Adventures of Red Ryder
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The Adventures of Red Ryder (1940) is a 12-chapter Republic
movie serial
starring Don "Red" Barry and Noah Beery, Sr.
based on the Western
comic strip
Red Ryder
. It was directed by William Witney
and John English
. This serial was the 18th of the 66 serials produced by Republic. Westerns made up a third of all serials produced by the studio.
. A gang led by bank
er Calvin Drake plans to drive off ranchers from their land in order to profit from a railroad. However, on one of these ranches, the Circle R, lives the Ryder family who resist the gang. After his father, Tom, is killed by One Eye Chapin, Red Ryder swears revenge and sets out to defeat the gang once and for all.
's comic strip. The serial was budgeted at $144,852 although the final negative cost
was $145,961 (a $1,109, or 0.8%, overspend). 1940 was the first year in which Republic's overall spending on serial production was less than in the previous year. It was filmed between 27 March and 25 April 1940. The serial's production number was 997. The special effects were created by the Lydecker brothers
, Republic's in-house effects team.
Source:
This was one of two 12-chapter serials produced by Republic in 1940. The other is the following King of the Royal Mounted
, also based on a comic strip. Republic's standard pattern was two 12-chapter serials and two 15-chapter serials in each year.
movie serial
starring Don "Red" Barry and Noah Beery, Sr.
based on the Western
comic strip
Red Ryder
. It was directed by William Witney
and John English
. This serial was the 18th of the 66 serials produced by Republic. Westerns made up a third of all serials produced by the studio.
. A gang led by bank
er Calvin Drake plans to drive off ranchers from their land in order to profit from a railroad. However, on one of these ranches, the Circle R, lives the Ryder family who resist the gang. After his father, Tom, is killed by One Eye Chapin, Red Ryder swears revenge and sets out to defeat the gang once and for all.
's comic strip. The serial was budgeted at $144,852 although the final negative cost
was $145,961 (a $1,109, or 0.8%, overspend). 1940 was the first year in which Republic's overall spending on serial production was less than in the previous year. It was filmed between 27 March and 25 April 1940. The serial's production number was 997. The special effects were created by the Lydecker brothers
, Republic's in-house effects team.
Source:
This was one of two 12-chapter serials produced by Republic in 1940. The other is the following King of the Royal Mounted
, also based on a comic strip. Republic's standard pattern was two 12-chapter serials and two 15-chapter serials in each year.
movie serial
starring Don "Red" Barry and Noah Beery, Sr.
based on the Western
comic strip
Red Ryder
. It was directed by William Witney
and John English
. This serial was the 18th of the 66 serials produced by Republic. Westerns made up a third of all serials produced by the studio.
. A gang led by bank
er Calvin Drake plans to drive off ranchers from their land in order to profit from a railroad. However, on one of these ranches, the Circle R, lives the Ryder family who resist the gang. After his father, Tom, is killed by One Eye Chapin, Red Ryder swears revenge and sets out to defeat the gang once and for all.
's comic strip. The serial was budgeted at $144,852 although the final negative cost
was $145,961 (a $1,109, or 0.8%, overspend). 1940 was the first year in which Republic's overall spending on serial production was less than in the previous year. It was filmed between 27 March and 25 April 1940. The serial's production number was 997. The special effects were created by the Lydecker brothers
, Republic's in-house effects team.
Source:
This was one of two 12-chapter serials produced by Republic in 1940. The other is the following King of the Royal Mounted
, also based on a comic strip. Republic's standard pattern was two 12-chapter serials and two 15-chapter serials in each year.
Republic Pictures
Republic Pictures was an independent film production-distribution corporation with studio facilities, operating from 1934 through 1959, and was best known for specializing in westerns, movie serials and B films emphasizing mystery and action....
movie serial
Serial (film)
Serials, more specifically known as Movie serials, Film serials or Chapter plays, were short subjects originally shown in theaters in conjunction with a feature film. They were related to pulp magazine serialized fiction...
starring Don "Red" Barry and Noah Beery, Sr.
