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Black Tigrrr.movieserialmess... |
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Glad you lost the kazoo, Chuck
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Pa Stark.movieserialmess... |
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Another minor guilty pleasure is MYSTERY TROOPER. It is 1930 poverty row, but is fairly interesting. Highlight was in chapter one with heavies in hideout in ghost town, and hidden away somewhere is the Trooper playing the organ, freaking them out. A very well done scene. Remember, you can always trust Honest Pa Stark |
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Riddle Rider |
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Pa Stark wrote: Now that's a guilty pleasure if there ever was one! Good call, Pa. For the record, I considered it enough of a guilty pleasure myself to buy an original 16mm print (which carried the non-theatrical reissue title TRAILS OF THE ROYAL MOUNTED) when I was offered it for a measly $100. I kept the serial for a couple years, ran it one chapter at a time for my weekly screening group, and then sold it for an almost-as-measly $200. But not long ago I bought a bootleg DVD and looked at the darn thing again. |
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Chuck White |
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Powder Solvang wrote:It may be, Powder, but I must decline confirmation to protect the innocent. |
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Chuck White |
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Black Tigrrr wrote: Yes, trading it in for the more subtle Bat-Signal was a good move, BT. |
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Chuck White |
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Riddle Rider wrote: The only Troopers involved with that serial are the ones who made it through the whole thing. What a dog. |
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Pa Stark.movieserialmess... |
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I am watching HEROES OF THE WEST now, and it is not a guilty pleasure because it is a damn good serial. Unfortunately is is one of the least discussed serials
of the sound era. Somewhere Riddle Rider did write about the budget for it, and said it did lose money. In the saloon, at the railroad construction site,
the Indian camp, or during chase scenes, there are dozens of extra all around. So far I'm loving it.
Remember, you can always trust Honest Pa Stark |
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Riddle Rider |
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I agree with you, Pa; HEROES OF THE WEST is quite good. Onslow Stevens is not a typical serial hero, but he's a good actor and really gets into the spirit
of things, doing most of his own riding and fighting and even, IIRC, driving a stagecoach. And you've got to love Jacqueline Wells (who might be billed
here as Diane Duval, I forget). It's way too good to fall into the "guilty pleasure" category.
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