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Tall in the Saddle [VHS]

Tall in the Saddle [VHS]

Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Staring: John Wayne , Ella Raines , Ward Bond , George 'Gabby' Hayes , Audrey Long
Director: Edwin L. Marin
In this convoluted Western mystery, "tall in the saddle" is more of a genealogical clue than an accurate index of the hero's behavior. John Wayne has come to town, so he says, to work for a local rancher--who was murdered shortly after sending for him. Prime villain would appear to be Ward Bond, exuding oiliness as the local judge, who doesn't seem to be a real judge. Paul Fix (who cowrote the screenplay) and Harry Woods supply the thuggery. But mostly it's women that Wayne has trouble with: the dead man's genteel niece (Audrey Long) and her virago of a duenna (Elisabeth Risdon), and especially Ella Raines, who dresses like a man (well, a very pretty boy), runs the neighboring ranch, and falls into instant love-hate with Wayne. (This was Raines's glory period--within a few months in 1943-44 she was breathtakingly lovely in Corvette K-225, Hail the Conquering Hero, and Phantom Lady--but alas, here she's mostly just shrill.)

As run-of-the-mill Wayne Westerns go, this RKO picture is a bit upscale from the fare at Republic, if also less robust. Edwin L. Marin's direction is undistinguished, but the RKO craftsmanship is handsome as usual, and it must have been ...
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Woman of the Town [VHS]

Woman of the Town [VHS]

Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Staring: Claire Trevor , Albert Dekker , Barry Sullivan , Henry Hull , Marion Martin
Director: George Archainbaud

List Price: $6.99 Our Price: $17.58
Body Snatcher [VHS]

Body Snatcher [VHS]

Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Staring: Boris Karloff , Bela Lugosi , Henry Daniell , Edith Atwater , Russell Wade
Director: Robert Wise

List Price: $19.98 Our Price: $29.99
Three Faces West [VHS]

Three Faces West [VHS]

Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Staring: John Wayne , Sigrid Gurie , Charles Coburn , Spencer Charters , Helen MacKellar
Director: Bernard Vorhaus

List Price: $9.98 Our Price: $3.08
Tall in the Saddle [VHS]

Tall in the Saddle [VHS]

Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Staring: John Wayne , Ella Raines , Ward Bond , George 'Gabby' Hayes , Audrey Long
Director: Edwin L. Marin
In this convoluted Western mystery, "tall in the saddle" is more of a genealogical clue than an accurate index of the hero's behavior. John Wayne has come to town, so he says, to work for a local rancher--who was murdered shortly after sending for him. Prime villain would appear to be Ward Bond, exuding oiliness as the local judge, who doesn't seem to be a real judge. Paul Fix (who cowrote the screenplay) and Harry Woods supply the thuggery. But mostly it's women that Wayne has trouble with: the dead man's genteel niece (Audrey Long) and her virago of a duenna (Elisabeth Risdon), and especially Ella Raines, who dresses like a man (well, a very pretty boy), runs the neighboring ranch, and falls into instant love-hate with Wayne. (This was Raines's glory period--within a few months in 1943-44 she was breathtakingly lovely in Corvette K-225, Hail the Conquering Hero, and Phantom Lady--but alas, here she's mostly just shrill.)

As run-of-the-mill Wayne Westerns go, this RKO picture is a bit upscale from the fare at Republic, if also less robust. Edwin L. Marin's direction is undistinguished, but the RKO craftsmanship is handsome as usual, and it must have been ...
List Price: $14.98 Our Price: $2.36

Marine Raiders [VHS]

Marine Raiders [VHS]

Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Staring: Pat O'Brien , Robert Ryan , Ruth Hussey , Frank McHugh , Barton MacLane
Director: Harold D. Schuster

List Price: $19.98
Iron Major [VHS]

Iron Major [VHS]

Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Staring: Pat O'Brien , Robert Ryan , Ruth Warrick , Leon Ames , Russell Wade
Director: Ray Enright

List Price: $19.98 Our Price: $9.94
Tall in the Saddle [VHS]

Tall in the Saddle [VHS]

Staring: John Wayne , Ella Raines , Ward Bond , George 'Gabby' Hayes , Audrey Long
Director: Edwin L. Marin
In this convoluted Western mystery, "tall in the saddle" is more of a genealogical clue than an accurate index of the hero's behavior. John Wayne has come to town, so he says, to work for a local rancher--who was murdered shortly after sending for him. Prime villain would appear to be Ward Bond, exuding oiliness as the local judge, who doesn't seem to be a real judge. Paul Fix (who cowrote the screenplay) and Harry Woods supply the thuggery. But mostly it's women that Wayne has trouble with: the dead man's genteel niece (Audrey Long) and her virago of a duenna (Elisabeth Risdon), and especially Ella Raines, who dresses like a man (well, a very pretty boy), runs the neighboring ranch, and falls into instant love-hate with Wayne. (This was Raines's glory period--within a few months in 1943-44 she was breathtakingly lovely in Corvette K-225, Hail the Conquering Hero, and Phantom Lady--but alas, here she's mostly just shrill.)

As run-of-the-mill Wayne Westerns go, this RKO picture is a bit upscale from the fare at Republic, if also less robust. Edwin L. Marin's direction is undistinguished, but the RKO craftsmanship is handsome as usual, and it must have been ...

Paleface (1948) [VHS]

Paleface (1948) [VHS]

Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Staring: Bob Hope , Jane Russell , Robert Armstrong , Iris Adrian , Bobby Watson
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Bob Hope brings his own brand of laughing gas to the Wild West as a would-be "painless" dentist lassoed into marrying Jane Russell. She's a shapely outlaw turned undercover agent on the trail of some varmints selling guns to a hostile Indian tribe, and he's her unwitting cover. Hope cowers and cracks self-effacing jokes while bodies fall around him ("Brave men run in my family," he quips, then runs), but he's even funnier swaggering and sneering like a kid playing cowboy in a flamboyant costume apparently stolen from the Oklahoma! road show. The Paleface is one of his best films, and the unflappable Russell is a great match. Theme song "Buttons and Bows" (which Hope delivers with a clowning mock twang) won an Oscar®, and the 1948 film spawned a sequel (Son of Paleface, costarring Roy Rogers and Trigger) and a remake (The Shakiest Gun in the West with Don Knotts). --Sean Axmaker
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The Body Snatcher [VHS]

The Body Snatcher [VHS]

Staring: Boris Karloff , Bela Lugosi , Henry Daniell , Edith Atwater , Russell Wade
Director: Robert Wise