Noah Beery, Sr.
Noah Nicholas Beery was an American actor, who appeared in films from 1913 to 1945.-Early life:His parents originally came from Switzerland. Beery was born in Kansas City, Missouri. He and his brothers William C. Beery and Wallace Beery became Hollywood actors...
based on the Western
Western (genre)
The Western is a genre of various visual arts, such as film, television, radio, literature, painting and others. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the latter half of the 19th century in the American Old West, hence the name. Some Westerns are set as early as the Battle of...
comic strip
Comic strip
A comic strip is a sequence of drawings arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions....
Red Ryder
Red Ryder
Red Ryder was a popular long-running Western comic strip created by Stephen Slesinger and artist Fred Harman. Beginning Sunday, November 6, 1938, Red Ryder was syndicated by Newspaper Enterprise Association, expanding over the following decade to 750 newspapers, translations into ten languages and...
. It was directed by William Witney
William Witney
William Nuelsen Witney was an American film and television director. He is best remembered for the movie serials he co-directed with John English for Republic Pictures such as Daredevils of the Red Circle, Zorro's Fighting Legion and Drums of Fu Manchu.He directed many Westerns during his career,...
and John English
John English (director)
John English was an American film editor and film director...
. This serial was the 18th of the 66 serials produced by Republic. Westerns made up a third of all serials produced by the studio.
Characters and story
The plot follows a standard B-Western pattern of a villain trying to run the legitimate owners off their valuable land. In this case, the value comes from the building of a railroadRail transport
Rail transport is a means of conveyance of passengers and goods by way of wheeled vehicles running on rail tracks. In contrast to road transport, where vehicles merely run on a prepared surface, rail vehicles are also directionally guided by the tracks they run on...
. A gang led by bank
Bank
A bank is a financial institution that serves as a financial intermediary. The term "bank" may refer to one of several related types of entities:...
er Calvin Drake plans to drive off ranchers from their land in order to profit from a railroad. However, on one of these ranches, the Circle R, lives the Ryder family who resist the gang. After his father, Tom, is killed by One Eye Chapin, Red Ryder swears revenge and sets out to defeat the gang once and for all.
Cast
- Don "Red" Barry as Red RyderRed RyderRed Ryder was a popular long-running Western comic strip created by Stephen Slesinger and artist Fred Harman. Beginning Sunday, November 6, 1938, Red Ryder was syndicated by Newspaper Enterprise Association, expanding over the following decade to 750 newspapers, translations into ten languages and...
. Donald Barry retained the nicknameNicknameA nickname is "a usually familiar or humorous but sometimes pointed or cruel name given to a person or place, as a supposedly appropriate replacement for or addition to the proper name.", or a name similar in origin and pronunciation from the original name....
from this serial as Don "Red" Barry. - Noah Beery as Ace Hanlon
- Tommy Cook as Little Beaver
- Maude Pierce Allen as Duchess Ryder
- Vivian Coe as Beth Andrews
- Harry Worth as Calvin Drake
- Hal Taliaferro as Cherokee Sims
- William FarnumWilliam FarnumWilliam Farnum was a major movie actor. One of three brothers, Farnum grew up in a family of actors. He made his acting debut at the age of ten in Richmond, Virginia in a production of Julius Caesar, with Edwin Booth playing the title character...
as Colonel Tom Ryder - Bob KortmanBob KortmanBob Kortman was an American film actor mostly associated with westerns, though he also appeared in a number of Laurel and Hardy comedies...
as One-Eye Chapin - Carleton YoungCarleton YoungCarleton Scott Young was an American character actor born in New York City, New York and known for his deep voice.-Private life:...
as Sheriff Dade
Production
The Adventures of Red Ryder was based on Fred HarmanFred Harman
Fred Harman was an American artist, best known for his popular Red Ryder comic strip, which he drew for 25 years, reaching 40 million readers through 750 newspapers. Harman sometimes used the pseudonym Ted Horn....
