Thunder River Feud (Monogram, 1942)
There’s a bit of a different setup for the Range Busters in this outing, their twelfth, with Dusty masquerading as rodeo champion Crash and Crash pretending to be an Eastern dude to woo a rancher’s daughter. Alibi gets some attention, too, as he used to work for the rancher, who is being maneuvered into a …
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Best Cartoons of the Year 1970, ed. by Lawrence Lariar
The long-running series of volumes edited by Lawrence Lariar and collecting cartoons that appeared in various magazines throughout the year, which began in the midst of World War II, was nearing its end with this edition. The book contains the usual mix of topical cartoons and those with more timeless appeal; a few will be …
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The Trap (Monogram, 1946)
Tensions run high when a troupe of performers takes a vacation at a Malibu beachfront house, and then a strangler strikes. As a girl who knows Jimmy tries to get his help, Charlie Chan ends up investigating, with the help of both Jimmy and Birmingham Brown, and with the aid of a state policeman (Kirk …
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The Desert Trail (Monogram, 1935)
A rodeo rider and his gambler buddy are framed for theft and the murder of a rodeo official. They make their escape and follow the real killers to another town, but what will they do when they both fall for the sister of one of the crooks and then are framed — again! — for …
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The Nitwits (RKO, 1935)
A young Betty Grable replaces Dorothy Lee as the love interest for Bert in this 1935 Wheeler-Woolsey mystery-comedy. In this one, the boys get mixed up in the murder of a music executive who was trying to put the moves on his secretary (Grable). There are plenty of other suspects, of course, and mutual misunderstandings …
Hobbyline Set No. 1
Hobbyline produced a number of train sets, beginning with a few unnamed sets (I’ve seen 1–4) and then adding more, with names, later on. A kind soul on the Tyco Trains forum has discussed the sets in a thread there and shared plenty of information on Hobbyline products. Here are a couple photos of my …
Bomba and the Jungle Girl (Monogram, 1952)
After Johnny Sheffield was dropped from the Tarzan movies, he was signed by Monogram Pictures for a series of films bringing the children’s book character Bomba, the Jungle Boy, to the screen (at the same time, Johnny Weissmuller moved to Columbia to play Jungle Jim). Bomba and the Jungle Girl finds the young jungle dweller …
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She’s Got Everything (RKO, 1937)
When heiress Carol Rogers (Ann Sothern) learns upon her father’s demise that she has inherited nothing but debts, she resolves to get a job to pay them off. Through the machinations of “horse broker” Waldo Eddington (Victor Moore), acting on behalf of the creditors, she ends up secretary for coffee magnate — and eligible bachelor …
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