Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of the best movies. Old time radio programs, the lone ranger these are the 1945 1955 eps i have. Jul 06, 20 johnny depp channels his indian personality as tonto in the poorly received movie the lone ranger. The lone ranger secret mission classic western movie full. Luckily, the lone ranger is more than the sum of its references, because verbinski and his screenwriters wind them around the core of a vision. The mandalorian, gravity falls, and free solo top our list of the best prime video recs to watch now or add to. As a kid watching the episodes on television as often as i could, i heard occasional references to the beginning of the lone ranger, but never saw it. The film stars rod cameron, julie london, ben cooper, taylor holmes, howard wendell and mel welles. Alpha videos the lone ranger is a nice budget priced sampler of four episodes from the pioneering tv series first year. The video was only made for artistic expression, it is purely fanmade. The lone ranger may refuse to fire a gun unless absolutely necessary, but the film hardly shares his pacifist philosophy, its abundant carnage ranging from scary carnivorous rabbits to an ambush. While details differ, the basic story of the lone ranger s origin is consistent in most versions of the franchise.
As usual, the plot on this fine work is captivating and appealing, as are all of the lone ranger movies and series. The lone ranger is probably one of the most entertaining films ive watched in. Dan blocker full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. Its a strong performance for a b movie, better in fact than many contemporary westerns with bigger stars. He also wore the costume in 1958 for a promotional film shown in schools in which he urged children to join the lone ranger peace patrol and buy u. The film was released on december 15, 1955, by republic pictures. In 1933 a boy discovers an ancient native american in a sideshow carnival tent. A running theme of the lone ranger is the emergence of the locomotive as a means of connecting towns on the american wests frontier. This one hour feature is a special that was created in 1955 for the 22nd. In this 20 film, starring johnny depp and armie hammer, faithful sidekick tonto tells the story of his time with john reid, the man who eventually became known as the legendary lone ranger. The lone ranger and the lost city of gold is a 1958 american western film in eastmancolor released by united artists. Nearly 3,000 episodes followed theres some confusion about the exact number.
I never knew why he was doing what he did or who he really was. Tonto johnny depp and john reid armie hammer are brought together by fate and must join forces to battle greed and corruption. Moore made two movies wearing his famous costume, the lone ranger in 1956 and the lone ranger and the lost city of gold in 1958. The lone ranger story 1955 the lone ranger story 1955. The lone ranger 1955 cast and crew rancher reece kilgore lyle bettger picks a fight with indians in the hope that he can run them off their land and mine it for silver. The lone ranger the black hat hd lone ranger tv series full episodes old cartoon duration.
The lone ranger was created for a radio show on a station in detroit, and was first broadcast on january 30, 1933. The legend of the lone ranger will always be one of my favorite movies. With this opportunity to set the record straight about his and reids adventures, tonto recalls the day in 1869 when he first encountered the man who would be his trusted friend and. However, coffin appears strictly in part 1, while lewis character is killed in the opening moments of part 2, suggesting that the back story of collins lewiss betrayal of the rangers, the ambush, butch turning on collins, and his surviving cavendishs treachery to attack our heroes, meeting his actual death in the process, are reduced to.
Fraker and stars klinton spilsbury, michael horse and christopher lloyd it is based on the story of the lone ranger, a western character created by george w. A masked man clayton moore and tonto jay silverheels follow a horserace bet between indians and townsfolk. Many of the team behind pirates of the caribbean reunite for this megabudget western, based on a long running radio and television show. Directed by john sayles, the film segues between 1957 and present day in frontera, a border with a mix of anglos, latinos and africanamericans.
The lone ranger is an american western drama television series that aired. This telling of the story of the lone ranger is one of the first in the history of cinema. I will take the legend of the lone ranger over a lot of the pretentious and overrated snoozers that have won best picture at the academy awards year after year. The lone ranger and the lost city of gold would be the last time clayton moore and jay silverheels played the lone ranger and tonto. The lone ranger as it stands is a old standby for me. This black and white version of the story is going to allow you to see a very young roy rogers play this hero. Turner classic movies presents the greatest motion pictures of all time from one of the largest film libraries in the world. The lone ranger and the lost city of gold wikipedia. Native american spirit warrior tonto recounts the untold tales that transformed john reid, a man of the law, into a legend of justice. If you grew up on the lone ranger in reruns like i did, i never knew the story of the ranger and tonto and how they got together. The legion of old timers from the first season of the lone ranger aired on october sixth of 1949.
Both this film and maverick credit david buttolph with the music. This 1956 film was bonita granvilles last film appearance. It was the ninth of the sixtysix serials produced by republic, the fourth western a third of republics serials were westerns and the first republic serial release of 1938. Tale of gold 1955 a masked man clayton moore and tonto jay silverheels follow a horserace bet between indians and townsfolk. Much of the series was filmed on the former iverson movie ranch in. There are about 25 western movies that can be called great. The lone ranger was the first of two feature films made in the 50s starring clayton moore as the lone ranger and jay silverheels as tonto. A posse of six members of the texas ranger division, led by captain dan reid, pursued a band of outlaws led by bartholomew butch cavendish, but are betrayed by a civilian guide named collins.
