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Along the Navajo Trail
"Roy Rogers B-Western Series ... Along the Navajo Trail (1945) ... Republic Pictures "
Republic Pictures presents "ALONG THE NAVAJO TRAIL" (15 December 1945) (62 mins/B&W) (Fully Restored/Dolby Digitally Remastered) --- Roy Rogers (born Leonard Slye) moved to California in 1930, at the age of 18 --- played in such musical groups as The Hollywood Hillbillies, Rocky Mountaineers, Texas Outlaws and his own group, the International Cowboys --- In 1934 he formed a group with Bob Nolan and Tim Spencer called "Sons of the Pioneers" --- While in that group he was known as Leonard Slye, then Dick Weston and finally Roy Rogers --- Their songs included "Cool Water" and "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" --- They first appeared in the western "Rhythm on the Range" (1936), starring Bing Crosby --- In 1937 Roy went solo and made his first starring film in 1938, "Under Western Stars" (1938) --- He made almost 100 films --- then came television, "The Roy Rogers Show" (1951) ran on CBS from October 1951 through September 1964.
Under Yakima Canutt (Director), Frank McDonald (Director), Edward J. White (Producer), Gerald Geraghty (Screenwriter), William Colt MacDonald (Book Author), William Bradford (Cinematographer), Arthur Altman (Songwriter), R. Dale Butts (Composer (Music Score), Dick Charles (Songwriter), Eddie de Lange (Songwriter), Jack Elliott (Songwriter), Gordon Forster (Songwriter), Larry Markes (Songwriter), Charles Newman (Songwriter), Bob Nolan (Songwriter), Morton Scott (Composer (Music Score), Tony Martinelli (Editor), Frank Hotaling (Production Designer), John McCarthy (Set Designer), Adele Palmer (Costume Designer), Bob Mark (Makeup) - - - - Our story line and plot, As a U.S. Deputy Marshal Roy Rogers learns that a syndicate is trying to get control of Dales Evans's ranch in order to construct a pipeline across the property --- Music is an important feature with Roy, Dale and the Pioneers singing eight songs --- This film really belongs to Dale Evans, whose flair for comedy and way with a line remains a revelation --- Along for the ride is Gabby Hayes, Bob Nolan and the Sons of the Pioneers, beautiful Estelita Rodriguez, as well as our favorite villains Roy Barcroft and Douglas Fowley --- Must recommend the Happy Trails DVD's to you --- Each one has new information about Roy Rogers and Dale Evans and each actor or director in the film --- If you are a Roy Rogers and Dale Evans fan like me you will totally enjoy all the extra footage showing Roy and Dale going to parades and visiting children in hospitals, the story of Roy proposing marriage to Dale, and more inside info also about the family --- Each film starts out with Roy and Dale seated on a small stage back around 1987 talking about the sagebrush films they are showing --- some wonderful tunes, COOL WATER -- ALONG THE NAVAJO TRAIL -- HOW'RE YOU DOING IN THE HEART DEPARTMENT -- SAVIN' FOR A RAINY DAY -- IT'S THE GYPSY IN ME -- TWENTY ONE YEARS IS A MIGHTY LONG TIME -- FREE AS THE WIND
the cast includes
Roy Rogers ... Roy Rogers
Trigger ... "Smartest Horse in the Movies"
George 'Gabby' Hayes ... Gabby Whittaker
Dale Evans ... Lorry Alastair
Estelita Rodriguez ... Narita
Douglas Fowley ... J. Richard Bentley
Nestor Paiva ... Janza
Sam Flint ... Breck Alastair
Emmett Vogan ... Roger Jerrold
Roy Barcroft ... Rusty Channing
David Cota ... Lani
Ed Cassidy ... Sheriff Clem Wagner (as Edward Cassidy)
Bob Nolan ... Bob Nolan (leader, Sons of the Pioneers)
Sons of the Pioneers ... Musicians (as Bob Nolan and The Sons of the Pioneers)
Doye O'Dell ... Doye, Sons of the Pioneers
Hank Bell ... Old-timer
Budd Buster ... Telegrapher
Ken Carson ... Sons of the Pioneers
Hugh Farr ... Sons of the Pioneers
Karl Farr ... Sons of the Pioneers
Shug Fisher ... Sons of the Pioneers
Tim Spencer ... Tim, Sons of the Pioneers
BIOS:
1. Roy Rogers (aka: Leonard Franklin Slye)
Date of Birth: 5 November 1911 - Cincinnati, Ohio
Date of Death: 6 July 1998 - Apple Valley, California
2. Dale Evans (aka: Frances Octavia Smith)
Date of Birth: 31 October 1912, Uvalde, Texas
Date of Death: 7 February 2001, Apple Valley, California
3. George 'Gabby' Hayes (aka: George Francis Hayes)
Date of Birth: 7 May 1885 - Wellsville, New York
Date of Death: 9 February 1969 - Burbank, California
