Archive for the ‘Western’ Category

The Roy Rogers Collection

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
 
The Roy Rogers Collection 20 Movie Pack
Call Number: DVD00031
by Roy Rogers; Dale Evans Rogers; George Hayes; Mill Creek Entertainment.;
Format: DVD
Language: English  
Publisher: [S.l.] : Mill Creek Entertainment, ©2006.
Notes: Set contains 20 movies on 4 DVD discs (19 hrs. 48 mins.); All movies in black and white, except “Bells of San Angelo” and “Under California stars”, which are in color.
Chapters: Disc 1. Lights of Old Santa Fe (56 min.) (1944) ; My pal Trigger (79 min.) (1946) ; Rough riders round-up (55 min.) (1939) ; Sheriff of Tombstone (54 min.) (1941) ; Utah (53 min.) (1945) ; Young Bill Hickok (54 min.) (1940) —
Disc 2. Billy the Kid returns (54 min.) (1938) ; Carson City Kid (57 min.) (1940) ; Colorado (54 min.) (1940) ; Cowboy and the Senorita (52 min.) (1944) ; Days of Jesse James (53 min.) (1939) ; In old Caliente (56 min.) (1939) —
Disc 3. Bells of Rosarita (63 min.) (1945) ; Hands across the border (72 min.) (1944) ; Heldorado (54 min.) (1946) ; Robin Hood of the pecos (53 min.) (1941) ; Arizona Kid (54 min.) (1939) ; King of the cowboys (67 min.) (1943) —
Disc 4. Bells of San Angelo (78 min.) (1942) ; Under California stars (70 min.) (1948).
OCLC #: 76065832
Added: October 21, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection

Ride Lonesome

Monday, October 20th, 2008
Ride Lonesome
Call Number: VHS00141
by Randolph Scott; Karen Steele; Budd Boetticher; Burt Kennedy;
Format: VHS
Language: English  
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : GoodTimes Home Video, ©1990.
Notes: Originally released in 1959 (73 mins.);
Summary: A former sheriff captures a young desperado and waits for his killer-brother to come to the rescue.
OCLC #: 30346550
Added: October 20, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection

Union Pacific

Monday, October 20th, 2008
Union Pacific
Call Number: VHS00137
by Barbara Stanwyck; Joel McCrea; Akim Tamiroff; Robert Preston; Lynne Overman; Brian Donlevy; Robert Barrat; Anthony Quinn; Stanley Ridges; Evelyn Keyes; Henry Kolker; Francis McDonald; Cecil B DeMille; Walter DeLeon; C Gardner Sullivan; Jesse L Lasky; Jack Cunningham; Ernest Haycox; Paramount Pictures, inc.; MCA Universal Home Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English  
Publisher: [Universal City, Calif.] : MCA Universal Home Video, [1995]
Notes: Originally released in 1939 (136 mins.); Based on a story by Ernest Haycox; Nominated for one 1940 Academy Award; Included in the Cecil B. DeMille collection; Edition includes original theatrical trailer;
Summary: Epic film about the development of the Union Pacific Railroad and the race to Promontory.
OCLC #: 32370877
Added: October 20, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection

Copper Canyon

Friday, October 17th, 2008
 
Copper Canyon
Call Number: VHS00113
by Ray Milland; Hedy Lamarr; Macdonald Carey; Mona Freeman; John Farrow; Mel Epstein; Jonathan Latimer; Paramount Pictures.;
Format: VHS
Language: English  
Publisher: Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount, 1991.
Notes: Originally released in 1950 (84 mins.);
Summary: A vaudeville marksman does some fancy shooting to protect ex-Confederate miners from their harsh Yankee bosses.
OCLC #: 23825260
Added: October 17, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection

South of St. Louis

Friday, October 17th, 2008
South of St. Louis
Call Number: VHS00111
by Joel McCrea; Alexis Smith; Zachary Gold; James R Webb; Milton Sperling; Ray Enright; Warner Bros. Pictures.; United States Pictures, Inc.; Republic Pictures Home Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English  
Publisher: Los Angeles, CA : Republic Pictures Home Video, [1987]
Notes: Originally released in 1949 (88 mins.);
Summary: A Texas rancher turns gunrunner when his cattle ranch is devastated during the explosive times of the Civil War.
OCLC #: 21360500
Added: October 17, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection

