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Colorado Pioneers (Nov. 14, 1945)
Red Ryder was a comic-strip cowboy created by writer Stephen Slesinger and artist Fred Harman. Red Ryder premiered in the Sunday funnies on November 6, 1938, and soon grew into one of the largest...
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Sheriff of Redwood Valley (March 29, 1946)
I really like the Red Ryder movies with “Wild” Bill Elliott and Bobby Blake. Sheriff of Redwood Valley is the third one I’ve seen, and watching it after a couple of really bad P.R.C. westerns drove...
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Sun Valley Cyclone (May 10, 1946)
Sun Valley Cyclone, another entry in the Red Ryder film series directed by the dependable R.G. Springsteen, tells the story of how Ryder got his horse, Thunder. These kinds of stories are classic; how...
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Conquest of Cheyenne (July 29, 1946)
R.G. Springsteen’s Conquest of Cheyenne was the last Red Ryder adventure to star “Wild” Bill Elliott. Bobby Blake, who plays “Little Beaver,” the adorable little Indian boy whose biggest challenge in...
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Santa Fe Uprising (Nov. 15, 1946)
R.G. Springsteen’s Santa Fe Uprising was a bittersweet viewing experience for yours truly. On the one hand, I really enjoy this series, based on Fred Harman’s comic-strip cowboy. It’s solid, fun,...
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Out California Way (Dec. 5, 1946)
In the grand tradition of singing cowboys, Monte Hale plays a character in Out California Way named “Monte Hale.” Out California Way is filmed in “Trucolor,” a two-color film process owned by Republic...
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Stagecoach to Denver (Dec. 23, 1946)
Stagecoach to Denver, Allan Lane’s second outing as Fred Harman’s comic-strip cowboy Red Ryder, isn’t much different from his first. He’s a solid replacement for “Wild” Bill Elliott, but he lacks...
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Humoresque (Dec. 25, 1946)
In a recent NY Times interview with David O. Russell, the director of the Oscar-nominated biopic The Fighter (2010), he compared his star, Mark Wahlberg, to John Garfield. Russell said that — like...
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Vigilantes of Boomtown (Feb. 15, 1947)
I thought Allan Lane’s third go-round as Red Ryder was his best yet, but it could just be because I’m a boxing fan. Or maybe I’m just getting used to good old “Wild” Bill Elliott no longer playing Fred...
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Oregon Trail Scouts (May 5, 1947)
R.G. Springsteen’s Oregon Trail Scouts is an origin story, and tells how cowboy hero Red Ryder (Allan Lane) and his young Indian sidekick Little Beaver (Bobby Blake) first met. If you’re expecting a...
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