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List Price: $9.98 Features • Color • DVD-Video • NTSC In Theaters : 15 December, 1950 DVD Release : 13 July, 2004 |
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| ♥♥♥♥♥ | "Roy Rogers B-Western Series ... Trail of Robin Hood (1950) ... Republic Pictures " |
| Republic Pictures presents "TRAIL OF ROBIN HOOD" (15 December 1950) (64 mins/B&W/Color) (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 William Witney (Director), Edward J. White (Producer), Gerald Geraghty (Screenwriter), John MacBurnie (Cinematographer), Jack Elliott (Songwriter), Nathan Scott (Composer (Music Score), Tony Martinelli (Editor), Frank Arrigo (Art Director), John McCarthy (Set Designer), James S. Redd (Set Designer), Adele Palmer (Costume Designer), T.A. Carman (Sound/Sound Designer), Howard Lydecker (Special Effects), Theodore Lydecker (Special Effects) - - - - Our story line and plot, In the only Christmas themed B-Western that Roy ever made, he helps Jack Holt, a retired screen star, who sells Christmas trees at cost to help the poor --- When a crooked woodsman starts harvesting Holt's trees and selling them to a commercial tree business, roy intervenes and, with the assistance of several old time western stars, helps Holt get his trees to the city --- When McCall's henchmen make it tough for Holt to get his trees to market, young Sis McGonigle (Carol Nugent) sends out a call for help to nine of Holt's movie star buddies, including Allan Rocky' Lane, Monte Hale, Rex Allen, William Farnum, Tom Keene (later to appear in the equally subtle PLAN NINE FROM OUTER SPACE) and Tom Tyler (yes, Captain Marvel himself) and Ray Corrigan who were all with his studio and a few from past generations like Kermit Maynard, even veteran western "heavy" George Cheseboro, explaining "After 20 years of being beaten up by Holt and most of you heroes, you've reformed me." --- all pitched in to help old friend Holt rout the bag guys --- Action director William Witney as always takes us on an exciting trail with plenty of hard riding and great stunt work --- Must recommend the Happy Trails DVD's to you --- Each one has new information about Roy Rogers and Dale Evans and each actor or director in the film --- If you are a Roy Rogers and Dale Evans fan like me you will totally enjoy all the extra footage showing Roy and Dale going to parades and visiting children in hospitals, the story of Roy proposing marriage to Dale, and more inside info also about the family --- Each film starts out with Roy and Dale seated on a small stage back around 1987 talking about the sagebrush films they are showing --- some wonderful tunes, EV'RY DAY IS CHRISTMAS IN THE WEST -- GET A CHRISTMAS TREE FOR JOHNNY -- HOMETOWN JUBILEE -- ROLL ON TEXAS MOON. the cast includes Roy Rogers ... Roy Rogers Trigger ... "Smartest Horse in the Movies" Penny Edwards ... Toby Aldridge Gordon Jones ... Splinters McGonigle Rex Allen ... Rex Allen Allan Lane ... Rocky Lane (as Allan 'Rocky' Lane) Monte Hale ... Monte Hale William Farnum ... Bill Farnum Tom Tyler ... Tom Tyler Ray Corrigan ... Crash Corrigan Kermit Maynard ... Kermit Maynard Tom Keene ... Tom Keene Jack Holt ... Jack Holt Emory Parnell ... J. Corwin Aldridge Clifton Young ... Mitch McCall James Magill ... Henchman Murtagh Carol Nugent ... Sis McGonigle George Chesebro ... George Cheseboro Ed Cassidy ... Sheriff Duffy (as Edward Cassidy) Foy Willing ... Foy Willing Riders of the Purple Sage ... Holt workers / Singers Lane Bradford ... Henchman Whitey Channing Darol Rice ... Holt worker (Riders of the Purple Sage member) Al Sloey ... Al (Riders of the Purple Sage member) 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. William Witney (Director) Date of Birth: 15 May 1915 - Lawton, Oklahoma Date of Death: 17 March 2002 - Jackson, 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) 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 --- 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: 64 mins on VHS/DVD ~ Republic Pictures ~ (7/13/2004) |
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