RIDERS OF THE ROCKIES (1937, Grand National) Tex Ritter, Louise Stanley, Horace Murphy, Charlie King. Tex leaves his ranger unit to join an outlaw gang in hopes of proving two rangers innocent of framed-up charges. His friends escape but are marked for death by the gang. Can Tex save them? 16mm.
FRONTIER TOWN (1938, Grand National) Tex Ritter, Anne Evers, Snub Pollard, Charlie King. Tex’s pal is being cheated in a poker game. Tex enters the game himself and catches players passing cards. A fight ensues and a shot rings out. One of the players slumps to the floor--dead. Tex is blamed! 16mm.
STARLIGHT OVER TEXAS (1938, Monogram) Tex Ritter, Salvatore Damino, Carmen LaRoux, Charlie King. Tex is sent to investigate several bloody Indian raids. He soon learns that the raids are the work of a gang of white impostors who are smuggling arms over the border. It seems this surly bunch is also behind other crimes, too--including the murder of the sheriff! Recommended. From 16mm.
RIDERS OF THE FRONTIER (1939, Monogram) Tex Ritter, Mantan Moreland, Jean Joyce, Hal Taliaferro. Tex impersonates an outlaw and infiltrates a ranch where the owner is slowly being poisoned by her crooked foreman who plans on taking over the ranch. Tex gets in a real bind when the real outlaw shows up! Tex and Mantan’s version of the “Boll Weevil Song” is a delight. Recommended. 16mm.
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