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"Buster Crabbe B-Western Series ... Wild Horse Phantom (1944) ... PRC",
This review is from: Wild Horse Phantom (VHS Tape)
Producers Releasing Corporation presents "WILD HORSE PHANTOM" (28 October 1944) (54 mins/B&W) (Dolby digitally remastered) --- American actor Buster Crabbe graduated from the University of Southern California and won the 400 meter freestyle in which he medaled in the 1932 Olympics, went to work for Paramount in "King of the Jungle" (1933), next role was "Tarzan the Fearless (1933), Crabbe returned to Paramount Pictures was featured in Zane Grey Westerns which were well received, then came the roles that made him a household word "Flash Gordon" and "Buck Rogers" at Universal Picture Serials (1936-1940), meanwhile PRC Studios was looking for a leading hero "Billy the Kid" and "Billy Carson" in the 1940's B-Western series and ran its course for six years, later made several televison appearances and appeared in a series "Captain Gallant and the Foreign Legion" (1955-1957) --- relive those thrilling days when Buster Crabbe took us down the dusty trails with hard riding and straight shooting hitting the bull's eye with excitement every time --- the Buster Crabbe series of B-Westerns were a staple of Saturday matinees in the 1930s and 1940s --- don't miss any of the Buster Crabbe features loaded with action that will leave you wanting more of his B-Western adventures.Under the production staff of: Sam Newfield - Director Sigmund Neufeld - Producer George Milton - Screenwriter Robert C. Cline - Cinematographer Holbrook Todd - Editor Harold E. Knox - First Assistant Director Our story line and plot, In this sagebrush oater, a courageous cowboy stops the land-grabbing conspiracy of a corrupt banker --- The banker was planning to wait until hard-working local ranchers made their mortgage payments and then was going to stage a phony robbery so he could foreclose upon their land --- Fortunately, our hero (Buster Crabbe) finds out about it and brings the outlaws to justice --- There are plenty of badmen in the film if you are a fan of the old Saturday matinée sagebrush, you should enjoy this one. Special B-Western footnote, actor Al St. John, silent film comic who appeared in dozens of Mack Sennett's early Keystone comedies and would eventually create and star in his own vehicles for other studios --- With the advent of sound, he became a character actor in westerns and later the bewhiskered sidekick, also known as Fuzzy Q. Jones in some popular series Fred Scott (Spectrum Pictures/1937-38), Bob Steele/Billy the Kid (PRC Pictures/1940-41), Don "Red" Barry (Republic Pictures/1940-42), Lone Rider wth George Houston (PRC Pictures/1941-42), Lone Rider with Robert Livingston (PRC Pictures/1942-43), Buster Crabbe/Billy the Kid (PRC Pictures/1941-43), Buster Crabbe/Billy Carson (PRC Pictures/1943-46), Lash LaRue (PRC Pictures/1947-52) --- St. John retired from film making in the early '50s, passed away in 1963 from a heart attack while working with the Tommy Scott Wild West show. Check out this and more in a new book "Those Great Cowboy Sidekicks" by David Rothel, available from Amazon and Empire Publishing --- pick up your copy today ----- second B-Western footnote, actor Charles King was among the top five "Best of the Badmen" (according to a new book by Boyd Magers, Bob Nareau and Bobby Copeland) --- King was a big man, but as agile as a cat during his fight scenes with Johnny Mack Brown, Buster Crabbe, Tex Ritter, The Rough Riders and Bob Steele...King appeared in 400 films and 350 were in sound including many cliffhangers --- King was the heavy we loved to hate --- check out this and more in a new book "Best of the Badmen" by Boyd Magers, Bob Nareau and Bobby Copeland, available from Amazon and Empire Publishing --- pick up your copy today --- another great B-Western for Buster Crabbe under the PRC Picture banner, proves to be one of his most exciting performances. the cast includes Buster Crabbe ... Billy Carson Falcon ... Billy's Horse Al St. John ... Fuzzy Jones (as Al 'Fuzzy' St. John) Elaine Morey ... Marian Garnet Kermit Maynard ... Link Daggett, Gang Leader Budd Buster ... Ed Garnet Hal Price ... Clipp Walters Robert Meredith ... Tom Hanlon Frank Ellis ... Henchman Kallen Frank McCarroll ... Henchman Moffett John L. Cason ... Henchman Lucas (as Bob Cason) John Elliott ... Prison Warden Jimmy Aubrey ... Henchman (uncredited) Hank Bell ... Rancher (uncredited) Steve Clark ... Rancher (uncredited) Curley Dresden ... Rancher (uncredited) Herman Hack ... Rancher (uncredited) Reed Howes ... Jim Brooks (uncredited) George Morrell ... Rancher (uncredited) Bud Osborne ... Bill (uncredited) Edward Peil Sr. ... Rancher (uncredited) Jack Tornek ... Rancher (uncredited) Slim Whitaker ... Prison Guard (uncredited) SPECIAL FEATURES: BIOS: 1. Buster Crabbe (aka: Clarence Linden Crabbe II) Birth Date: 2/17/1907 - Oakland California Died: 4/23/1983 - Scottsdale, Arizona 2. Al "Fuzzy" St. John (aka: Alfred St. John) Birth Date: 9/10/1893 - Santa Ana, CA Died: 1/21/1963 - Lyons, Georgia 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) and Bob Nareau (author of "The Real Bob Steele") 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 and VHS --- stay tuned once again for top notch action mixed with 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: 54 min on DVD/VHS ~ PRCVideo ~ (6/15/1989)