Watch full movies online free movies online movietube free online movies full movie2k watch movies 2k. The story of the lone ranger chronicles the creation and development of the lone ranger during the depression years of the early 1930s on radio and in novels, comic strips and two movie serials. The film stars rod cameron, julie bishop, ben cooper, raymond greenleaf, chubby johnson and john warburton. A previous try at a bigscreen origins story, the legend of the lone ranger, in 1981, was a total bust and the only film ever made by the actor who played the title character, klinton spilsbury. The second of two theatrical features specifically based on and continuing the tv show the lone ranger it stars clayton moore and jay silverheels, reprising their roles from the tv series. Download the tv guide app for iphone, ipad and android. Johnny depp ready to return lone ranger star armie hammer is signed on for a couple sequels assuming they happen, while johnny depp says hes all ready to reprise as tonto. Lone star 1996 is a mystery drama that portrays the underlying tensions of a small texas town coming to the surface when an old murder gets discovered. The lone ranger was the first of two theatrical features based on the popular tv series of the same name. Jul 01, 20 the lone ranger gets a big screen adaptation, and now he and tonto must stop the baddies of the 1800sso a train is probably involved. When all else fails i go looking for the old ranger. The lone ranger is the sole survivor of a group of six ambushed texas rangers. The fictional story line maintains that a patrol of six texas rangers is massacred. Then a masked lawman, the lone ranger clayton moore and.
Johnny depp plays tonto, an eccentric native american loner searching for the men responsible for destroying his village, teaming up with john reid, an idealistic. That allows verbinski the opportunity to bookend his story with two. Clayton moore list of movies and tv shows tv guide. Only in pirates of the caribbean director gore verbinski s take, tonto johnny depp isnt merely a secondary character hes the storys guide, catalyst, and narrator. This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format. The lone ranger story part of this dvd package is great to have available after such a long period of time. Pizzaflix is a passion project created by two film industry professionals with 50 years combined experience. Only the lone ranger and his faithful friend, tonto, can prevent a savage war from. The ranger is dumbo, tonto is the mouse timothy, and the heros nonexistent invincibility is the magic feather. The next day, the governor comes to brasada, posing as a guest of wealthy rancher reece kilgore, so that he can meet covertly with the lone ranger. A onehour special was created from the first three episodes and aired as the 22nd anniversary special in february 1955. The lone ranger on film a list of titles created 04 feb 2015.
Even though i like the black and white series, the color adds definite flavor to the movie. The lone ranger tells the story of a city lawman, named john reid, who visits the gritty west to visit his brother, one of the towns rangers. Tonto shares his memories of the how the duo met and some of the pairs earliest adventures as they sought. The lone ranger s real name was john reid portrayed on radio by brace beemer. He works with his indian friend tonto, and he rides he steed silver to his next adventure. The passion of the christ and other great movies to stream for free. The appeal of this lone ranger movie is the fact that it is in color. The lone ranger is a 1956 western film based on the lone ranger television series, starring clayton moore and jay silverheels. The title the lone ranger rides again is misleading, the set contains 15 episodes taken from the tv series the lone ranger 19491957, 221 episodes in 5 seasons, starring clayton moore as lone ranger and jay silverheels as tonto. Feb 17, 2007 a greedy, deceitful rancher stirs up trouble with a local indian tribe, creating a dangerous, hostile climate. This thirtyminute episode revolves around a reoccurring scheme gang leader red devers has fabricated. However, a ruthless outlaw takes out all of the rangers including reid, and a local native american outcast named tonto helps in resurrecting the lone ranger to bring justice to the villain. Parents need to know that the lone ranger is a reboot of the famous tv show and film serials about a lawmanturnedvigilante and his trusty native american sidekick, tonto.
Popular on radio and in movies, the ranger enjoyed a five season run, airing 221 halfhour chapters on the abctv network every thursday at 7. This one hour feature is a special that was created in 1955 for the 22nd anniversary of the program 22 years includes the radio program years using the first three episodes of the tv series from 1949 edited together, that provide the answers to the origin of the lone ranger. Clayton moore and jay silverheels in the lone ranger 1956 lone ranger, the clayton moore, chief angry horse 1955 warner bros. It examines the promotion of the character through radio premiums and merchandising from the 1930s to the present. The legend of the lone ranger is a 1981 american western film that was directed by william a. Rancher reece kilgore lyle bettger picks a fight with indians in the hope that he can run them off their land and mine it for silver. All portions of the grand comics database, except where noted otherwise, are ed by the gcd and are licensed under a creative commons attributionsharealike 4. Courtney as dan reid lone rangers nephew 14 episodes. It aired on both abc the network showing first run episodes and cbs the network airing reruns.
The lone ranger is also john reid in dynamite entertainments licensed lone ranger comic book series that began in 2006 and in the 20 disney film the lone ranger. This video is in no way associated with the musical artist or. I never knew clayton moore had done a feature length movie as the lone ranger, so this was a pleasant surprise on many counts. At a mission church, the governor keeps his appointment with the lone ranger, who, disguised as an old prospector, shows him a silver bullet, the mark of the lone ranger. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost.
The best showtime tv shows to bingewatch with your free. The lone ranger is an american western drama television series that aired on the abc television network from 1949 to 1957, with clayton moore in the starring role. The lone ranger movie tv listings and schedule tv guide. Find out when and where you can watch the lone ranger on tv with the full listings schedule at. Indigenous people react to indigenous representation in film and tv pocahontas, the lone. The fighting chance is a 1955 american drama film directed by william witney and written by houston branch. The lone ranger is a desperado who helps people in need. The lone ranger story 1955 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The lone ranger is an american western drama television series that aired on the abc. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. I found this film at our local library while searching for the old tv series. The tv series wrapped up in june of 57, a year before this picture would open. The name john reid is used in a scene in the 1981 film the legend of the lone ranger, in which the surviving reid digs an extra grave for himself. Watch the lone ranger online stream full movie directv.