Check out a new book from Empire Publishing - "THE ROY ROGERS BOOK: A REFERENCE TRIVIA SCRAPBOOK" (Paperback) --- reference trivia scrapbook of Roy Rogers written by Western film historian David Rothel whose accounts of thrilling adventures of B-Western heroes during the Saturday matinees of yesteryear takes us back to our childhood, family and friends --- this is a wish come true, reliving those wonderful years from the past through the pen of David Rothel --- Roy was a top box office draw for Republic Pictures when you went to see him on the big screen, you got exactly what the marquee said --- plenty of thrills, action and hard riding with a song or two thrown in for good measure --- Elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1980 as a member of the "Sons of the Pioneers" and elected again in 1988 as Roy Rogers "King of the Cowboys" --- Roy got his horse "Trigger" in 1938 and rode him in every one of his films and TV shows after that --- "Trigger" died in 1965 age of thirty-three --- Roy's dog's name was "Bullet" and appeared in almost as many of his films as "Trigger" did --- Roy's theme song, "Happy Trails", was written by Queen of the West and his wife Dale Evans --- inducted (with his wife Dale Evans) into the "Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum" in 1976 --- inducted as a member of the "Sons of the Pioneers into the "Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum" in 1995 just three years before his death --- Don't miss this one --- now appearing on Amazon and Empire Publishing --- Don't hesitate - rush out and pick up your copy today --- Great reading in the days and weeks to come --- I guarantee it!
Hats off and thanks to Les Adams (collector/guideslines for character identification), Chuck Anderson (Webmaster: The Old Corral/B-Westerns.Com), Boyd Magers (Western Clippings), Bobby J. Copeland (author of "Trail Talk"), Rhonda Lemons (Empire Publishing Inc), Bob Nareau (author of "The Real Bob Steele") and Trevor Scott (Down Under DVD Com) as they have rekindled my interest once again for Film Noir, B-Westerns and Serials --- looking forward to more high quality releases from the vintage serial era of the '20s, '30s & '40s and B-Westerns ... order your copy now from Amazon where there are plenty of copies available on DVD --- stay tuned once again for top notch action mixed with musical adventure --- if you enjoyed this title, why not check out Amazon where they are experts in releasing B-Westerns --- all my heroes have been cowboys!
Total Time: 62 min on VHS/DVD ~ Republic Pictures ~ (6/24/2003)Along the Navajo Trail
Along the Navajo Trail
My husband and I grew up with Roy Rogers as our hero. We especially like the song "Cool Water", which the description said was one of the songs on this DVD. It was NOT! Nowhere on this DVD was "Cool Water"!!
All in all, I would have to say we still enjoyed the movie and all of the extras that came with it and we would not return it for anything. We loved every minute of that DVD and will watch it many times in the years to come.Along the Navajo Trail
Clean Cut Fun - But Navajos?
This classic Roy Rogers tale also stars Dale Evans. In this DVD version you even have an intro scene where these two talk about the movie and a few parts of it that they enjoyed.
Roy is a US Marshall trying to track down wrong-doers. He hangs out at a local ranch, falling for the rancher's daughter. In the meantime, a group of gypsies come into town, and the usual cat-fight erupts between the rancher girl and the gypsy girl over the handsome marshall. There are numerous jokes at the gypsies expense.
Roy eventually figures out who the bad guys are, and what they are up to. He saves the day in a manly yet kid-friendly manner.
These are classics in terms of being family friendly, with a light comedy aspect and little actual bloodshed or cursing. That all being said, for a "Navajo Trail" title, where are the Indians? Where are the Mexicans? All you have are very clean cut Westerners, and a few Spanish Gypsies. I would have loved the story to include more cultures, more of the melting pot of this region. I realize that Roy Rogers was "clean cut fun" - but there's no harm in a movie being a bit educational, too, about the region it covers. It was almost like the Disney World version of what the Wild West was all about.Along the Navajo Trail
Where's the tunes?
I bought this DVD looking forward to hearing the songs in it but alas no music. Even the Gypsy scene was cut short and no music. This is supposed to be the authorized version by the Roy Rogers Estate and there's no music? Very disappointing. What a waste of money.Along the Navajo Trail
Comment on Along the Navajo Trail
Although the box lists this title as a 60 minute video, it is actually a full length version with a running time of 65 minutes. That makes this video unique in this regard as previous releases have been the 54 minute TV version. Although not quite as good as some of the other Republic video releases in this series, the picture quality is above average with very good sound quality. This 1945 release is in the era when "Gabby" Hayes and Dale Evans co-starred with Roy. Highly recommended for the Roy Rogers' collector.Along the Navajo Trail
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