's comic strip. The serial was budgeted at $144,852 although the final negative cost
Negative cost
Negative cost is the cost of actually producing and shooting a film. It does not include such costs as distribution and promotion.Low-budget movies, for example The Blair Witch Project, can have promotional expenses that are much larger than the negative cost.The term comes from the costs up to the...
was $145,961 (a $1,109, or 0.8%, overspend). 1940 was the first year in which Republic's overall spending on serial production was less than in the previous year. It was filmed between 27 March and 25 April 1940. The serial's production number was 997. The special effects were created by the Lydecker brothers
Lydecker brothers
-Partial filmography:*Darkest Africa *Women in War - Oscar nominated*Adventures of Captain Marvel *Flying Tigers - Oscar nominated*Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe...
, Republic's in-house effects team.
Stunts
- David Sharpe as Red Ryder (doubling Don "Red" Barry)
- Duke Green
- Ted Mapes
- Post Park
- Ken TerrellKen TerrellKen Terrell was an American western and action film actor and stuntman best known for playing Joe Marcella in the 1956 film The Indestructible Man. He died March 8, 1966 from arteriosclerosis-Partial filmography:...
- Bill Yrigoyen
- Joe Yrigoyen
Theatrical
The Adventures of Red Ryders official release date is 28 June 1940, although this is actually the date the sixth chapter was made available to film exchanges.Chapter titles
- Murder on the Santa Fe Trail (27min 48s)
- Horsemen of Death (16min 42s)
- Trail's End (16min 41s)
- Water Rustlers (16min 39s)
- Avalanche (16min 44s)
- Hangman's Noose (16min 44s)
- Framed (16min 42s)
- Blazing Walls (16min 42s)
- Records of Doom (16min 42s)
- One Second to Live (16min 43s)
- The Devil's Marksman (16min 41s)
- Frontier Justice (16min 44s)
Source:
This was one of two 12-chapter serials produced by Republic in 1940. The other is the following King of the Royal Mounted
King of the Royal Mounted (serial)
King of the Royal Mounted is a Republic Pictures northern serial based on the King of the Royal Mounted Comic strip directed by William Witney and John English....
, also based on a comic strip. Republic's standard pattern was two 12-chapter serials and two 15-chapter serials in each year.
External links
The Adventures of Red Ryder (1940) is a 12-chapter RepublicRepublic Pictures
Republic Pictures was an independent film production-distribution corporation with studio facilities, operating from 1934 through 1959, and was best known for specializing in westerns, movie serials and B films emphasizing mystery and action....
movie serial
Serial (film)
Serials, more specifically known as Movie serials, Film serials or Chapter plays, were short subjects originally shown in theaters in conjunction with a feature film. They were related to pulp magazine serialized fiction...
starring Don "Red" Barry and Noah Beery, Sr.
Noah Beery, Sr.
Noah Nicholas Beery was an American actor, who appeared in films from 1913 to 1945.-Early life:His parents originally came from Switzerland. Beery was born in Kansas City, Missouri. He and his brothers William C. Beery and Wallace Beery became Hollywood actors...
based on the Western
Western (genre)
The Western is a genre of various visual arts, such as film, television, radio, literature, painting and others. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the latter half of the 19th century in the American Old West, hence the name. Some Westerns are set as early as the Battle of...
comic strip
Comic strip
A comic strip is a sequence of drawings arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions....
Red Ryder
Red Ryder
Red Ryder was a popular long-running Western comic strip created by Stephen Slesinger and artist Fred Harman. Beginning Sunday, November 6, 1938, Red Ryder was syndicated by Newspaper Enterprise Association, expanding over the following decade to 750 newspapers, translations into ten languages and...
. It was directed by William Witney
William Witney
William Nuelsen Witney was an American film and television director. He is best remembered for the movie serials he co-directed with John English for Republic Pictures such as Daredevils of the Red Circle, Zorro's Fighting Legion and Drums of Fu Manchu.He directed many Westerns during his career,...
and John English
John English (director)
John English was an American film editor and film director...
