Jungle Moon Men (Columbia, 1955)
The end was near for Johnny Weissmuller’s adventures in backlot and soundstage jungles with 1955’s Jungle Moon Men, one of three films in which he played a character named, in fact, “Johnny Weissmuller.” This time around, Johnny accompanies an author (Jean Byron), nice guy Bob Prentice (William Henry), and shady guide Mark Santo (Myron Healey) …
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Bombs Over Burma (PRC, 1942)
A Chinese schoolteacher (Anna May Wong) becomes a secret agent for her country in the wake of a Japanese bombing of her village that resulted in one little student’s death. The meat of the movie that follows is largely a mystery: A group of travelers forced to take shelter at a monastery clearly contains a …
Desert Phantom (1936)
Billy Donovan (Johnny Mack Brown) adopts the guise of an ammunition salesman as he seeks the man responsible for the deaths of his sister and brother-in-law. He comes to the aid of ranch owner Jean Halloran (Sheila Bromley), who is being threatened by the mysterious “Phantom” in an effort to force her off her land. …
Billy the Kid’s Range War (PRC, 1941)
Billy the Kid (Bob Steele) and sidekick Fuzzy (Al St. John) tackle the problem of a counterfeit “Kid” while dodging an old friend, a lawman set to arrest Billy for crimes he has not committed. Steele is his usual appealing self, and Fuzzy brings the humor one expects, though the low budget for this PRC …
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Monogram Monday: Rainbow over the Rockies (1947)
Jimmy Wakely and sidekick Lee “Lasses” White intervene when a rangeland dispute prompts an old friend to block a public right of way, even as crooks working for both sides of the quarrel hope to foment a range war and take advantage of the fighting. A rather unexpected complexity to the situation makes for an …
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