Grapevine offer a double feature DVD of Lightning Range and Range Riders - both 1934 and both starring Buddy Roosevelt.
Lightning Range isn't too bad at all. The girl is Patsy Bellamy (I like her), her dad's executor is Lafe McKee (I like him), and the villain is the hissable Olin Francis (a really mean piece of work). Admittedly, the comedy relief (from Mr. Jenks, naturally) is more than a bit wearisome, but Roosevelt himself is both a personable and daring hero (he seems to be doing his own stunts) and Dixon's direction has pace if nothing else and makes effective use of real locations.
Range Riders is even better, although the director is once again Mr. Dixon, this time using his real name, Victor Adamson. The attractive location photography is the work of Byron Baker, the editor is Frances Burroughs and the story is credited to an L.V. Jefferson. In this one, the amiable, well-spoken Buddy plays Dick Sutton, a college boy, who decides to do a Zorro. Barbara Starr who can't act for toffee plays Elsa/Elsie, but she's a reasonably attractive girl, and the rest of the players are not too bad at all. The movie certainly moves fast, and if the editing is a bit scrappy, other credits and production values are well above the usual Dixon line.
Lightning Range isn't too bad at all. The girl is Patsy Bellamy (I like her), her dad's executor is Lafe McKee (I like him), and the villain is the hissable Olin Francis (a really mean piece of work). Admittedly, the comedy relief (from Mr. Jenks, naturally) is more than a bit wearisome, but Roosevelt himself is both a personable and daring hero (he seems to be doing his own stunts) and Dixon's direction has pace if nothing else and makes effective use of real locations.
Range Riders is even better, although the director is once again Mr. Dixon, this time using his real name, Victor Adamson. The attractive location photography is the work of Byron Baker, the editor is Frances Burroughs and the story is credited to an L.V. Jefferson. In this one, the amiable, well-spoken Buddy plays Dick Sutton, a college boy, who decides to do a Zorro. Barbara Starr who can't act for toffee plays Elsa/Elsie, but she's a reasonably attractive girl, and the rest of the players are not too bad at all. The movie certainly moves fast, and if the editing is a bit scrappy, other credits and production values are well above the usual Dixon line.