Johnny Mack Brown Double Feature: Bar-Z Bad Men/A Lawman Is Born
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Actor: Johnny Mack BrownDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 110 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-08-22
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Alpha Video
Movie Reviews of Johnny Mack Brown Double Feature: Bar-Z Bad Men/A Lawman Is Born
Movie Review: "The King of B-Westerns & Serials...VCI Entertainment ... A lawman Is Born & Bar Z Bad Men (1937)"
Summary: 5 Stars
VCI Entertainment and Republic Pictures present "A Lawman Is Born" (1937) (digitally remastered), long running Johnny Mack Brown series turned out in the early '30s...the storyline is excellent with outstanding productions as Johnny Mack Brown takes on Dick Curtis, Charles King and Warner P. MacLaren in a cattle rustling scheme...Tom Mitchell (Johnny Mack Brown) is a wanted man and is given a second chance by Sheriff Rock Lance (Earle Hodgins), he is about to be found out...will Kane Briscoe (Warner P. Richmond) give the nod and have Johnny Mack taken care of...watch the gunfight between Johnny Mack and Dick Curtis, our hero straps on his shooting irons and as the smoke clears who will be left standing...well it's not over yet so stay in the saddle and see the final chapter of this exciting story.
Under director Sam Newfield, producer A.W. Hackel, original story by Harry F. Olmsted, screenplay by George H. Plympton...the cast include a very young Johnny Mack Brown (Tom Mitchell), Iris Meredith (Beth Graham), Warner P. MacLaren (Kane Briscoe), Dick Curtis (Lefty Drogan), Charles King (Bert Moscript), Earle Hodgins (Sheriff Rock Lance), Mary MacLaren (Martha Lance), Al St. John (Eli Root), Frank LaRue (Graham)........special footnote, actress Iris Meredith usually was cast as the heroine in a multitude (31 films) of Columbia Pictures B-Westerns with Charles Starrett (Durango Kid) (20 films), Iris always had that spunky attitude that you could count on, she was one of our favorite leading ladies of the B-Western era........meanwhile enjoy another great Johnny Mack B-Western provided by Republic Pictures during their heyday of the early '30s.
VCI Entertainment, Spectrum Productions and released by Republic Pictures.present "BAR Z BAD MEN" (1937) (57 mins/B&W) ... Under director Sam Newfield, producer A.W. Hackel, original story by James P. Olsen, adaptation and screenplay by George H. Plympton and cinematographer Bert Longenecker ... the cast includes Johnny Mack Brown (Jim Waters), Lois January ( Beth Harvey), Tom London (Sig Barstell), Frank LaRue (Hamp Harvey), Ernie Adams (Pete/henchman), Dick Curtis (Brent, ranch foreman), Jack Rockwell (Ed Parks), Milburn Morate (Deputy), Budd Buster (The Sheriff ), Frank Ball (The Judge) . . . . . the story line has Johnny Mack Brown buying into the Bar Z ranch with Jack Rockwell (is shot and killed) whose herds have been increasing in size, looks like a frame up of cattle rustling...Frank LaRue and his daughter Lois January are the ones losing the cattle...Dick Curtis and Ernie Adams are taking orders from the big boss, who is none other than our favorite character actor Tom London...but trouble is just about to catch up with him and the final showdown is pure excitement...stayed tuned as hard riding and fast guns are still the name of the game. . . . . . .special footnote, veteran character actor Tom London whose career spans almost a half century of film and TV work and appeared in 550 films and 100 TV episodes as ranchers, fathers, lawmen and villains...always remembered as the cowpoke in a big death scene with Gene Autry in "Riders in he Sky" (1949)...Jock Mahoney once said "Ol Tom was the most underrated actor in town, the most patient, most professional as well as a kind and giving man, he's one I feel lucky to be able to call a close friend" --- check out this and more in a new book "Best of the Badmen" by Boyd Magers, Bob Nareau and Bobby Copeland, available from Amazon and Empire Publishing. . . pick up your copy today. . . . . . . . . .another special footnote actor Johnny Mack Brown had a long film association with producer A.W. Hackel in a series of sixteen B-Westerns for the independent Poverty Row's Supreme Pictures, many directed by Sam Newfield and A. William Hackel also produced a series of Bob Steele B-Westerns --- meanwhile back to another great Johnny Mack B-Western provided by Republic Pictures during their heyday of the '30s.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
BIOS:
1. Johnny Mack Brown
Birth Date: 9/01/1904 - Dothan, Alabama
Died: 11/14/1974 - Woodland Hills, California (cardiac condition)
2. Iris Meredith
Birth Date: 6/03/1915 - Sious City, Iowa
Died: 1/22/1980 - Los Angeles, California
3. Dick Curtis
Birth Date: 5/11/1902 - Newport, Kentucky
Died: 1/03/1952 - Hollywood, California (pneumonia)
4. Charles King
Birth Date: 2/21/1895 - Hillsboro, Texas
Died: 5/07/1957 - Hollywood, California (cirrhosis of liver)
5. Sam Newfield (Director)
Birth Date: 12/06/1899 - New York, New York
Died: 11/10/1964 - Los Angeles, California
If you crave action, drama and plenty of action check out other western double features by Johnny Mack Brown:
JOHNNY MACK BROWN WESTERN DOUBLE FEATURES:
Vol. 1 Bad Man from Red Butte/Rawhide Ramgers (VCI#8348
Vol. 2 Raiders of San Joaquin/Law of the Range (VCI #7226)
Vol. 3 Pony Post/Ragtime Cowboy Joe (VCI #7238)
Vol. 4 Branded A Coward/Rogue of the Range (VCI #7244)
Vol. 5 Guns in the Dark/Partner of the Trail (VCI #7260)
Vol. 6 Bar Z Bad Men/Between Men (VCI #7282)
Vol. 7 Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie/Lone Star Trail (VCI#7308)
Vol. 8 Crooked Trail/Boot Hill Brigade (VCI#7309)
Ask Amazon.Com to carry the above 8 volumes as they are not available on Amazon as of yet...you can order and pick up your copy now from VCI Entertainment.
Bobby J. Copeland's book on "Johnny Mack Brown: Up Close & Personal" is chuck full of answers to all the questions his fans had from early on...when you went to see him on the big screen, you got exactly what the marquee said...plenty of thrills, adventure and loaded with action...Johnny Mack was a natural for the western, his riding abilities and fight scenes were of the the same caliber as Buck Jones and Bob Steele...Johnny Mack sets the saddle better than Duke Wayne...seems Johnny got better with the more films he made and the scripts were always top notch...he was one of the best-liked people in films, what you saw on the screen is what he really was...a great human being...pickup your copy from Amazon or Empire Publishing both have this in stock.
Great job by VCI Entertainment for releasing the digital transfere with a clean, clear and crisp print...looking forward to more of the same from the '30s & '40s vintage...order your copy now from Amazon or VCI Entertainment, stay tuned once again with a top notch B-Western from VCI...just the way we like 'em!
Total Time: 112 on DVD ~ VCI Home Video #7282 ~ (9/12/2004)
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