The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp - From Ellsworth to Tombstone
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Movie Reviews of The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp - From Ellsworth to Tombstone
Movie Review: The life and legend of Wyatt Earp.
Summary: 5 Stars
If you are a fan of Wyatt Earp this is a must to have in your western collection. Picture and sound are great. The movie is done the correct way even up to the shoot out. Like I said this is a must...Movie Review: Wyatt Earp
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of the best western series from the western era of
T.V. Hugh O'brien is excellent as Earp.The is a western for young
and old men.
Movie Review: Almost but not quite ---- no cigar !
Summary: 3 Stars
The other reviewers have glossed over the fact that Rhino has put out a package of a limited number of episodes. But to those of us who are full "Wyatt Earp" fans why could we not have the same treatment as most of the other classic TV shows have received ... that is, release Season 1, then Season 2, etc all in their entirety and in episodic order. This show was broadcast from 1955 to 1961 ... Rhino has thrown us a bone instead of the seven-course meal we deserve. The quality is good ... big deal ... now many of us have to continue to sit back and wait for someone to "do it correctly" ... it may never happen ... but Hugh O'Brian and the gang, including us fans, deserve better.Movie Review: From My "Growing Up" Years
Summary: 5 Stars
I was around 10 years of age when this series ran on TV, and though I'm sure I did not see every episode I know I saw many of them. I'm glad that many DVDs are now coming out for us 'ole' TV western fans.
When I grew up in the fifties, 10-cent Saturday matinees abounded; with serials running in 12 parts or so. See one or two this Saturday and come back to the local Bijou next Saturday to see a couple more installments. After a couple of these on any given Saturday the theatre would then run a couple Rocky Lane, Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, or Durango Kid feature westerns to round out your western Saturday late morning and early afternoon. It sure offered great babysitting for mom, too!
Now with the Western Channel and release of such DVDs as this one on Wyatt Earp we can get all we want, and relive 'those thrilling days of yesteryear." And wasn't Hugh O'Brien just born to play this role; can anyone think of anyone else doing better than this man did week-after-week-after-week?
Seriously this is a very well put together production, with only a couple flaws: One being the continual singing by the Ken Darby group, it gets inappropriate at times, and the other being only a selection of the entire shows. In one program on the first disc when Wyatt goes to Wichita you can tell at the end of the program that next week will be a followup, but the DVD doesn't have the next week, it skips forward to others. These are very minor complaints because for me just to have these DVDs are more than I ever hoped for.
So load up the ole Buntline special, saddle the horses, and join Wyatt's posse to rid the range of rapscallions, western style.
Recommended.
Semper Fi.
Movie Review: Excellent Release from Rhino
Summary: 5 Stars
The TV Western fan has been poorly served in DVD releases generally, although with the release of season sets for 'Have Gun Will Travel' & season 1 of 'Wanted Dead or Alive' recently and the forthcoming 'Gunsmoke' DVD companies may have perhaps realised there is a market for these old series.
I think most fans would prefer a season by season release rather than a 'best of' collection however we probably have to take what we can get.
I was surprised and delighted that Rhino have picked up on 'The Life & Legend of Wyatt Earp'an excellent example of the genre. Although this is basically a 'best of' collection some thought has obviously gone into it.Rather than random episodes they have structured it to cover Earps career from Ellswoth to Tombstone.
Disc 1 includes the very first episode and chronicles Wyatts decision to become a marshal and his subsequent move to Wichita.Discs 2 & 3 follow his moves to Dodge City & Tombstone whilst Disc 4 is composed of the last 5 episodes in the series which dealt with the build-up and gunfight at the OK Corral and its aftermath.
There are also interviews with Hugh O'Brian & Mason Dinehart(who played Bat Masterson), a timeline of Earps career and information about the executive producer as extras.
Picture quality is very good with nice sharp prints and sound.
It is nicely packaged in a slip-case with fold out interior that has some colour photos of O'Brian in the role.
Overall this is an excellent release,congratulations to Rhino for taking some time and trouble to make it an interesting package.
If you are a TV western fan I would highly recommend you obtain this.