The Lone Ranger Rides Again 1939 Poster

1939 flick serial directed by William Witney and John English

The Lone Ranger Rides Again
Directed by	William Witney John English
Written by	Franklin Adreoon Ronald Davidson Gerald Geraghty Barry Shipman Sol shor Fran Striker (radio bear witness) George W. Trendle (radio show)
Produced by	Robert M. Beche
Starring	Robert Livingston Master Thundercloud Duncan Renaldo Jinx Falken Ralph Dunn J. Farrell MacDonald
Cinematography	Edgar Lyons William Nobles
Edited by	Helene Turner Edward Todd
Music by	William Lava
Distributed by	Republic Pictures
Release engagement	February 25, 1939[1]
Running time	15 chapters (263 minutes)[one]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$193,878 (negative cost: $213,997)[1]

The Lone Ranger Rides Over again is a 1939 American Democracy serial. It was a sequel to Democracy's 1938 serial The Lone Ranger, which had been highly successful, and the thirteenth of the sixty-six serials produced past Commonwealth.

The serial was considered lost for a long fourth dimension simply copies, with Castilian subtitles, accept since been found and re-issued.^{[2] [3]}

Plot [edit]

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Homesteaders moving into a valley in New Mexico are existence attacked by the Black Raiders. The valley had been settled past rancher Craig Dolan, who does not desire the new homesteaders to be at that place. His son, Bart, has taken matters into his ain hands and formed the Black Raiders. The Lone Ranger attempts to aid the homesteaders merely he is hampered by his having been framed for being part of the Raiders. In particular, Juan Vasquez believes that he killed his blood brother, although when this is disproven he becomes another of the Lone Ranger'due south partners. However, the Ranger is forced to remove the mask and operate under the name of "Neb Andrews" at times in order to successfully protect the homesteaders.

Cast [edit]

Principal cast

• Robert Livingston as The Lone Ranger and secret as homesteader Nib Andrews. Avoiding the deliberate mystery of the radio testify and the gradual revelation of the first serial, the Lone Ranger is clearly revealed every bit Bill Andrews from the start. Livingston replaced Lee Powell from the first serial.^[4]
• Primary Thundercloud equally Tonto, the Solitary Ranger's sidekick
• Silver Primary as Silver, the Lonely Ranger'south horse. Silver Primary replaced Silver Rex, the horse in the original serial.^[5]
• Duncan Renaldo as Juan Vasquez, who originally believes the Solitary Ranger killed his brother
• Jinx Falken as Sue Dolan
• Ralph Dunn as Bart Dolan, Craig Dolan'due south son, the villain and leader of the Black Raiders
• J. Farrell MacDonald as Craig Dolan

Supporting cast

• William Gould equally Jed Scott
• Rex Lease as Evans
• Ted Mapes every bit Merritt, a settler
• Henry Otho every bit Pa Daniels
• John Beach as Hardin, one of the Black Raiders
• Glenn Strange every bit Thorne, one of the Black Raiders
• Stanley Blystone every bit Murdock, one of the Black Raiders
• Eddie Parker as Hank, one of the Black Raiders
• Al Taylor every bit Colt, i of the Black Raiders
• Carlton Young as Logan
• Forrest Taylor (uncredited) equally Estimate Miller

Additional cast

• Billy Bletcher as the (uncredited) voice of The Lone Ranger. Bletcher also voiced the Ranger in the previous series.

Production [edit]

The Lone Ranger Rides Again was budgeted at $193,878 although the final negative cost was $213,997 (a $20,119, or 10.4%, overspend). It was the near expensive Republic serial of 1939 and the second about expensive of all Commonwealth serials after Captain America (1944, $222,906), just beating Hugger-mugger Service in Darkest Africa (1943, $210,033).^[1]

The studio was willing to spend so much on this series because the previous Lonely Ranger serial had been a major success and was making a turn a profit afterwards only a few months on release.^[6]

It was filmed between 9 December 1938 and 20 January 1939 nether the working title The Lone Ranger Returns.^[1] The serial's product number was 895.^[1]

Manager William Witney did not believe the script was every bit expert as the original The Lone Ranger but for the offset time the directors insisted on existence part of the casting procedure for this series.^[6]

Stunts [edit]

• Yakima Canutt
• Tommy Coats
• George DeNormand
• Ted Mapes
• Eddie Parker
• Mail service Park
• David Sharpe
• Ted Wells
• Bud Wolfe
• Bill Yrigoyen
• Joe Yrigoyen

Release [edit]

Theatrical [edit]

The Solitary Ranger Rides Once more'southward official release date is 25 Feb 1939, although this is actually the date the seventh chapter was made available to film exchanges.^[one]

Affiliate titles^{[ane] [seven]} [edit]

1. The Lonely Ranger Returns (28 min 54s)
2. Masked Victory (sixteen min 43s)
3. The Black Raiders Strike (16 min 45s)
4. The Cave of Doom (sixteen min 44s)
5. Agents of Deceit (16 min 37s)
6. The Trap (16 min 39s)
7. Lone Ranger at Bay (sixteen min 42s)
8. Ambush (16 min 40s)
9. Wheels of Doom (16 min 44s)
10. The Dangerous Captive (16 min 37
11. Death Below (16 min 40s)
12. Blazing Peril (16 min 41s) -- Re-Cap Affiliate
13. Exposed (xvi min 42s)
14. Besieged (16 min 39s)
15. Frontier Justice (16 min 45s)

See likewise [edit]

• Listing of film serials
• List of film serials past studio

References [edit]

1. ^ ^{a b c d east f k h} Mathis, Jack (1995). Valley of the Cliffhangers Supplement. Jack Mathis Advert. pp. iii, x, 36–37. ISBN0-9632878-ane-8.
2. ^ B-Westerns, retrieved 11 Baronial 2007
3. ^ Serial Squadron, retrieved 22 August 2020
4. ^ Harmon, Jim; Donald F. Glut (1973). "12. The Westerns "Who Was That Masked Man!"". The Cracking Movie Serials: Their Sound and Fury. Routledge. p. 310. ISBN978-0-7130-0097-9.
5. ^ Stedman, Raymond William (1971). "iv. Perilous Saturdays". Serials: Suspense and Drama By Installment. University of Oklahoma Printing. p. 114. ISBN978-0-8061-0927-5.
6. ^ ^{a b} Witney, William (2005). In a Door, Into a Fight, Out a Door, Into a Chase. McFarland & Company. ISBN978-0-7864-2258-half dozen.
7. ^ Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 224. ISBN0-7864-0471-X.

External links [edit]

• The Lonely Ranger Rides Again at IMDb
• The Lone Ranger Rides Again at AllMovie
• The Lone Ranger Rides Once more at the TCM Picture Database
• The Lone Ranger serials at B-Westerns
• The Lonely Ranger Rides Once again at Endeavor Comics

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