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Great Westerns for a Reasonable Price

David Bassler | Richmond, VA USA | 03/18/2009

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This reasonable priced collection of classic oaters starring iconic Western heroes John Wayne and Roy Rogers probably won't contain anything new for someone who already owns a lot of public domain DVDs; but it does offer a nice sampling of films for the fan just starting his or her collection - at a reasonable price, too, especially if you buy the set used. There isn't a bad film in the bunch - even the selections from among the earliest B-westerns churned out by Wayne in the early 30s. The twenty-five films are released on six disks, each one having a nice bonus feature.

The films in this boxed set are listed below, along with the stars and the movie's rating on a 10 point scale gleaned from a popular movie database:

Hell Town (1937) aka Born to West: John Wayne, Marsha Hunt and Johnny Mack Brown (5.9)
Texas Terror (1935): John Wayne, Lucile Browne, LeRoy Mason and Gabby Hayes (5.1)
The Lawless Frontier (1934): John Wayne, Sheila Terry, Earl Dwire and Gabby Hayes (5.1)
Randy Rides Alone (1934): John Wayne, Alberta Vaughn, Gabby Hayes and Yakima Canutt (4.7)
Sagebrush Trail (1933): John Wayne, Nancy Shubert, Lane Chandler and Yakima Canutt (5.4)
`Neath the Arizona Skies (1933): John Wayne, Virginia Faire Brown and Gabby Hayes (5.9)
The Desert Trail (1935): John Wayne, Mary Kornman and Paul Fix (5.3)
Blue Steel (1934): John Wayne, Eleanor Hunt, Gabby Hayes (5.5)
The Dawn Rider (1935): John Wayne, Marion Burns and Dennis Moore (5.2)
The Lucky Texan (1934): John Wayne, Barbara Sheldon and Gabby Hayes (5.7)
The Angel and the Badman (1947): John Wayne, Gail Russell and Harry Carey (6.3)
McClintock! (1963): John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Patrick Wayne and Stefanie Powers (7.2)
Silver Spurs (1943): Roy Rogers, Smiley Burnette, John Carradine and Phyllis Brooks (6.3)
South of Santa Fe (1942): Roy Rogers, Gabby Hayes, Linda Hayes and Paul Fix (6.2)
Sunset Serenade (1942): Roy Rogers, Gabby Hayes, Helen Parrish and the Sons of the Pioneers (6.2)
King of the Cowboys (1943): Roy Rogers, Smiley Burnette, Peggy Moran and Gerald Mohr (6.5)
Lights of Old Santa Fe (1944): Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Gabby Hayes and Lloyd Corrigan (6.0)
San Fernando Valley (1944): Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Jean Porter and Andrew Tombes (5.9)
The Yellow Rose of Texas (1944): Roy Rogers, Dale Evans and Grant Withers (5.3)
Song of Nevada (1944): Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Mary Lee and Lloyd Corrigan (6.7)
Bells of San Angelo (1947): Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Andy Devine and David Sharpe (5.2)
On the Old Spanish Trail (1947): Roy Rogers, Jane Frazee, Tito Guizar and Andy Devine (6.1)
Springtime in the Sierras (1947): Roy Rogers, Jane Frazee, Andy Devine and Stephanie Bachelor (6.6)
Grand Canyon Trail (1948): Roy Rogers, Jane Frazee, Andy Devine and Robert Livingston (5.4)

Bonuses:
Excerpt from "The Lucy Show" episode, `Lucy Meets John Wayne' (5.10)
A John Wayne Biography
Trailers from three classic John Wayne films: Stagecoach (1939), Flying Leathernecks (1951) and The Searchers (1956)
Three episodes from "The Roy Rogers Show": `Desert Fugitives' (ep. 1.8), `Haunted Mine of Paradise Valley' (ep. 1.19) and `Ranch War' (ep. 5.2)"