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Romance on the Range [VHS]

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Movie only runs for 53 minutes, not the listed 60 minutes. I have bought several of the Reel Enterprises DVD's. Few have the right run time. Since I'm looking for the full length movies and the listed run time is for a full lenght movie, it does make me mad when it turns out to be a chopped up for TV movie.
The quality of the movie itself is fair to good, but they also have the RE logo in the bottom right corner.

Unlike what the jacket says Linda Hayes goes undercover on her own ranch to see why she is not getting the money for the fur pelts (long before people cared about not wearing them) Roy Rogers is the foreman and he to thinks something fishy is going on. He finds out who the real bad boy is and all ends well. Good film, good film quailty.

for the record, the beautiful linda hayes is the mother of cathy lee crosby, and appeared thru the 40's in b-pics. roy was also lucky in having elyse knox (the mother of mark harmon) in another of his pics, in the "pre-dale" era. elyse much more well-known, even in few serials..

You can always count on Alpha Video to be totally inconsistent when it comes to the quality of their DVDs; some are beautiful and crystal clear... others are terrible. Romance on the Range is definitely terrible video quality. The picture is so bad it looks like it was mastered from a second generation VHS tape. I can't believe Alpha would put out such an inferior product. Don't waste your money!

In this good Western movie, Roy Rogers is the foreman on the Arrowhead Ranch which is owned by Ms. Stewart (played by Linda Hayes) who lives back East. The Overseer of her ranch is Jerome Banning (played by Edward Pawley) who was trusted by her deceased father.
Pawley is up to his usual bad-guy tricks in the movies by heading up a gang of thieves who steal fur pelts which are the rightful property of the ranch owner. Ms. Stewart decides to go undercover in a visit to her ranch in an effort to determine who is responsible for the thiefs. Rogers is ahead of her, however, and is doing some investigating on his own before her arrival. When the Overseer (Edward Pawley) finds out that his foreman (Rogers) is investigating the matter, he fires Rogers after they engage in a fight.
Ms. Stewart falls for Rogers and they join forces in the investigation and finally determine that Banning (Pawley) is behind the thievery, and he is killed in the end during a shoot-out with Rogers. As with most Western movies, the good-guy wins and the bad-guy loses!

Republic Pictures presents "ROMANCE ON THE RANGE" (18 May 1942) (60 mins/B&W) (Fully Restored/Dolby Digitally Remastered) --- Roy Rogers (born Leonard Slye) moved to California in 1930, at the age of 18 --- played in such musical groups as The Hollywood Hillbillies, Rocky Mountaineers, Texas Outlaws and his own group, the International Cowboys --- In 1934 he formed a group with Bob Nolan and Tim Spencer called "Sons of the Pioneers" --- While in that group he was known as Leonard Slye, then Dick Weston and finally Roy Rogers --- Their songs included "Cool Water" and "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" --- They first appeared in the western "Rhythm on the Range" (1936), starring Bing Crosby --- In 1937 Roy went solo and made his first starring film in 1938, "Under Western Stars" (1938) --- He made almost 100 films --- then came television, "The Roy Rogers Show" (1951) ran on CBS from October 1951 through September 1964.

Under Joseph Kane (Director / Producer), J. Benton Cheney (Screenwriter), William Nobles (Cinematographer), Cy Feuer (Musical Direction/Supervision), Les Orlebeck (Editor), Russell Kimball (Art Director) - - - - Our story line and plot, Ranch fore Roy Rogers exposes fur thieves who use a hidden cave to stash their pelts --- the faces of several familiar villains are seen in this feature, such as Roy Barcroft, Glenn Strange, Wally Wales, Harry Woods and Richard Alexander (Flash Gordon Films) --- Roy gets a tip on the outlaws but it's a trap and Roy and the boys soon find themselves in jail with the townspeople and trappers on the way to lynch them --- some wonderful tunes, OH WONDERFUL WORLD -- WHEN ROMANCE RIDES THE RANGE -- ROCKY MOUNTAIN LULLABY - COYOTE SERENADE -- SING AS YOU WORK.

the cast includes
Roy Rogers ... Roy Rogers
Trigger ... "Smartest Horse in the Movies"
George 'Gabby' Hayes ... Gabby Whittaker
Sally Payne ... Sally
Linda Hayes ... Joan Stuart
Edward Pawley ... Jerome Banning
Harry Woods ... Henchman Steve (as Harry L. Woods)
Wally Wales ... Sheriff Wilson (as Hal Taliaferro)
Glenn Strange ... Stokes, Henchman
Roy Barcroft ... Pete, Henchman
Sons of the Pioneers ... Musicians, cowhands
Richard Alexander ... Henchman
Pat Brady ... Pat / Sons of the Pioneers
Spade Cooley ... Townsman
Hugh Farr ... Hugh / Sons of the Pioneers
Karl Farr ... Karl / Guitar player / Sons of the Pioneers
Jack Kirk ... Second Deputy
Art Mix ... Henchman
Monte Montague ... Trapper
Jack Montgomery ... First Deputy
Bob Nolan ... Bob / Sons of the Pioneers
Jack O'Shea ... Ed, Truck Driver
Lloyd Perryman ... Lloyd / Sons of the Pioneers
Tim Spencer ... Tim / Sons of the Pioneers

BIOS:
1. Roy Rogers (aka: Leonard Franklin Slye)
Date of Birth: 5 November 1911 - Cincinnati, Ohio
Date of Death: 6 July 1998 - Apple Valley, California

2. George 'Gabby' Hayes (aka: George Francis Hayes)
Date of Birth: 7 May 1885 - Wellsville, New York
Date of Death: 9 February 1969 - Burbank, California

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Total Time: 60 min on VHS/DVD ~ Republic Pictures ~ (5/07/2007)