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| | Binding: | DVD | | Rating: |  | | Run Time: | 90 minutes | | Format: | Color, DVD, NTSC | | Studio: | Alpha Home Entertainment | | Number of Discs: | 1 | | Aspect Ratio: | 1.33:1 | | Release Date: | August 26, 2008 | | Sales Rank: | 103,559rd |
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Action star Bob Steele rides the range in two vintage classics. |
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"Bob Steele Series ... Double Features (1936/1945) ... Poverty Row" by J. Lovins (Missouri-USA)  4 Stars
August 25, 2008
Poverty Row Pictures presents "BRAND OF THE OUTLAWS/WILDFIRE" (1936/1945) (116 mins/B&W) (Fully Restored/Dolby Digitally Remastered) -- Bob Steele was an American actor --- He was born Robert Adrian Bradbury in 1907 in Portland, Oregon, into a vaudeville family --- Bob's career began to take off for good in 1927, when he was hired by production company Film Booking Offices of America (FBO) to star in a series of Westerns. Bob--who was rechristened Bob Steele at FBO--soon made a name for himself, and in the late 1920s, 1930s and 1940s starred in B-Westerns for almost every minor film studio, including Monogram, Supreme, Tiffany, Syndicate, Republic (including several films of the Three Mesquiteers series) and Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC) (including the initial films of their "Billy the Kid" series)
In the late 1940s and early 1950s, that "new medium" television had many hours to fill and few dollars to fill them --- They re-discovered the B-Western, still a popular mainstay of Saturday afternoon matinees and many cowboy stars thrilled a new audience --- Taking advantage of this rebirth in popularity, publishers brought to the marketplace comic books featuring these western heroes of "Bob Steele" Westerns --- These bimonthly issues were copyrighted in February and April of 1950 by Fawcet Publications --- His career which included nearly 200 feature films, serials and TV appearances --- Steele in his twilight years at the age 59 when he got the part of the cantankerous "Trooper Duffy", in the western comedy series "F Troop" (1965), who at the drop of a hat would give his rendition of fighting "shoulder to shoulder with Davy Crockett at the Alamo" --- Steele retired from the screen in 1973 --- Bob's long career, spanning more than 50 years came to an end in 1988 when he passed away.
The first film of this double feature - "BRAND OF THE OUTLAWS" (15 August 1936) (56 mins/B&W)
Under the production staff of:
Robert N. Bradbury - Director
Forbes Parkhill - Screenplay/Story
A.W. Hackel - Producer
Sam Katzman - Supervising Producer
Bert Longenecker - Cinematographer
Dan Milner - Film Editor
Our story line and plot, Gary Gray (Bob Steele) arrives only to be caught up in the rustling activities of Ben Holt (Jack Rockwell) and his gang. First Holt brands him for rustling and then frames him for murder. Proven innocent, Gary foils the gang's stage holdup and then heads after Holt whom he now knows to be the real killer. But Holt knows he is coming and waits unseen in ambush --- realistic & violent B western, this has a well-written script with good acting --- violence is provided through a human branding, several shootings, a gunfight, a knifing, & several fist fights --- One of the best aspects of this film is that the hero, played by Bob Steele, is not at the center of all the action, not in control of everything and not superhuman --- Steele does get the girl at the end,
the cast includes:
Bob Steele ... Gary Gray
Margaret Marquis ... Verna Matlock
Jack Rockwell ... Deputy Ben Holt
Charles King ... Rufe Matlock
Virginia True Boardman ... Mrs. Matlock, Verna's Mother
Ed Cassidy ... The Sheriff (as Howard Cassidy)
Frank Ball ... The Doctor
Budd Buster ... Stage Driver Bill Manning
Bob Kortman ... Henchman
Clyde McClary ... Express Company Clerk
Dick Morehead ... Deputy
Chuck Morrison ... Deputy Chuck
Horace Murphy ... Express Agent John Brent
Bud Osborne ... Posse Rider
Bob Reeves ... Deputy
Second film of the this double feature - "WILDFIRE" (18 July 1945) (60 mins/B&W)
Under the production staff of:
Robert Emmett Tansey - Director
William B. David - Producer
Frances Kavanaugh - Screenwriter
Marcel Le Picard - Cinematographer
Charles Henkle, Jr. - Editor
W.C. Tuttle - Short Story Author
Our story line and plot, Pete Fanning (John Miljan) has his men rustle horses and then blame it on a wild horse named Wildfire --- Happy Haye (Bob Steele) and Alkali Jones (Sterling Holloway) arrive and immediately get into trouble with Fanning and his men --- When Alkali is shot, Happy catches the outlaws but Judge Polson (William Farnum) not only releases them, he discharges the Sheriff and tries to arrest Happy for rustling --- Happy escapes and he and the Sheriff then set out to prove who the real rustlers are.
the cast includes:
Bob Steele ... 'Happy' Haye
Sterling Holloway ... 'Alkali' Jones
John Miljan ... Pete Fanning
Eddie Dean ... Sheriff Johnny Deal
Virginia Maples ... Judy Gordon
Sarah Padden ... Aunt Agatha
Gene Alsace ... Henchman Buck Perry (as Rocky Camron)
Francis Ford ... Ezra Mills
William Farnum ... Judge Polson
William 'Wee Willie' Davis ... Henchman Moose (as 'Wee Willie' Davis)
John Bridges ... Jess Stolton
Frank Ellis ... Rancher Carter
Al Ferguson ... Henchman Steve Kane
George Morrell ... Man at church
Hal Price ... Doug Holker
SPECIAL FEATURES:
BIO:
1. Bob Steele (aka: Robert Adrian Bradbury) (Actor)
Date of Birth: 23 January 1907 - Portland, Oregon
Date of Death: 21 December 1988 - Burbank, California
If you crave action, drama and plenty of adventure check out other western double features --- Ask Amazon.Com to carry the volumes as they are not available on Amazon as of yet --- you can order and pick up your copy now from VCI Entertainment
BOB STEELE WESTERN DOUBLE FEATURES:
1. Vol. 1 - Tombstone Terror/Lightnin' Crandall (VCI #7212) (DVD)
2. Vol. 2 - The Brand of Hate/Trusted Outlaw (VCI #7252) (DVD)
3. Vol. 3 - The Arizona Gunfighter/Last of the Warrens (VCI #7261) (DVD)
4. Vol. 4 - Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin'/The Feud Maker (VCI #7275) (DVD)
5. Vol. 5 - Border Phantom/A Demon For Trouble (VCI #7311) (DVD)
6. Vol. 6 - The Kid Ranger/Nevada Buckaroo (VCI #7336) (DVD)
7. Vol. 7 - The Red Rope/Paroled To Die (VCI #7338) (DVD)
8. Vol. 8 - Smokey Smith/Sundown Saunders (VCI #7340) (DVD)
9. Vol. 9 - Doomed At Sundown/The Law Rides (VCI #7344) (DVD)
10.Vol 10 - No Man's Range/Rider of the Law (VCI #7347) (DVD)
CLASSIC WESTERNS - BOB STEELE FOUR FEATURE:
11. Border Phantom, A Demon For Trouble, Trusted Outlaw, Brand of Hate (VCI #5521) (DVD)
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 B-Westerns and Serials --- If you're into the memories of B-Westerns with high drama, this is the one you've been anxiously waiting for --- please stand up and take a bow --- all my heroes have been cowboys!
Total Time: 116 min on VHS/DVD ~ Poverty Row Pictures ~ (8/26/2008)
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