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Return to Those Thrilling Days of Yesteryear
Released in glorious Warnercolor, this big-screen version of the classic TV series holds up remarkably well. Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels remain the definitive Lone Ranger and Tonto -- supported by handsome production values and director Stuart Heisler's brisk pacing. It's memorable entertainment for all ages. VCI offers the best DVD edition among the numerous public-domain offerings.

Love the Lone Ranger
Our family loves these DVD's! The first episode is the one that tells how the Lone Ranger becomes the Lone Ranger. My boys, ages 9 and 10, had just asked me how it all started and I did not know. Now we all know and had fun learning it together! My guys could watch these all day long. It has been fun!

"those thrilling days of yesteryear ~ The Lone Ranger & Tonto ride again"
VCI Entertainment and Warner Bros. present the first big screen full length in color "The Lone Ranger" (1956)(Special Edition) (digitally remastered in Dolby), long running Lone Ranger series on radio and then turned out in the early '40s in the movies...it's all new and in Warnercolor the west's greatest hero...the story line is excellent with outstanding action scenes and production with over hours worth of entertainment.... the Ranger and Tonto must overt an all out Indian War and stop the rancher Reece Kilgore from taking over Indian Lands...will the Lone Ranger come up with disguises to get in with the gang of local villians...can we count on the Masked Rider and his faithful Indian Companion to right all the wrongs across the plains...respect for the Native American and the diginity they have earned is displayed throughtout the story and film...watch the scene in which the Ranger bestows upon Red Hawk the Indian Chief, is very touching...we all know very well that Tonto and the Ranger are very good friends and saddle partners...Clayton Moore once stated he loved Jay Silverheels like a Brother...and that my friends is a real hero!

Under director Stuart Hiesler, producers Jack Wrather and Willis Goldbeck, screenplay by Herb Meadow and George W. Trendle...the cast include Clayton Moore (Lone Ranger), Jay Silverheels (Tonto), Silver (Lone Ranger's horse), Scout (Tonto's horse, Lyle Bettger (Reece Kilgore), Bonita Granville (Welcome Kilgore), Perry Lopez (Pete Ramirez), Michael Ansara (Angry Horse), Robert J. Wilke (Cassidy (Kilgore's foreman), Frank DeKova (Chief Red Hawk), John Pickard (Sheriff Sam Kimberley), Beverly Washburn (Lila Kilgore), Lane Chandler (Chip Walker), Kermit Maynard (Rev. Purdy )...the Masked Man rides to new heights of excitement...entertainment for every man, woman and child who ever dreamed of adventure...another thrilling days of yesteryear western with a "Hi-Yo Silver" the Lone Ranger rides again with this big screen technicolor release from Warner Brothers Pictures.

CHAPTER TITLES: (Disc One)
(The Lone Ranger - Special Edition -Wide Screen & Full Screen)
1. Opening
2. The Governor
3. Old Prospector
4. Two Sides
5. Ridin' n' Ropin'
6. Abilene
7. Just in Time
8. Finding Clues
9. Preparations
10.Unmasked
11.The Scarf
12.Held Captive
13.The Rescue
14.Spirit Mountain
15.Silver
16.Explosion
17.The Chase
18.Rest Easy

SPECIAL FEATURES: (Disc Two)
1. Interview with Michael Ansara by Michael Druxman
2. Interview with Dawn Moore by Leonard Maltin

BIOS:(Disc Two)
1. CLAYTON MOORE
Birth Name: Jack Carlton Moore
Birth Date: 9/14/1914 - Chicago, Illinois
Death Date: 12/28/1999) - Los Angeles, CA
2. JAY SILVERHEELS
Birth Name: Harold J. Smith
Birth Date: 5/26/1918 - Ontario, Canada
Death Date: 3/05/1980 - Woodland Hills, CA
3. Lyle Bettger
4. Bonita Granville
5. Michael Ansara
6. Stuart Heisler (Director)

PHOTO GALLERY (Disc Two)
1. "The Lone Ranger" the films stills in color & black and white - Lobby Cards

VCI LONE RANGER TRAILERS:(Disc Two)
1. "Ride in the Whirlwind" (Jack Nicholson, Mille Perkins, Cameron Mitchell and Harry Dean Stanton)
2. "The Shooting" (Jack Nicholson, Millie Perkins, Will Hutchins and Warren Oates)
3. "The Lone Ranger" (thunders to the motion picture screen) (restored trailer)
4. "The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold" (restored trailer) (Golden Book Entertaiment)

THE LONE RANGER CREED (Disc Two)
Written by Fran Striker.

Clayton Moore was a circus acrobat at the age of eight and grew up in the Midwest (Illinois)...worked in the circus and traveled to New York and then Hollywood where he became a stuntman and bit player...inducted into the "Stuntman's Hall of Fame" in 1982...also received the "Western Heritage Award from the National Cowboy Hall of Fame'" also the "Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum" both in 1990...Clayton was once quoted "Playing him [the Lone Ranger] made me a better person.", "Once I got the Lone Ranger role, I didn't want any other. I was playing the good guy."..."I will continue wearing the white hat and black mask until I ride up into the big ranch in the sky." (On his costume as the Lone Ranger, February 4, 1985)...Clayton very much enjoyed quoting and lived by "A Ranger's Creed" which included this moral lesson "That God put the firewood there, but every man must gather and light it himself."

Great job by VCI Entertainment for releasing the digital transfere with a clean, clear and crisp print...looking forward to more of the same from The Lone Ranger vintage era...order your copy now from Amazon or VCI Entertainment, stay tuned once again with a top notch B-Western from VCI...just the way we like 'em!

Total Time: 87 mins on 2 DVD's ~ VCI Entertainment 8252 ~ (5/01/2001)

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