Come on, Rangers 1938  N/R, 57 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Roy Rogers, Lynne Roberts, Raymond Hatton, J. Farrell MacDonald, Purnell Pratt, Harry Woods, Bruce MacFarlane, Lane Chandler, Chester Gunnels, Lee Powell
Rangers forced to retire when the Cavalry comes in are brought back together by Roy Rogers to go after the outlaws. A better-than-average Rogers flick.
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 Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe 1940  N/R, 225 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi
Director: Ford Beebe, Ray Taylor
Cast: Buster Crabbe, Carol Hughes, Charles Middleton, Anne Gwynne, Frank Shannon, John Hamilton, Herbert Rawlinson, Shirley Deane, Lee Powell, Roland Drew, Tom Chatterton, Don Rowan, Ben Taggart, Victor Zimmerman, Edgar Edwards
Flash Gordon (Buster Crabbe) is back in action in this 12-episode serial as the "Purple Death," a lethal plague, hits Earth. Flash's nemesis, Ming the Merciless (Charles Middleton) of the planet Mong, is behind it. So, Flash and friends return to Mong seeking the antidote. Of course, the powers of Ming will make that difficult.
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Forlorn River 1937  N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Western
aka: River of Destiny
Director: Charles Barton
Cast: Buster Crabbe, June Martel, Harvey Stephens, John Patterson, Syd Saylor, William Duncan, Chester Conklin, Ray Bennett, Ruth Warren, Lew Kelly, Barlowe Borland, Larry Lawrence, Lee Powell, Oscar "Dutch" Hendrian
In this Zane Grey tale, Nevada (Buster Crabbe) and his sidekick "Weary" (Syd Saylor) are in pursuit of Les Setter (Harvey Stephens) and his gang. Nevada finds Les, but the outlaw is clever and frames Nevada for rustling, and the ineffective sheriff (Chester Conklin) jails Nevada. By story's end, Nevada eventually gets his man–and also gets the lady (June Martel).
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The Lone Ranger 1938 N/R, 255 min.
Genre: Western
Director: John English, William Witney
Cast: Chief Thundercloud, Lynne Roberts, Stanley Andrews, Hal Taliaferro, Bruce Bennett, Lee Powell, George Cleveland, William Farnum, Lane Chandler, George Montgomery, John Merton, Tom London
The saga of the Lone Ranger is told in this 15-episode serial–with a twist. After the Civil War, an outlaw leader seeks to control Texas, and, in the process, murders a troop of Texas Rangers. Tonto (Chief Thundercloud) finds one Ranger still alive, and the legend of the Lone Ranger is born. The twist comes when the outlaw boss believes that the Lone Ranger could be any one of five Rangers, so each one must be killed. After many adventures and some good cliff-hangers, the good guys win.
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| 1. Come on, Rangers (1938)
2. Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940)
3. Forlorn River (1937)
aka: River of Destiny
4. The Lone Ranger (1938)
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