. This serial was the 18th of the 66 serials produced by Republic. Westerns made up a third of all serials produced by the studio.
Characters and story
The plot follows a standard B-Western pattern of a villain trying to run the legitimate owners off their valuable land. In this case, the value comes from the building of a railroadRail transport
Rail transport is a means of conveyance of passengers and goods by way of wheeled vehicles running on rail tracks. In contrast to road transport, where vehicles merely run on a prepared surface, rail vehicles are also directionally guided by the tracks they run on...
. A gang led by bank
Bank
A bank is a financial institution that serves as a financial intermediary. The term "bank" may refer to one of several related types of entities:...
er Calvin Drake plans to drive off ranchers from their land in order to profit from a railroad. However, on one of these ranches, the Circle R, lives the Ryder family who resist the gang. After his father, Tom, is killed by One Eye Chapin, Red Ryder swears revenge and sets out to defeat the gang once and for all.
Cast
- Don "Red" Barry as Red RyderRed RyderRed Ryder was a popular long-running Western comic strip created by Stephen Slesinger and artist Fred Harman. Beginning Sunday, November 6, 1938, Red Ryder was syndicated by Newspaper Enterprise Association, expanding over the following decade to 750 newspapers, translations into ten languages and...
. Donald Barry retained the nicknameNicknameA nickname is "a usually familiar or humorous but sometimes pointed or cruel name given to a person or place, as a supposedly appropriate replacement for or addition to the proper name.", or a name similar in origin and pronunciation from the original name....
from this serial as Don "Red" Barry. - Noah Beery as Ace Hanlon
- Tommy Cook as Little Beaver
- Maude Pierce Allen as Duchess Ryder
- Vivian Coe as Beth Andrews
- Harry Worth as Calvin Drake
- Hal Taliaferro as Cherokee Sims
- William FarnumWilliam FarnumWilliam Farnum was a major movie actor. One of three brothers, Farnum grew up in a family of actors. He made his acting debut at the age of ten in Richmond, Virginia in a production of Julius Caesar, with Edwin Booth playing the title character...
as Colonel Tom Ryder - Bob KortmanBob KortmanBob Kortman was an American film actor mostly associated with westerns, though he also appeared in a number of Laurel and Hardy comedies...
as One-Eye Chapin - Carleton YoungCarleton YoungCarleton Scott Young was an American character actor born in New York City, New York and known for his deep voice.-Private life:...
as Sheriff Dade
Production
The Adventures of Red Ryder was based on Fred HarmanFred Harman
Fred Harman was an American artist, best known for his popular Red Ryder comic strip, which he drew for 25 years, reaching 40 million readers through 750 newspapers. Harman sometimes used the pseudonym Ted Horn....
's comic strip. The serial was budgeted at $144,852 although the final negative cost
Negative cost
Negative cost is the cost of actually producing and shooting a film. It does not include such costs as distribution and promotion.Low-budget movies, for example The Blair Witch Project, can have promotional expenses that are much larger than the negative cost.The term comes from the costs up to the...
was $145,961 (a $1,109, or 0.8%, overspend). 1940 was the first year in which Republic's overall spending on serial production was less than in the previous year. It was filmed between 27 March and 25 April 1940. The serial's production number was 997. The special effects were created by the Lydecker brothers
Lydecker brothers
-Partial filmography:*Darkest Africa *Women in War - Oscar nominated*Adventures of Captain Marvel *Flying Tigers - Oscar nominated*Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe...
, Republic's in-house effects team.
Stunts
- David Sharpe as Red Ryder (doubling Don "Red" Barry)
- Duke Green
- Ted Mapes
- Post Park
- Ken TerrellKen TerrellKen Terrell was an American western and action film actor and stuntman best known for playing Joe Marcella in the 1956 film The Indestructible Man. He died March 8, 1966 from arteriosclerosis-Partial filmography:...