5.0 out of 5 stars
"Buster Crabbe B-Western Series ... Wild Horse Phantom (1944) ... VCI Home Video",
This review is from: Wild Horse Phantom (DVD)
VCI Entertainment and Producers Releasing Corporation present "WILD HORSE PHANTOM" (1944) (57 mins/B&W) (Dolby digitally remastered) --- relive those thrilling days when Buster Crabbe took us down the dusty trails with hard riding and straight shooting hitting the bull's eye with excitement every time... the Buster Crabbe series of B-Westerns were a staple of Saturday matinees in the 1930s and 1940s ... don't miss any of the Buster Crabbe features loaded with action that will leave you wanting more of his B-Western adventures.Under Sam Newfield (Director), Sigmund Neufeld (Producer), George Milton (Screenwriter), Robert C. Cline (Cinematographer), Holbrook Todd (Editor), Harold E. Knox (First Assistant Director) ------ the cast includes Buster Crabbe (Billy Carson), Al St. John (Fuzzy Jones as Al 'Fuzzy' St. John), Elaine Morey (Marian Garnet), Kermit Maynard (Link Daggett, Gang Leader), Budd Buster (Ed Garnet), Hal Price (Clipp Walters), Robert Meredith (Tom Hanlon), Frank Ellis (Henchman Kallen), Frank McCarroll (Henchman Moffett), John L. Cason (Henchman Lucas), John Elliott (Prison Warden), Hank Bell (Rancher), Steve Clark (Rancher), Reed Howes (Jim Brooks), Bud Osborne (Bill ), Slim Whitaker (Prison Guard) . . . . . . our story begins with a modern day setting only to wind up in the Old West with "Our Old Pals", Buster Crabbe and Fuzzy Al St. John ... the Governor gives Crabbe the heads up to let Kermit Maynard and his unsavory group of outlaws escape from behind bars, only to lead them to the stolen money from a bank robbery ... behind this is a land grabbing plot by our favorite banker and the foreclosing of ranchers of the community ... what would a Poverty Row oater be without a gold mine, where there is one and Buster and Fuzzy is on the heals of the local baddies, but they can't remember where they left it ----- B-Western footnote, actor Al St. John, silent film comic who appeared in dozens of Mack Sennett's early Keystone comedies and would eventually create and star in his own vehicles for other studios. With the advent of sound, he became a character actor in westerns and later the bewhiskered sidekick, also known as Fuzzy Q. Jones in some popular series Fred Scott (Spectrum Pictures/1937-38), Bob Steele/Billy the Kid (PRC Pictures/1940-41), Don "Red" Barry (Republic Pictures/1940-42), Lone Rider wth George Houston (PRC Pictures/1941-42), Lone Rider with Robert Livingston (PRC Pictures/1942-43), Buster Crabbe/Billy the Kid (PRC Pictures/1941-43), Buster Crabbe/Billy Carson (PRC Pictures/1943-46), Lash LaRue (PRC Pictures/1947-52) --- St. John retired from film making in the early '50s, passed away in 1963 from a heart attack while working with the Tommy Scott Wild West show --- check out this and more in a new book "Those Great Cowboy Sidekicks" by David Rothel, available from Amazon and Empire Publishing --- pick up your copy today --- another great B-Western for Buster Crabbe under the PRC Picture banner, proves to be one of his most exciting performances. Special footnote, actor Buster Crabbe graduated from the University of Southern California and won the 400 meter freestyle in which he medaled in the 1932 Olympics, went to work for Paramount in "King of the Jungle" (1933), next role was "Tarzan the Fearless (1933), Crabbe returned to Paramount Pictures was featured in Zane Grey Westerns which were well received, then came the roles that made him a household word "Flash Gordon" and "Buck Rogers" at Universal Picture Serials (1936-1940), meanwhile PRC Studios was looking for a leading hero "Billy the Kid" and "Billy Carson" in the 1940's B-Western series and ran its course for six years, later made several televison appearances and appeared in a series "Captain Gallant and the Foreign Legion" (1955-1957)..... SPECIAL FEATURES: BIOS: 1. Buster Crabbe (aka: Clarence Linden Crabbe II) Birth Date: 2/17/1907 - Oakland California Died: 4/23/1983 - Scottsdale, Arizona 2. Al "Fuzzy" St. John (aka: Alfred St. John) Birth Date: 9/10/1893 - Santa Ana, CA Died: 1/21/1963 - Lyons, Georgia 3. Sam Newfield (Director) Date of birth: 6 December 1899 - New York, New York Date of death: 10 November 1964 - Los Angeles, California If you crave action, drama and plenty of adventure check out other western double features with Buster Crabbe: BUSTER CRABBE WESTERN DOUBLE FEATURES: 1. Vol. 1 - Western Cyclone/Sheriff of Sage Valley (1942-43) (VCI #7213) (DVD) 2. Vol. 2 - Fugitive of the Plains/Fuzzy Settles Down (1943-44) (VCI #7299) (DVD) Ask Amazon.Com to carry the above Buster Crabbe titles if they are not available as of yet...you can order and pick up your copy now from VCI Entertainment. Great job by VCI Entertainment for releasing "Wild Horse Phantom" (1944) - Buster Crabbe, 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 and B-Westerns...order your copy now from Amazon or VCI Entertainment where there are plenty of copies available on DVD and 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: 57 min on DVD/VHS ~ VCI Home Video ~ (11/20/1997)
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