After altering the face of cartoon comedy at Warner Bros. with his development of characters such as Porky Pig, Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny, Avery headed to M-G-M to further his reign of mayhem with the likes of Screwball Squirrel, Red Hot Riding Hood and Droopy. All of Avery's star characters are featured here: Droopy, as a Mountie, a bullfighter and a Western deputy; Spike, as a hibernating bear's weary watchdog; Red, as both Cinderella and a frontier cowgirl; and Screwball Squirrel, as --...
A dog may be man's best friend, but a cartoon fan's bestfriend is Droopy, the diminutive basset hound created byanimation legend Tex Avery. No matter the challenge, deadpan Droopy remains unflappable. Yes, there are jowly folds, but no flaps. Not ever. Droopy speaks slowly but thinks fast. He moves slowly but pops up quicker than a dog can lick a dinner dish, anywhere he needs to be. He's the ideal counterpoint to Avery's trendsetting sight gags, extended reactions and hilarious...
Undercover G-Man Tex Collins is investigating the gang of train robbers who made off with a million dollars worth of pure gold. Aided by information provided a by a patriotic and observant boy scout troop, Tex follows a trail of clues to Dorman, owner of a mining operation. When a young scout overhears Dorman's plan to transport the stolen gold, he shoots the boy and leaves him for dead. The gunmen race for the Mexican border with the stolen gold, hotly pursued by an avenging Tex and his...
A gold shipment is stolen! Tex goes after the thieves. The gang is led by Taylor, but can Tex prove he is guilty? Murphy, as Tex's sidekick, provides a clue, then with the help of a posse and a Boy Scout Troop they bring the crooks to justice. From a top 16mm print.
A 5-DVD bundle pack of five Tex Ritter films.
Arizona Days (1936, B&W, 52 Minutes): Vengeful Harry Price and his lawless gang burn the wagons of Professor McGill's minstrel show to get even with cowboy singer Tex Malinson. When the county commissioner deputizes Tex, the Price boys conspire to get rid of the rookie lawman - dead or alive. A violent skirmish erupts into a full-fledged war after a bullet intended for Tex hits the wrong target.Tex Ritter co-wrote the musical score for this sagebrush saga and energetically performs four...
Rhythm of the Rio Grande (1940, B&W): Ranger Tex Regan rides into the Cinco Valley hot on the trail of Mexican bandito Pablo Velez. Tex's investigation leads not to Pablo, but to Jim Bannister, whose henchmen are posing as Mexicans to drive ranchers off of their gold-rich land. Joining forces, Tex and Pablo bait a trap to catch the murdering land baron Bannister red-handed.Tex Ritter stars in this excellent Monogram western which features spectacular outdoor location shots with plenty of...
Tex Ritter starred in numerous singing cowboy vehicles during his relatively brief acting career, but found his real calling as a singer and songwriter. Ritter charted a number of his recordings, notably "Jingle, Jangle, Jingle" and "I'm Wastin' My Tears On You," and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1964.Riders Of The Frontier (B&W, 1939): Masquerading as infamous outlaw Ed Carter, lawman Tex Lowery infiltrates a gang of thugs who have turned Sarah Burton's ranch into their...
A Tex Ritter double feature!Riders Of The Rockies (B&W, 1937): Hoping to free his partners Doc and Pee Wee, who have been jailed on a bogus robbery charge, Arizona Ranger Tex Rand decides to infiltrate the band of outlaws who framed them. To prove his credentials, Rand deserts the Rangers and heads out across the border to find the elusive Jeffries Gang. Word has spread that Tex is a disgraced lawman, and Jeffries is more than happy to let him join the gang. Without the support of his fellow...
Rollin' Westward (1939, B&W): Tex Ramsey rescues pretty Betty Lawson from a runaway coach. He learns from Betty that the county has been infiltrated with new "homesteaders" who are actually gunslingers hired by crooked lawyer Lem Watkins. The power hungry attorney has been buying up all the land with water in a scheme to choke out all the cattlemen and steal their ranches. Tex and Betty join forces to lead the ranchers in a war to bring down Watkins and his army of gunmen.Starring Tex Ritter,...
With a song in his heart and a six-gun on his hip, Tex Ritter and his horse White Flash thunder into action in two feature-length adventures!Take Me Back To Oklahoma (1940, B&W): When a villainous competitor tries to destroy the struggling Pico Stageline, Tex and his buddy Slim ride to the rescue. Thwarted in his takeover scheme, the rival stagecoach operator ups the ante. He hires a killer to gun Tex down, unaware that Tex has befriended the gunman's son and has a plan up his sleeve to turn...