- Bill Yrigoyen
- Joe Yrigoyen
Theatrical
The Adventures of Red Ryders official release date is 28 June 1940, although this is actually the date the sixth chapter was made available to film exchanges.Chapter titles
- Murder on the Santa Fe Trail (27min 48s)
- Horsemen of Death (16min 42s)
- Trail's End (16min 41s)
- Water Rustlers (16min 39s)
- Avalanche (16min 44s)
- Hangman's Noose (16min 44s)
- Framed (16min 42s)
- Blazing Walls (16min 42s)
- Records of Doom (16min 42s)
- One Second to Live (16min 43s)
- The Devil's Marksman (16min 41s)
- Frontier Justice (16min 44s)
Source:
This was one of two 12-chapter serials produced by Republic in 1940. The other is the following King of the Royal Mounted
King of the Royal Mounted (serial)
King of the Royal Mounted is a Republic Pictures northern serial based on the King of the Royal Mounted Comic strip directed by William Witney and John English....
, also based on a comic strip. Republic's standard pattern was two 12-chapter serials and two 15-chapter serials in each year.
External links
The Adventures of Red Ryder (1940) is a 12-chapter RepublicRepublic Pictures
Republic Pictures was an independent film production-distribution corporation with studio facilities, operating from 1934 through 1959, and was best known for specializing in westerns, movie serials and B films emphasizing mystery and action....
movie serial
Serial (film)
Serials, more specifically known as Movie serials, Film serials or Chapter plays, were short subjects originally shown in theaters in conjunction with a feature film. They were related to pulp magazine serialized fiction...
starring Don "Red" Barry and Noah Beery, Sr.
Noah Beery, Sr.
Noah Nicholas Beery was an American actor, who appeared in films from 1913 to 1945.-Early life:His parents originally came from Switzerland. Beery was born in Kansas City, Missouri. He and his brothers William C. Beery and Wallace Beery became Hollywood actors...
based on the Western
Western (genre)
The Western is a genre of various visual arts, such as film, television, radio, literature, painting and others. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the latter half of the 19th century in the American Old West, hence the name. Some Westerns are set as early as the Battle of...
comic strip
Comic strip
A comic strip is a sequence of drawings arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions....
Red Ryder
Red Ryder
Red Ryder was a popular long-running Western comic strip created by Stephen Slesinger and artist Fred Harman. Beginning Sunday, November 6, 1938, Red Ryder was syndicated by Newspaper Enterprise Association, expanding over the following decade to 750 newspapers, translations into ten languages and...
. It was directed by William Witney
William Witney
William Nuelsen Witney was an American film and television director. He is best remembered for the movie serials he co-directed with John English for Republic Pictures such as Daredevils of the Red Circle, Zorro's Fighting Legion and Drums of Fu Manchu.He directed many Westerns during his career,...
and John English
John English (director)
John English was an American film editor and film director...
. This serial was the 18th of the 66 serials produced by Republic. Westerns made up a third of all serials produced by the studio.
Characters and story
The plot follows a standard B-Western pattern of a villain trying to run the legitimate owners off their valuable land. In this case, the value comes from the building of a railroadRail transport
Rail transport is a means of conveyance of passengers and goods by way of wheeled vehicles running on rail tracks. In contrast to road transport, where vehicles merely run on a prepared surface, rail vehicles are also directionally guided by the tracks they run on...
. A gang led by bank
Bank
A bank is a financial institution that serves as a financial intermediary. The term "bank" may refer to one of several related types of entities:...
er Calvin Drake plans to drive off ranchers from their land in order to profit from a railroad. However, on one of these ranches, the Circle R, lives the Ryder family who resist the gang. After his father, Tom, is killed by One Eye Chapin, Red Ryder swears revenge and sets out to defeat the gang once and for all.
