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The Lone Ranger: 75th Anniversary - Seasons 1 and 2 | 
 enlarge | Directors: George Archainbaud, George B. Seitz Jr., Hollingsworth Morse
Actors: Jay Silverheels, Clayton Moore, John Hart, Lane Bradford, Gerald Mohr
Studio: Classic Media
Category: DVD
List Price: $119.95
Buy New: $80.19
You Save: $39.76 (33%)
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Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 3329
Format: Box Set, Black & White, Collector's Edition, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 13
Running Time: 1900 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 6.1 x 1.8
MPN: GEPDLVD81501D
UPC: 796019815017
EAN: 0796019815017
ASIN: B001DJ7Q0E
Theatrical Release Date: 1949
Release Date: November 11, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Studio: Genius Products Inc Release Date: 11/11/2008 Run time: 1900 minutes
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 Nearly perfect November 30, 2008
D. Hall (CA USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I love this set but hate that part of the openings is missing where the narrator says, "With his faithful Indian companion Tonto, the daring and resourceful masked rider of the plains, led the fight for law and order in the early west. Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear. The Lone Ranger rides again!"
Also, the close up of the LR rearing up at the rock, the insert shot, doesn't fit and I don't remember it being there. Many of the episodes are time sped, but having said all that, it is clear that the producers of this set took great care in remastering and adding extras and I for one appreciate their effots. Any LR fan will be happy to have this, despite its imperfections.
we're not getting it all November 26, 2008
Bloodrider (Rego Park, New York United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
To J herman and all the other fans..Yes, the idea of this box set is wonderful. Yes, the prints look pretty damn good for a 60 year old show.BUT I'm into the seventh disk already and have seen the pattern of the shows. ( I might have to amend my comment when I'm all done, however )The episodes are the ones shown a bunch of years ago on the western channel. They are edited down because I happen to have a dvd set of " Lost Episodes " which give you the entire show, General Mills flag swaying before a wind-whipped field of wheat, and the original commercials--some with Clayton Moore himself. First off, the opening ride on this anniversary box set is from the color episodes with the color eliminated. The insert shot is who knows what. After the ranger rears Silver, he rides down the hill along a winding narrow path, a short shot of riding down a hill behind a boulder without Silver's extra chest piece ( it's from the origin episodes )and then out into a badlands scene with him riding right at you and firing his pistol straight at the camera and toward you the viewer. All this to " with his faithful Indian companion Tonto the daring and resourceful masked rider of the plains led the fight for law and order in the early west....return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear when the Lone Ranger rides again"... I know these episodes to be true, cause I watched them in the fifties as a little boy. I even had the ranger double gun set and used to stand in front of a mirror and try to outdraw myself. ..The show's closing seconds showed the ranger and Tonto riding along a winding path and over the top of a small rise to the narration of " return with us next week...." They always had in the shows these great shots of the two of them making abrupt turns to the right or left. ..Still, it's wonderful to have this box set and am anxiously awaiting the rest of the series. ..Now where on earth is the first six wonderful years of Bonanza???
THE GRANDPAPPY OF ALL WESTERN SERIES November 24, 2008
Noel Serrano (Tampa, Florida United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
much more well known and influential adaptation of the Lone Ranger was the 1949-1957 television series starring Clayton Moore (though with John Hart as the Lone Ranger from 1952-1954) and Jay Silverheels as Tonto. The live-action TV series initially featured Gerald Mohr as the episode narrator. He was also narrator for seven episodes of the radio series in 1949, 1950 and 1952. Fred Foy served as both narrator and announcer of the radio series from 1948 to its finish, and became announcer of the TV version when story narration was dropped there.
Although George W. Trendle retained the title of Producer, he recognized that his experience in radio would not be adequate for producing the television series. For this, he hired veteran MGM film producer Jack Chertok. Chertok served as the producer for the first 182 episodes, as well as a rarely seen 1955 color special, retelling the origin.
The first 78 episodes were produced and broadcast for 78 consecutive weeks without any breaks or reruns. Then the entire 78 episodes were shown again, before any new episodes were produced. It was shot in Utah and California.
When it came time to produce another batch of 52 episodes, there was a wage dispute with Clayton Moore (until his death, the actor insisted the problem was creative differences), and John Hart was hired to play the role of the Lone Ranger. Once again, the 52 new episodes were aired in sequence, followed by 52 weeks rerunning them. Despite expectations that the mask would make the switch workable, Hart was not accepted in the role, and his episodes were not seen again until the 1980s.
In a radio interview, posted at [1], Clayton Moore acknowledged that he had a dispute with the producers over money and wanted better treatment. That was the reason he was replaced by John Hart.
At the end of the fifth year of the television series, Trendle sold the Lone Ranger rights to Jack Wrather, who bought them on August 3, 1954. Wrather immediately rehired Clayton Moore to play the Lone Ranger and another 52 episodes were produced. Once again, they were broadcast as a full year of new episodes followed by a full year of reruns.
The final season saw a number of changes, the most obvious at the time being an episode count of the by-then industry standard 39. Wrather invested money out of his own pocket to film in color -- then-perennial third place finisher ABC telecasting only in black and white -- and to go back outdoors for more than just second-unit style action footage, the series having been otherwise restricted to studio sound stages after the first filming block. Another big change, not readily detectable by the viewers, was replacing Jack Chertok with producer Sherman A. Harris. By this time, Chertok had established his own television production company and was busy producing other shows.
Wrather decided not to negotiate further with the network and took the property to the big screen, canceling TV production. The last new episode of the color series was broadcast June 6, 1957 and the series ended September 12, 1957, although ABC reaped the benefits of daytime reruns for several more years. Wrather's company produced two modestly budgeted theatrical features, The Lone Ranger (1956) (the cast included former child actress Bonita Granville, who had, by then, married Wrather) and The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold (1958). Exactly what happened remains unclear, but Wrather changed distributors between films, indicating some problem
Great set! November 17, 2008
vivayoyis (USA)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
It's black and white, it's old, it's corny, and it's wonderful. Just like I remember from when I was a kid.
I bought this set as a gift for my husband who loves old westerns and is a big Gene Autry and Roy Rogers fan. He talked about Clayton Moore and seemed excited about the 75th anniversary edition, so I bought it for his birthday. He absolutely loves it. The funny thing is, I'm not really big into TV, but every time I heard "Hi Yo Silver, away" or the William Tell overture, it instantly sent me back to my childhood and tom-boy days. I ended up watching most of the episodes with my husband, just enjoying some good ol' fashioned entertainment. Sure beats the heck out the crap you find on TV today.
Great release November 17, 2008
A Reader (PA USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This set is truly what it is advertised to be. I just received my set today. Obviously, I have not viewed ALL 78 episodes yet, but do have a good start. The first three episodes are NOT condensed, but are three individual episodes. Nothing is "sped up". The commercial breaks (mid and end) are intact, with the wheat field. The General Mills ads themselves are not there, but that is fine. The next week previews are present. The opening is with Clayton Moore.
The cost is just a little bit pricey, but really not bad considering you are getting 78 complete episodes, in order, plus some bonus material. It is money well spent.
No regrets at all!
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