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Classic Westerns: Bob Baker Four Feature
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"Classic Western Collection ... Bob Baker ... VCI Home Video (2007)"
Review date: 2007-09-01 Rating: 10 out of 10
VCI Entertainment present "CLASSIC WESTERNS COLLECTION: BOB BAKER FOUR FEATURE" (224 mins/B&W) (Fully Restored/Dolby Digitally Remastered) --- now in Glorious Black and White --- VCI presents four outstanding films in the genre of the Western --- relive those thrilling days from the early '30s and '40s when Bob Baker took us down the dusty trails with some of the best B-Westerns ever to grace the Saturday Matinee Screen --- just remember double the thrills, mystery and suspense --- hitting the bull's eye with excitement --- don't miss any of the Bob Baker features loaded with action that will leave you wanting more of his B-Western adventures --- Excellent cast of fine actors with Fuzzy Knight, Dickie Jones, Glenn Strange, I. Stanford Jolley, Jack Kirk, Lafe McKee, Constance Moore, Joan Barclay and Marjorie Reynolds --- outstanding director Joseph H. Lewis and George Waggner takes the helm of each oater.
The first of four Bob Baker Classic Westerns - "SINGING OUTLAW" (Released: 23 January 1938) (57 mins/B&W) --- Our story line and plot, Scrap Gordon (Bob Baker) comes along just as the outlaw Cueball (Harry Woods) and the Marshall Samuel J. Fairfax (Jack Montgomery) kill each other --- To bring in the local outlaw gang he joins them posing as Cueball --- But when the Sheriff captures him with the gang he now thinks he actually is Cueball and Scrap finds himself slated to be hung for the Marshal's murder --- featuring supporting cast of Joan Barclay, Fuzzy Knight, Harry Woods, Carl Stockdale, LeRoy Mason, Glenn Strange, Budd Buster, I. Stanford Jolley, Jack Kirk and Lafe McKee.
Second feature - "BORDER WOLVES" (Released: 25 February 1938) (56 mins/B&W), Our plot line, Carson's (Jack Dorell) an outlaw gang attack and murder a covered wagon train --- riding along Rusty Reynolds (Bob Baker) and Clem Barrett (Fuzzy Knight) are arrested of the crime --- Rusty vows to track down the real culprits --- Judge Coleman (Oscar O'Shea) knows of their innocense and sets them freek to trail and capture the Carson Gang --- will Baker and Knight join the gang and bring them in for trial, or will they be arrested again --- wonderful supporting cast with Fuzzy Knight, Constance Moore, Dickie Jones, Willie Fung, Oscar O'Shea, Glenn Strange, Ed Cassidy, Jack Montgomery, Dick Dorrell and Hank Bell.
In this third feature - "GUILTY TRAILS" (Released: 21 October 1938) (57 mins/B&W), the story thus far, Banker Eason (Jack Rockwell) uses Steve Yates (Carlton Young) to stage a fake holdup and in the ensuing chase and gunfight Eason kills Lawson. Sheriff Bob Higgins (Bob Baker) was in the chase and in the confusion thinks he killed him --- turning in his badge as Sheriff he later finds Yates gold piece at the scene. But just as he is about to get a confession from Yates, Eason shoots Yates --- can Bob Baker bring justice to his fair town, will all go well in this exciting oater, don't miss another episode and stay tuned --- supporting cast Marjorie Reynolds, Wally Wales, Georgia O'Dell, Jack Rockwell, Carleton Young, Forrest Taylor, Glenn Strange, Jack Kirk and Tom London.
And the final oater - "THE LAST STAND" (Released: 1 April 1938) (56 mins/B&W), the plot and story line, involves cattle rustling, murder and pure excitement with some fancy gunplay as our hero and star Tip Douglas/Laredo Kid (Bob Baker) is trailing some cattle rustlers, as they've murdered his father --- working undecover as notorious outlaw Baker gets in with the gang --- who is the leader of this gang, could it be Thorn Evans (Earle Hodgins) who pulled the trigger on his father --- Baker and sidekick Pepper (Fuzzy Knight) need to know when the next raid and where, as they set a trap --- featured supporting cast Constance Moore, Fuzzy Knight, Earle Hodgins, Forrest Taylor, Glenn Strange, Sam Flint , Jimmy Phillips and Jack Kirk - - - - - Special footnote, Fuzzy Knight was the sidekick with his comical ways in many B-Westerns in the '30s & '40s with Johnny Mack Brown, Bob Baker and Tex Ritter, finally landing a co-starring role with Buster Crabbe on the small tube in the TV series "Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion" (1955) as Private Fuzzy Knight
SPECIAL FEATURES:
BIOS:
1. Bob Baker (aka: Stanley Leland Weed)
Date of Birth: 9 November 1910 - Forest City, Iowa
Date of Death: 29 August 1975 - Prescott, Arizona
2. Fuzzy Knight (aka John Forest Knight)
Date of Birth: 9 May 1901 - Fairmont, West Virginia
Date of Death: 23 February 1976 - Hollywood, California
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), Bob Nareau (author of "The Real Bob Steele") and Trevor Scott (Down Under Com) as they have rekindled my interest once again for Film Noir, B-Westerns and Serials --- looking forward to more high quality releases from the vintage serial era of the '20s, '30s & '40s and B-Westerns --- order your copy now from VCI or Amazon where there are plenty of copies available on DVD, stay tuned once again for top notch action mixed with deadly adventure --- if you enjoyed this title, why not check out VCI Entertainment where they are experts in releasing B-Westerns and Serials --- all my heroes have been cowboys!
Total Time: 224 mins on DVD ~ VCI Home Video. ~ (5/29/2007)
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Product Details/Specifications
Artist(s):
Bob Baker
Recording label: Vci Video
Manufacturer: Vci Video
EAN: 0089859552229
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: Black & White, Colour, Dolby, DVD-Video, PAL,
Release date: 2007-05-29
Universal product code (UPC): 089859552229
Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
Running time: 224 minutes
Language: English (Original Language)