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Excellent "historical picture" from Roy, Gabby, and the gang, February 23, 2006
First off, it's a typical Alpha reproduction - the only down side to this DVD that I care to look for since there are so many pluses to the movie. Hey, at least they're putting this stuff out there.
"Ridin' On a Rocky Road" is a good western song and fits in the movie more than most songs in singing cowboy westerns. Gabby plays Gabby Whitaker again and Sally Payne, who is delightful in her natural-gal way as she always is, plays his daughter. Her stage name is Queeny LaTour. Harry Woods does a bang-up job as the bad guy. You can tell this is one of Roy's earlier pictures since he has only one gun and no huge flowers on his shirt. I love those shirts, actually, and would love to have one - fashion be damned.
The plot revolves around the bad guys trying to steal Granny Carson's fledgling mine, and Tombstone has to learn respect for the law. As in all of Roy's movies, the story is better than average. The acting is better than average. Roy always did his best - no simple reading of lines like you get with a lot of these guys. Gabby steals every scene he's in, as always. You just gotta love Gabby, there's no one better.
A 6-horse stage! One way to tell it's a B-western is that it has a 4-horse stage. Proof Roy's B-westerns were better than most B-westerns. And hey, there's the rock formation where Captain Kirk fought the lizard guy! And guess what - Roy loses his hat and it stays lost. Talk about realism.
Happy trails, partners.
-Gospel
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"Roy Rogers B-Western Series ... Sheriff of Tombstone (1941) ... Republic Pictures ", October 2, 2007
Republic Pictures present "SHERIFF OF TOMBSTONE" (7 May 1941) (63 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), Olive Cooper (Screenwriter), James R. Webb (Short Story Author), William Nobles (Cinematographer), Cy Feuer (Musical Direction/Supervision / Composer (Music Score), Sol Meyer (Songwriter), Bob Nolan (Songwriter), ), Peter Tinturin (Songwriter), ), Jule Tyne (Songwriter), Tony Martinelli (Editor) - - - - Our story line and plot, Brett Starr (Roy Rogerz) is mistaken for a notorious gunslinger and hired as sheriff of Tombstone by the town's crooked mayor--- the young sheriff turns the tables on the mayor and helps a local mine owner save her property from a tax sale --- Sally Payne shows up again this time as Queen Whittaker (aka: Queenie LaTour) --- Harry Woods, Jack Ingram, Wally Wales and Roy Barcroft make up the veteran Republic character actors --- some wonderful tunes, BONITA -- RIDIN DOWN THE TRAIL -- HAUNTED MELODIES -- ROY CALLS A SQUARE DANCE.
the cast includes
Roy Rogers ... Brett Starr
Trigger ... "Smartest Horse in the Movies"
George 'Gabby' Hayes ... Judge Gabby Whittaker
Elyse Knox ... Mary Carson
Addison Richards ... Mayor Luke Keeler
Sally Payne ... Queenie Whittaker, aka Queenie LaTour
Harry Woods ... Shotgun Cassidy
Zeffie Tilbury ... Granny Carson
Wally Wales ... A.J. Slade (as Hal Taliaferro)
Jay Novello ... John Anderson, aka Joe Martinez
Jack Ingram ... Bill Starr
Roy Barcroft ... Saloon boss
Fred Burns ... Mine owner
Spade Cooley ... Fiddle player
Jim Corey ... Jed Crowley
Art Dillard ... Henchman
Frank Ellis ... Miner
Tex Harper ... Miner
Al Haskell ... Townsman
Jack Kirk ... Bonanza Bartender
Jack O'Shea ... Station agent
Herbert Rawlinson ... Dodge City marshal
Jack Rockwell ... Stage driver with Silver Shipment
Al Taylor ... Townsman
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
Check out a new book from Empire Publishing - "THE ROY ROGERS BOOK: A REFERENCE TRIVIA SCRAPBOOK" (Paperback) --- reference trivia scrapbook of Roy Rogers written by Western film historian David Rothel whose accounts of thrilling adventures of B-Western heroes during the Saturday matinees of yesteryear takes us back to our childhood, family and friends --- this is a wish come true, reliving those wonderful years from the past through the pen of David Rothel --- Roy was a top box office draw for Republic Pictures when you went to see him on the big screen, you got exactly what the marquee said --- plenty of thrills, action and hard riding with a song or two thrown in for good measure --- Elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1980 as a member of the "Sons of the Pioneers" and elected again in 1988 as Roy Rogers "King of the Cowboys" --- Roy got his horse "Trigger" in 1938 and rode him in every one of his films and TV shows after that --- "Trigger" died in 1965 age of thirty-three --- Roy's dog's name was "Bullet" and appeared in almost as many of his films as "Trigger" did --- Roy's theme song, "Happy Trails", was written by Queen of the West and his wife Dale Evans --- inducted (with his wife Dale Evans) into the "Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum" in 1976 --- inducted as a member of the "Sons of the Pioneers into the "Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum" in 1995 just three years before his death --- Don't miss this one --- now appearing on Amazon and Empire Publishing --- Don't hesitate - rush out and pick up your copy today --- Great reading in the days and weeks to come --- I guarantee it!
Hats off and thanks to Les Adams (collector/guideslines for character identification), Chuck Anderson (Webmaster: The Old Corral/B-Westerns.Com), Boyd Magers (Western Clippings), Bobby J. Copeland (author of "Trail Talk"), Rhonda Lemons (Empire Publishing Inc), Bob Nareau (author of "The Real Bob Steele") and Trevor Scott (Down Under DVD Com) as they have rekindled my interest once again for Film Noir, B-Westerns and Serials --- looking forward to more high quality releases from the vintage serial era of the '20s, '30s & '40s and B-Westerns ... order your copy now from Amazon where there are plenty of copies available on DVD --- stay tuned once again for top notch action mixed with musical adventure --- if you enjoyed this title, why not check out Amazon where they are experts in releasing B-Westerns --- all my heroes have been cowboys!
Total Time: 63 min on DVD ~ Republic Pictures ~ (5/15/2007)
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