monogram, 1941)
4. BELOW THE BORDER (Monogram, 1942)
5. GHOST TOWN LAW (Monogram, 1942)
6. DOWN TEXAS WAY (Monogram, 1942)
7. RIDERS OF THE WEST (Monogram, 1942)
8. WEST OF THE LAW (Monogram, 1942)

Great job by VCI Entertainment for releasing "Black Aces" (1937),
the digital transfere with a clean, clear and crisp print...looking forward
to more high quality releases from the vintage serial era of the '20s, '30s
& '40s...order your copy now from Amazon or VCI Entertainment where there
are plenty of copies available on 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: 59 min on DVD/VHS ~ VCI Entertainment #1912 ~ (11/20/1997)

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