The Stalking Moon

Friday, October 17th, 2008
 
 
The Stalking Moon
Call Number: VHS00106
by Gregory Peck; Eva Marie Saint; Robert Forster; Alvin Sargent; Alan J Pakula; Robert Mulligan; Theodore V Olsen; Warner Bros.;
Format: VHS
Language: English  
Publisher: Burbank, Calif. : Warner Home Video, 1988.
Notes: Originally released in 1968 (110 mins.); Based on the novel The Stalking Moon, by Theodore V. Olsen
Summary: Sam Varner is a veteran cavalryman and the best army scout in the Southwest. He agrees to escort a former Apache captive and her half-Indian son to safety, but finds his path stalked by Salvaje, a renegade killer dead set on getting the boy back
OCLC #: 19714388
Added: October 17, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
 
 

Wild Wild West

Friday, October 17th, 2008
Wild Wild West
Call Number: DVD00030 Copy 1
DVD00030 Copy 2
by St. Clair Entertainment Group Inc.; Marlon Brando; Burt Lancaster; Randoph Scott;
Format: DVD
Language: English  
Publisher: Montreal, QC : St. Clair Entertainment Group Inc., ©2003.
Notes: Originally released between 1951 and 1973; Limited Edition box set contains eight movies on eight DVDs;
Chapters: One-eyed jacks — Vengeance valley — Rage at dawn — The deadly companions — Boot Hill — The over-the-hill gang — Pioneer woman — Sitting Bull.
OCLC #: 262620897
Added: October 17, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection

The Outlaw

Thursday, October 16th, 2008
 
The Outlaw
Call Number: VHS00098
by Howard Hughes; Jane Russell; Walter Huston; Thomas Mitchell; Jack Buetel; Joseph Sawyer;
Format: VHS
Language: English  
Publisher: Olla, LA : Memory Lane Video, ©1984.
Notes: Originally released in 1947 (95 mins.);
Summary: Loosely-based on the historic saga of the life and crimes of Billy the Kid, this film tells of Billy’s meeting with Doc Holliday and Pat Garrett at a way station where they quarrel over a girl.
OCLC #: 12131143
Added: October 16, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection

Gene Autry

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008
Gene Autry
Call Number: DVD00028
by Gene Autry; Platinum Disc Corporation.;
Format: VHS
Language: English  
Publisher: La Crosse, WI : Platinum Disc Corp., 2004.
Notes: Two-disc DVD set containing eight TV films; From the series TV Classic Westerns
Chapters: Disc 1. The man from Music Mountain — Oh, Susanna! — The old barn dance — The old corral —
Disc 2. Public cowboy no. 1 — Ride, ranger, ride — Rim of the canyon — Yodelin’ kid from Pine Ridge..
OCLC #: 62164046
Added: October 14, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection

Hollywood Greats in the Early Westerns

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008
Hollywood Greats in the Early Westerns
Call Number: VHS00075
by Errol Flynn; Ronald Reagan; Olivia deHavilland; Alan Hale; Clark Gable; William Boyd; Helen Twelvetrees; Tim McCoy; Joan Barclay; Ben Corbett;
Format: VHS
Language: English  
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Questar Video, 1995.
Notes: 10 westerns on three VHS tapes (12 hrs.);
Chapters: The outlaw (1941) – Famous western debut of Jane Russell with Jack Buetel as Billy the Kid and Walter Huston as Doc Holliday —
Riders of destiny (1933) – Action western starring John Wayne as a Washington agent sent to procure water rights for ranchers. Also starring Cecilia Parker, George “Gabby” Hayes, and Forrest Taylor. —
The frontiersman (1938) – Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd) and George “Gabby” Hayes deal with unruly schoolchildren, a gang of rustlers and a pretty school teacher.
Boots & saddles (1937) – Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette teach an English newcomer the “code of the West”. Also stars Judith Allen —
Under California stars (1948) – Classic western of the lonesome cowboy. Roy Rogers takes on a gang of horse thieves who hold Trigger for ransom —
Dawn on the great divide (1943) – Lawman exposes villians framing Native Americans for alleged crimes. Buck Jones’ last film. —
Arizona days (1937) – Early gun-fighting western starring the original singing cowboy, Tex Ritter. Also features Eleanor Stewart, Syd Saylor and Snub Pollard.
Santa Fe Trail (1940) – Action starring Errol Flynn and Ronald Reagan as West Point classmates and romantic rivals. Also stars Olivia de Havilland and Alan Hale. —
The painted desert (1931) – Clark Gable’s talkie debut as the bad guy in a romance about young lovers caught between feuding families. Also with William Boyd and Helen Twelvetrees —
Texas wildcats (1939) – Good guys vs. bad guys western with Tim McCoy starring as the Phantom. Also, with Joan Barclay and Ben Corbett.
OCLC #: 37824942
Added: October 14, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection