There's a discussion about this DVD set at the Nitrateville website: On the positive side, there are the Happy Trails Theater interviews, a tour of the now closed Roy and Dale Museum, and some other special features.
Yet COWBOY AND THE SENORITA (1944) is complete at about 78 minutes and includes the Republic logo and opening/closing titles, but no Happy Trails chit-chat before or after. Add in Roy, Dale and Ruth Terry doing Happy Trails Theater and the whole shebang totals about 61 minutes. The B&W SONS version in the set is 52 minutes long. The creators of this DVD are even confused - for example, they list SONS OF THE PIONEERS (1942) as 64 minutes long and in Color (the original film was about 55 minutes and in B&W).
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Most are not full length but are shortened versions with the Happy Trails Theater interviews and wraparounds that were done by Roy and Dale on The Nashville Network many years ago. and a very disappointing mix of B&W and Trucolor oaters, many of which are not in great shape. Originally priced at around $60.00 - $70.00 at online stores such as and Barnes and Noble, this set is expensive.
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Checking the backs of the DVD covers, every movie is listed with running times between 62 minutes and 78 minutes, which implies that you're getting full length features, not 52 - 54 minute cut-down versions that fit a one hour time TV slot. With all that fanfare, the expectation is that the films would be high quality, certainly better than other versions of Roy's films that have been churned out over the years on VHS and DVD from various bargain priced vendors and collectors. This six DVD / 20 film "Roy Rogers - King of the Cowboys" collection is from Timeless Media Group and labeled as "Authorized by the Roy Rogers Estate", "Licensed by the Roy Rogers Family Trust", "Digitally Remastered for the Best in Audio and Video Quality", and "Compiled with the assistance of Roy 'Dusty' Rogers Jr. Thankfully, Jack's comments arrived in time as ye Old Corral webmeister was about ready to order the set. Jack Tillmany bought this DVD collection, was completely disappointed, and e-mailed me with a BUYER BEWARE! warning for those who might be considering purchasing this. The earlier set from Timeless Media had some issues:Īmazon is selling new and used copies of the original DVD set: You can purchase the titles individually, or get the seven film set on five DVD-Rs for about $20.00: Best of the bunch is SIX GUN RHYTHM with Tex Fletcher, pretty Joan Barclay, Reed Howes, and stunt man Dave Sharpe doubling Fletcher. After watching these, you'll have a new appreciation for westerns from Columbia, Republic, Universal, Monogram and PRC. But a worthwhile purchase if you're studying the highs and lows of the B western. SUNDOWN RIDERS (Astor, 1948) with Russell Wade, Jay Kirby and Andy Clyde was originally filmed in 1944 for the non-theatrical market.Ĭareful when viewing as you will be underwhelmed with these bottom-of-the-barrel scrapings.GUNSMOKE (Astor, 1947) with Nick Stuart.SIX-GUN RHYTHM (Grand National, 1939) with singin' cowboy Tex Fletcher.THE ADVENTURES OF THE MASKED PHANTOM (Equity, 1939) with Monte 'Alamo' Rawlins.CALL OF THE COYOTE (Imperial, 1934) with Ken Thompson.LIGHTNING BILL (Superior, 1934) with Buffalo Bill Jr.TROUBLE AT MELODY MESA (Three Crown/Astor, 1949), with Brad King and Cal Shrum, was originally filmed in the mid 1940s, but didn't get released until 1949.
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Tom Goethe e-mailed about Alpha Video / releasing seven obscure, ultra low budget B westerns on MOD DVD.