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THE THREE MESQUITEERS (1936, Republic) Bob Livingston, Ray Corrigan, Syd Saylor, Kay Hughes. A land-grabbing villain, who covets all the land in the region for himself, threatens a family of homesteaders. Bob and the boys intervene in a rip-roaring action movie that features a climatic gun battle involving hand grenades! Watch for the scene where a cowboy is tied to a wild horse and bucked to death! Whew! The first entry in the classic Republic series. Recommended. From 16mm.
ROARIN’ LEAD (1936, Republic) Bob Livingston, Ray Corrigan, Syd Saylor, Kay Hughes. A land-grabbing villain, who covets all the land in the region for himself, threatens a family of homesteaders. Bob and the boys intervene in a rip-roaring action movie that features a climatic gun battle involving hand grenades! Watch for the scene where a cowboy is tied to a wild horse and bucked to death! Whew! The first entry in the classic Republic series. Recommended. From 16mm.
RIDERS OF THE WHISTLING SKULL (1937, Republic) Bob Livingston, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune. One of the best western-horror films ever made! A cross between a western, King Kong, and The Mummy's Hand. A missing professor is found wandering the wasteland. He and a fellow professor had discovered the lost city of Lukachukai. He rants about a forbidden temple, a secret Indian cult, and an ancient curse. However, before he can reveal the location, the lights go out and he is stabbed! A rescue party sets out to find his missing companion. They soon find themselves inside a giant skull-shaped temple on the side of a steep cliff, threatened by devil worshipping savages and "living" mummies! This is one helluva B western. Wow! From 16mm.
HIT THE SADDLE (1937, Republic, From 35mm) Bob Livingston, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, Rita Cansino (Hayworth), Yakima Canutt. A fine 3 Mesquiteers adventure with the boys out to stop a murderous gang of wild horse thieves. The gang leader employs a unique weapon: a killer stallion that tramples you to death at the sound of a whistle! Rita--in her pre-stardom days--plays a baddie out to snag Stoney.
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