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"The King of B-Westerns & Serials...VCI Entertainment ~ A Lawman Is Born (1937)", December 29, 2005
This review is from: Lawman Is Born [VHS] (VHS Tape)
VCI Entertainment and Republic Pictures present "A Lawman Is Born" (1937) (digitally remastered), long running Johnny Mack Brown series turned out in the early '30s...the storyline is excellent with outstanding productions as Johnny Mack Brown takes on Dick Curtis, Charles King and Warner P. MacLaren in a cattle rustling scheme...Tom Mitchell (Johnny Mack Brown) is a wanted man and is given a second chance by Sheriff Rock Lance (Earle Hodgins), he is about to be found out...will Kane Briscoe (Warner P. Richmond) give the nod and have Johnny Mack taken care of...watch the gunfight between Johnny Mack and Dick Curtis, our hero straps on his shooting irons and as the smoke clears who will be left standing...well it's not over yet so stay in the saddle and see the final chapter of this exciting story.
Under director Sam Newfield, producer A.W. Hackel, original story by Harry F. Olmsted, screenplay by George H. Plympton...the cast include a very young Johnny Mack Brown (Tom Mitchell), Iris Meredith (Beth Graham), Warner P. MacLaren (Kane Briscoe), Dick Curtis (Lefty Drogan), Charles King (Bert Moscript), Earle Hodgins (Sheriff Rock Lance), Mary MacLaren (Martha Lance), Al St. John (Eli Root), Frank LaRue (Graham)........special footnote, actress Iris Meredith usually was cast as the heroine in a multitude (31 films) of Columbia Pictures B-Westerns with Charles Starrett (Durango Kid) (20 films), Iris always had that spunky attitude that you could count on, she was one of our favorite leading ladies of the B-Western era........meanwhile enjoy another great Johnny Mack B-Western provided by Republic Pictures during their heyday of the early '30s.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
BIOS:
1. Johnny Mack Brown
Birth Date: 9/01/1904 - Dothan, Alabama
Died: 11/14/1974 - Woodland Hills, California (cardiac condition)
2. Iris Meredith
Birth Date: 6/03/1915 - Sious City, Iowa
Died: 1/22/1980 - Los Angeles, California
3. Dick Curtis
Birth Date: 5/11/1902 - Newport, Kentucky
Died: 1/03/1952 - Hollywood, California (pneumonia)
4. Charles King
Birth Date: 2/21/1895 - Hillsboro, Texas
Died: 5/07/1957 - Hollywood, California (cirrhosis of liver)
5. Sam Newfield (Director)
Birth Date: 12/06/1899 - New York, New York
Died: 11/10/1964 - Los Angeles, California
If you crave action, drama and plenty of action check out other western double features by Johnny Mack Brown:
JOHNNY MACK BROWN WESTERN DOUBLE FEATURES:
1. Raiders of San Joaquin/Law of the Range (VCI #7226)
2. Pony Post/Ragtime Cowboy Joe (VCI #7238)
3. Brand A Coward/Rogue of the Range (VCI #7244)
4. Guns in the Dark/Partner of the Trail (VCI $7260)
5. Bar Z Bad Men/Between Men (VCI #7282)
Ask Amazon.Com to carry the above five titles as they are not available on Amazon as of yet...you can order and pick up your copy now from VCI Entertainment...if you enjoyed "A Lawman Is Born" (1937), why not pick up other copies of Johnny Mack Brown Double 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...pickup your copy from Amazon or Empire Publishing both have this in stock.
Great job by VCI Entertainment for releasing the digital transfere with a clean, clear and crisp print...looking forward to more of the same from the '30s & '40s vintage...order your copy now from Amazon or VCI Entertainment, stay tuned once again with a top notch B-Western from VCI...just the way we like 'em!
Total Time: 59 min on VHS ~ VCI Entertainment #1319 ~ (12/03/2002)
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