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4.0 out of 5 stars
"Tex Ritter Series ... The Man from Texas (1939) ... Monogram", December 31, 2008
Monogram Pictures presents "THE MAN FROM TEXAS" (19 April 1939) (56 mins/B&W) -- Tex Ritter was an American country singer and actor --- >From his very first film in 1936 through some of his best loved singing Westerns of the mid '40s, he gave the American public some of the best B-Westerns of that era --- Ritter also worked on various radio programs --- In 1932, he starred on the WOR Radio show The Lone Star Rangers, which was New York's first broadcast western --- He sang songs and told tales of the Old West --- Ritter wrote and starred in Cowboy Tom's Roundup on WINS Radio in New York in 1933 --- This daily children's cowboy radio program aired over three stations on the East Coast for three years --- These shows marked the beginning of Ritter's popularity in radio, which paved the way for his upcoming singing career --- He also performed on the radio show WHN "Barndance" and sang on NBC Radio --- He appeared in several radio dramas, including CBS's "Bobby Benson's Adventures" and "Death Valley Days".
Ritter began recording for American Record Company (Columbia Records) in 1933 --- His first released recording was "Goodbye Ole Paint.", also recorded "Rye Whiskey" at that label. In 1935, he signed with Decca Records, where he recorded his first original recordings, "Sam Hall" and "Get Along Little Dogie."
In 1936, he moved to Los Angeles, California --- His motion picture debut was in "Song Of The Gringo" (1936) for Grand National Pictures --- He starred in twelve movies for Grand National, "B" grade Westerns, love that art deco "Grand National Pictures" animated clock logo at the start and finish of the movie --- Which included "Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts" (1937), and "Trouble In Texas" (1937) co-starring Rita Hayworth (then known as Rita Cansino). (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
Under the production staff of:
Albert Herman - Director
Edward F. Finney - Producer
Robert Emmett Tansey - Screenwriter
Marcel Le Picard - Cinematographer
Frank Sanucci - Composer (Music Score)
Fred Bain - Editor
Glen Glenn - Sound/Sound Designer
William L. Nolte - Production Manager
Our story line and plot, Jeff Hall (Vic Demourelle) is after Dennison's land (Ruth Rogers) --- The Marshal sends Tex Allen (Tex Ritter) to help Dennison while Hall hires the Shooting Kid (Charles B. Wood) to finish off Dennison --- But the Kid has been helped by Tex in the past and changes sides --- He, Tex, and the other hands then try to get Dennison's cattle past Hall's barricade and on to market --- Tex got to sing two songs "Prairie Lights" and "Men Who Wear the Stars", both composed by Frank Harford --- Some character B-Western actors give us their best Roy Barcroft, Tom London and Kenne Duncan.
the cast includes
Tex Ritter ... Tex Allen
Hal Price ... Marshal 'Happy' Jack Martin
Charles B. Wood ... Shooting Kid
Vic Demourelle ... Jeff Hall
Roy Barcroft ... Henchman Drifter
Frank Wayne ... Henchman Longhorn
Kenne Duncan ... 'Speed' Dennison
Ruth Rogers ... Laddie Dennison
Tom London ... Henchman Slim
Chuck Baldra ... Deputy
Walter Wilson ... Walt (posse rider)
Jim Thorpe ... Posse rider
Bud Pope ... Posse rider
BIOS:
Tex Ritter (aka: Woodward Maurice Ritter)
Date of Birth: 12 January 1905 - Murvaul, Texas
Date of Death: 2 January 1974 - Nashville, Tennessee
TEX RITTER WESTERN DOUBLE FEATURE FROM VCI ENTERTAINMENT:
Vol 1: Marshal of Gunsmoke & Oklahoma Raiders (VCI #7204)
Vol.2: Arizona Days & Arizona Trail (VCI #7294)
Vol 3: Rollin' Plains & Song of the Gringo (VCI #7302)
CLASSIC WESTERNS - TEX RITTER FOUR FEATURE FROM VCI ENTERTAINMENT:
Marshal of Gunsmoke; Oklahoma Raiders; Arizona Days & Trouble In Texas
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 '30s & '40s and B-Westerns --- order your copy now from Amazon or VCI Entertainment 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 or VCI where they are experts in releasing B-Westerns --- all my heroes have been cowboys!
Total Time: 56 mins on DVD ~ Monogram Pictures ~ (11/29/2005)
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