A double feature from cowboy superstar Tex Ritter!Utah Trail (1938, B&W): Amid wild claims of a "ghost" train, railroad agent Tex Stewart heads to Arizona with his pals, Peewee and Ananias. Some night-time sleuthing convinces Tex that the spectral locomotive is very real, and is being used by a local cattle-rustling gang to spirit away stolen livestock. Railroad superintendent Hiram Slaughter is the brains behind the criminal operation, but it will take Tex and his sidekicks more than just...
Where the Buffalo Roam (1938, B&W): Investigating a notorious gang of buffalo poachers, undercover government agent Tex Houston returns home and is shocked to find that the outlaws have murdered his mother. The town is run by crooked John Foster. Tex manages to get himself appointed marshal by boss Foster who is accustomed to having the law in his pocket. When Tex starts cleaning up the town for real, Foster launches an all-out shooting war.Beautifully filmed on location in Lone Pine...
The Louisiana wedding of debutante Phoebe Ann Naylor to Don Andrea de Baldasar, El Duce de la Casala is stopped by the Cavalry over a matter of honor. Don Andrea flees across the river to Texas, where he meets up with Sam Hollis and his Indian sidekick, Kronk, who are carrying rifles to the town of Moccasin Flats. Don Andrea rescues an Indian maiden, Lonetta, tames some longhorns, competes with Sam for Phoebe's affections, eludes a Comanche war party and the cavalry (who have come to Moccasin...
Eddie Tayloe, an aspiring playwright, has hit the open road to hunt down fame and fortune. Perry Dunklin is a restless girl hitch-hiking her way to Alabama. The two quickly become traveling companions. Lovestruck, Tayloe convinces the free spirited Perry to continue on with him to New York, but she balks at any prospect of turning their friendship into something more. To prove her point, she moves to Brooklyn, away from Eddie's Manhattan hotel room. Eddie soon finds himself spending much of...
Si Haller (Gabby Hayes), an old time prospector, and war hero Ted Garner (Bob Steele) stumble upon a corpse in the desert. The dead man bears a note begging the finder to protect his niece, June Collins (Nancy Drexel). Ted and Si decide to meet the girl, due to arrive on the next mail plane. Carrying a payroll, the plane is shot down and ambushed by robbers. The pair manage to rescue June and the pilot, but the bandits get away.Questioning the wounded flier, Ted suspects that local gangster...
Esther Williams dazzles the eye and Red Skelton tickles the funny bone in Texas Carnival, a rootin' tootin' musical "done in such a grand, breezy manner that even Texans are apt to give it a hearty backslap of approval" (Los Angeles Examiner). The two play a down-and-out carnival sideshow team mistaken for a pair of multimillionaires at a swank Texas resort hotel -- a perfect plot for Miss Williams to display both her fine sense of comedy and gorgeous, bathing-suit-clad figure. Skelton is...
Texas Guinan, the tough-talking cowgirl who starred in Westerns during the silent era, saddles up in six classic films on two discs.
Mary Louise Cecilia "Texas" Guinan (1884-1933) left the state from which she took her name as a teenager with dreams of becoming a movie star. Her crass, brazen personality, forged in poverty, made this harder than she expected, but her leggy figure guaranteed her regular work as a chorus girl on Broadway. Moonlighting in vaudeville, she developed a cowgirl character that caught the attention of Hollywood, and was cast in her first film, The Wildcat (1917). Over the next few years, Texas would...
Joe Wallace is shot down as he races to inform Roy Rogers about thugs responsible for a recent cattle stampede in Duane County. Old Joe dies before he can impart the information. Investigating the murder, Roy follows a trail of clues which leads to Victor Marsh, president of the Cattleman's Association. Marsh is trying to stir up hostilities between cattlemen and sheepherders so that he can seize the valuable grazing rights in the territory. But Rogers will need to turn up evidence fast,...
Ruthless swindler Ernest Moore uses his phony Patriot League to gain the trust of local ranchers. The gullible are tricked into selling their property to him; the skeptical are killed and the land is stolen. Moore's goal is to control the entire territory to gain possession of what lies beneath - an incredibly rich vein of tin ore. The largest deposit runs under the spread owned by Sam Adams. He's holding out against Moore's pressure, suspecting that the pious patriot is linked to the recent...
Eight feature-length Texas Rangers films on 8 DVDs. Includes bonus Sgt. Renfrew feature film, "Fighting Mad."
With thousands of cattle being rustled from White Sage ranch the 1930's Texas Rangers are called in. They manage to get one of their agents into the gang by making them think he is the Pecos Kid on the lam.
Marshal Tim Smith rides to the rescue of Rawhide, Texas, a town plagued by cutthroats. It's a tangled web of deception when Smith seizes an opportunity to infiltrate the gang. Bates, the outlaws' leader, orders him to pin on a badge and pose as the town's new marshal. The lawman plays along in hopes of discovering the secret mastermind behind the crooked operation.Tim McCoy, a Wyoming cowboy turned Hollywood Western star, was getting near the end of his movie trail when he signed up with PRC...