Green Hornet, The
by Ford Beebe, Ray Taylor
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Actor: Anne Nagel, Gordon Jones, Keye Luke, Phillip Trent, Wade BotelerDirector: Ford Beebe, Ray Taylor
Brand: Video Communications Inc.
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 258 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-07-28
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: 8555
Studio: VCI Entertainment
Movie Reviews of Green Hornet, The
Movie Review: "The Green Hornet (1940) ... Gordon Jones ... VCI Ent. (2009)"
Summary: 5 Stars
VCI Entertainment presents "THE GREEN HORNET" --- (9 January 1940) (258 mins/B&W) (Dolby digitally remastered) --- Universal movie serial based on the The Green Hornet radio series by George W. Trendle --- The Green Hornet, secretly newspaper publisher Britt Reid, and his Korean valet Kato stop and expose several seemingly separate crimes. This leads them into continued conflict with The Leader, the criminal mastermind behind The Syndicate and the individual crimes --- "It's gone... like a puff of smoke! I've never seen a car move so fast." --- The two police officers who are constantly chasing the Green Hornet's car say that in almost every episode. Britt Reid (the Green Hornet) is a rich guy who like Bruce Wayne (Batman) and Lamont Cranston (The Shadow) has a secret identity that he uses to fight crime --- Through thirteen chapters in this serial The Green Hornet manages to discover and eliminate a number of various criminal enterprises that are plaguing his city. Playing The Green Hornet in this version is a younger and leaner Gordon Jones who was best known for being Mike the Cop on the Abbott and Costello show. Keye Luke plays his sidekick and chauffeur Kato who because of the impending war was changed from Japanese to Korean for this serial.
Under the production staff of:
Ford Beebe - Director
Ray Taylor - Director
George H. Plympton - Screenwriter
Basil Dickey - Screenwriter
Morrison Wood - Screenwriter
Lyonel Margolies - Screenwriter
Fran Striker - author of characters
George W. Trendel - creator of character
Henry MacRae - Associate Producer
Jerome Ash - Cinematographer
William A. Sickner - Cinematographer
Irving Birnbaum - Film Editor
Joseph Gluck - Film Editor
Alvin Todd - Film Editor
Harold H. MacArthur - Art Director
David Sharpe - Stunts
Chapter titles
1. The Tunnel of Terror
2. The Thundering Terror
3. Flying Coffins
4. Pillar of Flame
5. The Time Bomb
6. Highways of Peril
7. Bridge of Disaster
8. Dead or alive
9. The Hornet Trapped
10.Bullets and Ballots
11.Disaster Rides the Rails
12.Panic in the Zoo
13.Doom of the Underworld
the cast includes:
Gordon Jones ... Britt Reid / The Green Hornet
Wade Boteler ... Michael Axford
Anne Nagel ... Lenore "Casey" Case
Keye Luke ... Kato
Phillip Trent ... Jasper Jenks
Cy Kendall ... Curtis Monroe
Stanley Andrews ... Police Commissioner [Chs. 1, 5, 9, 13]
Selmer Jackson ... District Attorney [Chs. 4, 10]
Joseph Crehan ... Judge Stanton [Chs. 1, 9, 10, 13] (as Joe Crehan)
Walter McGrail ... Henchman Dean
Gene Rizzi ... Henchman Corey
John Kelly ... Henchman Pete Hawks
Eddie Dunn ... D.H. Sligby [Ch. 7]
Edward Earle ... Felix Grant, Attorney [Ch. 1]
Ben Taggart ... Phil Bartlett [Chs. 3-4]
Clyde Dilson ... Meadows [Ch. 5]
Jerry Marlowe ... Bob Stafford [Chs. 7, 11]
Frederick Vogeding ... Max Gregory [Ch. 11] (as Fredrik Vogeding)
BIOS:
1. Gordon Jones
Date of Birth: 5 April 1911 - Alden, Iowa
Date of Death: 20 June 1963 - Tarzana, California
2. Anne Nagel
Date of Birth: 29 September 1912 - Boston, Massachusetts
Date of Death: 6 July 1966 - Hollywood, California
3. Keye Luke
Date of Birth: 18 June 1904 - Guangzhou, China
Date of Death: 12 January 1991 - Whittier, California
4. Ford Beebe (Director)
Date of Birth: 26 November 1888 - Grand Rapids, Michigan
Date of Death: 26 November 1978 - Lake Elsinore, California
5. Ray Taylor (Director)
Date of Birth: 1 December 1888 - Perham, Minnesota
Date of Death: 15 February 1952 - Hollywood, California
BONUS FEATURES:
1. Liner Notes by Author Martin Grams Jr.
2. Two "Green Hornet" Radio Episodes
3. Stills Gallery
4. Episodes 1-13 (End Credits)
Hats off and thanks to Les Adams (collector/guidelines for character identification), Chuck Anderson (Webmaster: The Old Corral/B-Westerns.Com), Boyd Magers (Western Clippings), Bobby J. Copeland (author of "Trail Talk"), Rhonda Lemons (Empire Publishing Inc), Bob Nareau (author of "The Real Bob Steele") and Buck Rainey (author of :The Life and Films of Buck Jones) as they have rekindled my interest once again for Film Noir, B-Westerns and Serials --- looking forward to more high quality releases from the vintage serial era of the '30s & '40s and B-Westerns --- order your copy now from Amazon or VCI Entertainment where there are plenty of copies available on DVD --- stay tuned once again for top notch action mixed with exciting adventure --- if you enjoyed this title, why not check out Amazon or VCI where they are experts in releasing B-Westerns --- all my heroes have been cowboys!
Total Time: 258 mins on DVD ~ VCI Entertainment ~ (07/28/2009)
Summary of Green Hornet, The
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