The Lone Ranger Rides Again First Edition

1939 film serial directed by William Witney and John English

The Lone Ranger Rides Once more
Directed past	William Witney John English
Written past	Franklin Adreoon Ronald Davidson Gerald Geraghty Barry Shipman Sol shor Fran Striker (radio show) George Due west. Trendle (radio evidence)
Produced by	Robert Grand. Beche
Starring	Robert Livingston Principal Thundercloud Duncan Renaldo Jinx Falken Ralph Dunn J. Farrell MacDonald
Cinematography	Edgar Lyons William Nobles
Edited by	Helene Turner Edward Todd
Music by	William Lava
Distributed by	Republic Pictures
Release date	February 25, 1939[1]
Running time	15 chapters (263 minutes)[1]
Country	Usa
Language	English
Budget	$193,878 (negative cost: $213,997)[one]

The Lone Ranger Rides Once more is a 1939 American Republic series. Information technology was a sequel to Republic'southward 1938 serial The Lone Ranger, which had been highly successful, and the thirteenth of the sixty-six serials produced past Democracy.

The series was considered lost for a long time but copies, with Spanish subtitles, have since been establish and re-issued.^{[2] [3]}

Plot [edit]

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Homesteaders moving into a valley in New Mexico are being attacked past the Black Raiders. The valley had been settled by rancher Craig Dolan, who does not desire the new homesteaders to be there. His son, Bart, has taken matters into his own hands and formed the Black Raiders. The Lone Ranger attempts to aid the homesteaders merely he is hampered past his having been framed for being function of the Raiders. In detail, Juan Vasquez believes that he killed his brother, although when this is disproven he becomes another of the Solitary Ranger's partners. However, the Ranger is forced to remove the mask and operate nether the name of "Nib Andrews" at times in social club to successfully protect the homesteaders.

Cast [edit]

Main cast

• Robert Livingston equally The Alone Ranger and hugger-mugger as homesteader Neb Andrews. Fugitive the deliberate mystery of the radio show and the gradual revelation of the start serial, the Lone Ranger is clearly revealed as Nib Andrews from the get-go. Livingston replaced Lee Powell from the starting time serial.^[four]
• Chief Thundercloud as Tonto, the Lone Ranger's sidekick
• Silver Master as Silver, the Solitary Ranger's equus caballus. Silver Primary replaced Silver King, the horse in the original serial.^[5]
• Duncan Renaldo as Juan Vasquez, who originally believes the Lone Ranger killed his brother
• Jinx Falken every bit Sue Dolan
• Ralph Dunn as Bart Dolan, Craig Dolan'due south son, the villain and leader of the Black Raiders
• J. Farrell MacDonald equally Craig Dolan

Supporting cast

• William Gould as Jed Scott
• Rex Lease as Evans
• Ted Mapes as Merritt, a settler
• Henry Otho as Pa Daniels
• John Beach equally Hardin, ane of the Black Raiders
• Glenn Strange as Thorne, one of the Black Raiders
• Stanley Blystone as Murdock, one of the Black Raiders
• Eddie Parker as Hank, ane of the Black Raiders
• Al Taylor every bit Colt, i of the Blackness Raiders
• Carlton Young equally Logan
• Forrest Taylor (uncredited) as Judge Miller

Additional cast

• Billy Bletcher as the (uncredited) voice of The Lone Ranger. Bletcher as well voiced the Ranger in the previous serial.

Production [edit]

The Lone Ranger Rides Once again was budgeted at $193,878 although the concluding negative cost was $213,997 (a $20,119, or 10.iv%, overspend). Information technology was the most expensive Republic serial of 1939 and the second near expensive of all Republic serials after Captain America (1944, $222,906), but beating Secret Service in Darkest Africa (1943, $210,033).^[1]

The studio was willing to spend and then much on this serial because the previous Lone Ranger serial had been a major success and was making a profit subsequently only a few months on release.^[6]

It was filmed between 9 December 1938 and twenty January 1939 under the working title The Lone Ranger Returns.^[i] The serial'due south product number was 895.^[1]

Director William Witney did not believe the script was as good as the original The Lonely Ranger but for the first time the directors insisted on being function of the casting process for this serial.^[six]

Stunts [edit]

• Yakima Canutt
• Tommy Coats
• George DeNormand
• Ted Mapes
• Eddie Parker
• Mail service Park
• David Sharpe
• Ted Wells
• Bud Wolfe
• Bill Yrigoyen
• Joe Yrigoyen

Release [edit]

Theatrical [edit]

The Lone Ranger Rides Again'due south official release date is 25 Feb 1939, although this is really the date the seventh chapter was made available to film exchanges.^[1]

Chapter titles^{[1] [7]} [edit]

1. The Lone Ranger Returns (28 min 54s)
2. Masked Victory (16 min 43s)
3. The Black Raiders Strike (16 min 45s)
4. The Cavern of Doom (xvi min 44s)
5. Agents of Deceit (16 min 37s)
6. The Trap (16 min 39s)
7. Solitary Ranger at Bay (xvi min 42s)
8. Ambush (sixteen min 40s)
9. Wheels of Doom (16 min 44s)
10. The Dangerous Captive (16 min 37
11. Death Below (xvi min 40s)
12. Blazing Peril (16 min 41s) -- Re-Cap Affiliate
13. Exposed (sixteen min 42s)
14. Besieged (16 min 39s)
15. Frontier Justice (16 min 45s)

See also [edit]

• List of film serials
• List of film serials by studio

References [edit]

1. ^ ^{a b c d due east f yard h} Mathis, Jack (1995). Valley of the Cliffhangers Supplement. Jack Mathis Advertisement. pp. 3, 10, 36–37. ISBN0-9632878-1-8.
2. ^ B-Westerns, retrieved eleven August 2007
3. ^ Serial Squadron, retrieved 22 August 2020
4. ^ Harmon, Jim; Donald F. Glut (1973). "12. The Westerns "Who Was That Masked Homo!"". The Great Movie Serials: Their Audio and Fury. Routledge. p. 310. ISBN978-0-7130-0097-9.
5. ^ Stedman, Raymond William (1971). "4. Perilous Saturdays". Serials: Suspense and Drama By Installment. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 114. ISBN978-0-8061-0927-5.
6. ^ ^{a b} Witney, William (2005). In a Door, Into a Fight, Out a Door, Into a Chase. McFarland & Company. ISBN978-0-7864-2258-six.
7. ^ Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 224. ISBN0-7864-0471-X.

External links [edit]

• The Solitary Ranger Rides Again at IMDb
• The Lonely Ranger Rides Again at AllMovie
• The Lone Ranger Rides Again at the TCM Pic Database
• The Lone Ranger serials at B-Westerns
• The Solitary Ranger Rides Again at Attempt Comics

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