"The King of B-Westerns & Serials...VCI Entertainment ~ The Law of the Wild (1934)"
Added 8/18/2006
VCI Entertainment and Mascot Pictures present..."THE LAW OF THE WILD" (1934) (Dolby digitally remastered), a 12 Chapter cliffhanger from an action packed Mascot serial era under director Armand Schaefer and B. Reeves "Breezy" Eason , producer Nat Levine, story by Ford Beebe, Al Martin and John Rathmell, screenplay by B. Reeves Eason and Sherman L. Lowe, music score by Lee Zahler....cast includes Rex (as Rex King of the Wild Horses),Rin Tin Tin Jr. (Rinty), Ben Turpin (Henry), Bob Custer (John Sheldon), Lucile Browne (Alice Ingram), Richard Cramer (Frank Nolan), Ernie Adams (Henchman Raymond), Edmund Cobb (Henchman Jim Luger), Slim Whitaker (Henchman Mack), Richard Alexander (Lewis R. 'Lou' Salters), Jack Rockwell (Sheriff), George Chesebro (Henchman Parks), Lafe McKee (Mr. Ingram) . . . . . . . .our story has another match up with Rex the Wild Stallion and Rinty the dog wonder, with Bob Custer keeping things interesting in a frame up on a murder charge...is there a race in the making with our favorite stallion taking on all comers, watch Lucile Browne and the famous Ben Turpin give us a run for our money with them trying to locate Rex routine...take note of some of the best veteran B-Western character actors in the background with
Horace B. Carpenter, Glenn Strange, Art Mix, Wally Wales, Al Taylor, Bud Osborne, Jack Kirk, Edward Hern, Hank Bell, Art Dillard and Yakima Canutt....don't miss a single spine thrilling episode..return next week to this local theater for another episode of action and adventure that will keep you thrilled until the next chapter....there is a great deal of entertainment here for the cliffhanger fans out there...all courtesy of VCI Entertainment, who in my humble opinion is the best there is in restoring early serials and features.
CHAPTER TITLES:
1. The Man Killer
2. The Battle of the Strong
3. The Cross-Eyed Goony
4. Avenging Fangs
5. A Dean Man's Hand
6. Horse Thief Justice
7. The Death Stampede
8. The Canyon of Calamity
9. Robber's Roost
10. King of the Range
11. Winner Take All
12. The Grand Sweepstakes
If you're into vintage serials as I am, why not pick up a copy of the following titles from VCI Home Video:
VCI CLIFFHANGER TRAILERS:
1. Adventures of Red Ryder (Don "Red" Barry)
2. Adventures of the Flying Cadets (Bobby Jordan)
3. Buck Rogers (Buster Crabbe)
4. Captain Midnight (Dave O'Brien)
5. Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere (Judd Holdren & I. Stanford Jolley)
6. Dick Tracy's G-Men (Ralph Byrd)
7. Don Winslow of the Navy (Don Terry)
8. Don Winslow of the Coast Guard (Don Terry)
9. Drums of Fu Manchu (Henry Brandon)
10.Fighting Kit Carson (Johnny Mack Brown)
11.Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (Buster Crabbe)
12.The Green Archer (Victory Jory)
13.Jungle Girl (Frances Gifford)
14.Jungle Jim (Grant Withers & Raymond Hatton)
15.Lost City of the Jungle (Russell Hayden & Keye Luke)
16.Mandrake the Magician (Warren Hull & Dick Curtis)
17.Miracle Rider (Tom Mix & Tony Jr)
18.The Painted Stallion (Ray "Crash" Corrigan)
19.The Phantom (Tom Tyler)
20.The Return of Chandu (Bela Lugosi)
21.Riders of Death Valley (Dick Foran, Leo Carrillo & Buck Jones)
22.Secret Agent X-9 (1937) (Scott Kolk & Henry Brandon)
23.Secret Agent X-9 (1945) (Lloyd Bridges & Keye Luke)
24.Sky Raiders (Donald Woods & Billy Halop)
25.Undersea Kingdom (Ray "Crash" Corrigan)
26.Winners of the West (Dick Foran, Harry Woods, Roy Barcroft & Charles Stevens)
27.Zane Greys "King of the Royal Mounted" (Allan "Rocky" Lane)
28.Zorro's Cliffhanger Collection (Reed Hadley, John Carroll & Linda Stirling)
Great job by VCI Entertainment for releasing "The Law of the Wild" (1934), the digital transfere with a clean, clear and crisp print...looking forward to more high quality releases from the vintage serial era of the '30s, '40s & '50s...order your copy now from Amazon or VCI Entertainment where there are plenty of copies available on VHS, stay tuned once again for top notch action mixed with deadly adventure from the "King of Serials" VCI...just the way we like 'em
Total Time: 220 mins on 2 VHS ~ VCI Entertainment 1761 ~ (9/25/2001)
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Don't blame Zane Grey for this!
Added 1/7/2003
Other than the great western author's name posted with the description of this video, I find no evidence that he had anything to do with it. I've watched the serial a couple of times and Zane Grey is nowhere given credit, nor is the title listed in any Zane Grey bibliography I've found.Be that as it may, this is a quite uninteresting western serial from Mascot. The best acting comes from Rin Tin Tin and from Rex, the Wonder Horse, but they don't have enough to do to save it. Even classic silent comedian, Ben Turpin with his crossed eyes, does little to help. Rex is kidnapped, or horsenapped, from the hero. The hero goes to get his horse back, and discovers the kidnapper murdered in the horse's stall. He spends most of the 12 chapters eluding the law and trying to prove that Rex is his horse and to clear his name. You're not told who the actual murderer is until the final chapter, and the revelation doesn't warrant any more than a shrug of the shoulders. Not recommended unless you have every other serial available on video and think you have to have this one.
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Mascot serial starring Rex the Horse and Rin Tin Tin, Jr.
Added 7/22/2000
Although Rex and Rin Tin Tin, Jr., are giving the star billing in this 1934 Poverty Row serial, former silent star Bob Custer turns in a creditable performance as a ranch owner whose beautiful stallion Rex is stolen by former ranch hands who intend to race him. Rin Tin Tin, Jr. and Bob track down the culprits and recover Rex. This was Custer's return to movies after a hiatus of several years.
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