Cast
- Don "Red" Barry as Red RyderRed RyderRed Ryder was a popular long-running Western comic strip created by Stephen Slesinger and artist Fred Harman. Beginning Sunday, November 6, 1938, Red Ryder was syndicated by Newspaper Enterprise Association, expanding over the following decade to 750 newspapers, translations into ten languages and...
. Donald Barry retained the nicknameNicknameA nickname is "a usually familiar or humorous but sometimes pointed or cruel name given to a person or place, as a supposedly appropriate replacement for or addition to the proper name.", or a name similar in origin and pronunciation from the original name....
from this serial as Don "Red" Barry. - Noah Beery as Ace Hanlon
- Tommy Cook as Little Beaver
- Maude Pierce Allen as Duchess Ryder
- Vivian Coe as Beth Andrews
- Harry Worth as Calvin Drake
- Hal Taliaferro as Cherokee Sims
- William FarnumWilliam FarnumWilliam Farnum was a major movie actor. One of three brothers, Farnum grew up in a family of actors. He made his acting debut at the age of ten in Richmond, Virginia in a production of Julius Caesar, with Edwin Booth playing the title character...
as Colonel Tom Ryder - Bob KortmanBob KortmanBob Kortman was an American film actor mostly associated with westerns, though he also appeared in a number of Laurel and Hardy comedies...
as One-Eye Chapin - Carleton YoungCarleton YoungCarleton Scott Young was an American character actor born in New York City, New York and known for his deep voice.-Private life:...
as Sheriff Dade
Production
The Adventures of Red Ryder was based on Fred HarmanFred Harman
Fred Harman was an American artist, best known for his popular Red Ryder comic strip, which he drew for 25 years, reaching 40 million readers through 750 newspapers. Harman sometimes used the pseudonym Ted Horn....
's comic strip. The serial was budgeted at $144,852 although the final negative cost
Negative cost
Negative cost is the cost of actually producing and shooting a film. It does not include such costs as distribution and promotion.Low-budget movies, for example The Blair Witch Project, can have promotional expenses that are much larger than the negative cost.The term comes from the costs up to the...
was $145,961 (a $1,109, or 0.8%, overspend). 1940 was the first year in which Republic's overall spending on serial production was less than in the previous year. It was filmed between 27 March and 25 April 1940. The serial's production number was 997. The special effects were created by the Lydecker brothers
Lydecker brothers
-Partial filmography:*Darkest Africa *Women in War - Oscar nominated*Adventures of Captain Marvel *Flying Tigers - Oscar nominated*Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe...
, Republic's in-house effects team.
Stunts
- David Sharpe as Red Ryder (doubling Don "Red" Barry)
- Duke Green
- Ted Mapes
- Post Park
- Ken TerrellKen TerrellKen Terrell was an American western and action film actor and stuntman best known for playing Joe Marcella in the 1956 film The Indestructible Man. He died March 8, 1966 from arteriosclerosis-Partial filmography:...
- Bill Yrigoyen
- Joe Yrigoyen
Theatrical
The Adventures of Red Ryders official release date is 28 June 1940, although this is actually the date the sixth chapter was made available to film exchanges.Chapter titles
- Murder on the Santa Fe Trail (27min 48s)
- Horsemen of Death (16min 42s)
- Trail's End (16min 41s)
- Water Rustlers (16min 39s)
- Avalanche (16min 44s)
- Hangman's Noose (16min 44s)
- Framed (16min 42s)
- Blazing Walls (16min 42s)
- Records of Doom (16min 42s)
- One Second to Live (16min 43s)
- The Devil's Marksman (16min 41s)
- Frontier Justice (16min 44s)
Source:
This was one of two 12-chapter serials produced by Republic in 1940. The other is the following King of the Royal Mounted
King of the Royal Mounted (serial)
King of the Royal Mounted is a Republic Pictures northern serial based on the King of the Royal Mounted Comic strip directed by William Witney and John English....
, also based on a comic strip. Republic's standard pattern was two 12-chapter serials and two 15-chapter serials in each year.