Tex Granger
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Tex Granger is a Columbia
movie serial
featuring the title character as a masked cowboy referred to as The Midnight Rider of the Plains in the serial's subtitle. It was based on a character from the comic Calling All Boys while the plot was taken from The Last Frontier
(1926
), which was itself based on the novel of the same name by Courtney Ryley Cooper
. Tex Granger was the 36th of the 57 serials released by Columbia.
Source:
Tex Granger (1948
) is a Columbia
movie serial
featuring the title character as a masked cowboy referred to as The Midnight Rider of the Plains in the serial's subtitle. It was based on a character from the comic Calling All Boys while the plot was taken from The Last Frontier
(1926
), which was itself based on the novel of the same name by Courtney Ryley Cooper
. Tex Granger was the 36th of the 57 serials released by Columbia.
Source:
Tex Granger (1948
) is a Columbia
movie serial
featuring the title character as a masked cowboy referred to as The Midnight Rider of the Plains in the serial's subtitle. It was based on a character from the comic Calling All Boys while the plot was taken from The Last Frontier
(1926
), which was itself based on the novel of the same name by Courtney Ryley Cooper
. Tex Granger was the 36th of the 57 serials released by Columbia.
Source:
Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an American film production and distribution company. Columbia Pictures now forms part of the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Sony. It is one of the leading film companies...
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...
featuring the title character as a masked cowboy referred to as The Midnight Rider of the Plains in the serial's subtitle. It was based on a character from the comic Calling All Boys while the plot was taken from The Last Frontier
The Last Frontier (1926 film)
-Cast:* William Boyd as Tom Kirby* Marguerite De La Motte as Beth* Jack Hoxie as Buffalo Bill Cody* J. Farrell MacDonald as Wild Bill Hickok* Frank Coghlan Jr. as Buddy * Mitchell Lewis as Lige* Gladys Brockwell as Cynthia Jaggers...
(1926
1926 in film
-Events:*August - Warner Brothers debuts the first Vitaphone film, Don Juan. The Vitaphone system used multiple 33⅓ rpm disc records developed by Bell Telephone Laboratories and Western Electric to play back audio synchronized with film....
), which was itself based on the novel of the same name by Courtney Ryley Cooper
Courtney Ryley Cooper
Courtney Ryley Cooper was an American circus performer, publicist and writer. During his career he published over 30 books, many focusing on crime; J. Edgar Hoover considered him at one time "the best informed man on crime in the U...
. Tex Granger was the 36th of the 57 serials released by Columbia.
Plot
When Tex Granger rides into Three Buttes, Helen Kent persuades him to buy the local newspaper. However, loan shark Rance Carson appoints the bandit Blaze Talbot as town marshal to act as his enforcer and soon the town is in chaos. With fighting between rival gangs, Tex dons a mask to become The Midnight Rider and bring the criminals to justice.Cast
- Robert KellardRobert KellardRobert Kellard was an American actor who appeared in over 60 films between 1937 and 1951.-Career:Kellard entered in Hollywood in 1937 in the film Annapolis Salute, directed by Christy Cabanne...
as Tex Granger, new owner of the town newspaper and secretly also The Midnight Rider of the Plains - Peggy StewartPeggy Stewart (actress)Peggy Stewart is an American film actress who starred mostly in B-movies during the 1930s and 1940s. Her sister, Patricia O'Rourke, was an Olympic swimmer, and was married to World War II hero and well known B-movie actor Wayne Morris.Stewart's career began when she was cast in the 1937 film Wells...
as Helen Kent - Robert 'Buzz' Henry as Timmy Perkins, a young boy
- Smith BallewSmith BallewSmith Ballew was an American actor, sophisticated singer, orchestra leader, and finally, a Western singing star....
as Blaze Talbot, bandit appointed as marshal by Carson - Jack IngramJack Ingram (actor)Jack Ingram was an American film actor. He appeared in over 300 films between 1935 and 1966, according to the Internet Movie Data Base.He was born in Illinois, and died in Canoga Park, California of a heart attack...
as Reno, bandit working with Blaze Talbot - I. Stanford JolleyI. Stanford JolleyIsaac Stanford Jolley, Sr., known as I. Stanford Jolley was a prolific American character actor of film and television, primarily in western roles as cowboys, law-enforcement officers, or villains...
as Rance Carson, the villainVillainA villain is an "evil" character in a story, whether a historical narrative or, especially, a work of fiction. The villain usually is the antagonist, the character who tends to have a negative effect on other characters...
ous loan shark - Terry FrostTerry Frost (actor)Terry Frost was an American actor who appeared in dozens of Western films during the 1940s and 1950s.-Biography:...
as Luke Adams, one of Carson's henchmen - Jim Diehl as Conroy, one of Carson's henchmen
- Britt Wood as Sandy White
- Tiny BrauerTiny BrauerTiny Brauer was an American film actor. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Brauer appeared in over 20 films between 1946 and 1966.-Career:...
as Morgan, one of Carson's henchmen - Duke, the dog
Chapter titles
- Tex Finds Trouble
- Rider of Mystery Mesa
- Dead or Alive
- Dangerous Trails
- Renegade Pass
- A Crooked Deal
- The Rider Unmasked
- Mystery of the Silver Ghost
- The Rider Trapped
- Midnight Ambush
- Renegade Roundup
- Carson's Last Draw
- Blaze Takes Over
- Riding Wild
- The Rider Meets Blaze
Source:
External links
- Calling All Boys (by cover image) at Comic Vine featuring Tex Granger
Tex Granger (1948
1948 in film
The year 1948 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* Laurence Olivier's Hamlet becomes the first British film to win the American Academy Award for Best Picture.-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue- Awards :...
) is a Columbia
Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an American film production and distribution company. Columbia Pictures now forms part of the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Sony. It is one of the leading film companies...
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...
featuring the title character as a masked cowboy referred to as The Midnight Rider of the Plains in the serial's subtitle. It was based on a character from the comic Calling All Boys while the plot was taken from The Last Frontier
The Last Frontier (1926 film)
-Cast:* William Boyd as Tom Kirby* Marguerite De La Motte as Beth* Jack Hoxie as Buffalo Bill Cody* J. Farrell MacDonald as Wild Bill Hickok* Frank Coghlan Jr. as Buddy * Mitchell Lewis as Lige* Gladys Brockwell as Cynthia Jaggers...
(1926
1926 in film
-Events:*August - Warner Brothers debuts the first Vitaphone film, Don Juan. The Vitaphone system used multiple 33⅓ rpm disc records developed by Bell Telephone Laboratories and Western Electric to play back audio synchronized with film....
), which was itself based on the novel of the same name by Courtney Ryley Cooper
Courtney Ryley Cooper
Courtney Ryley Cooper was an American circus performer, publicist and writer. During his career he published over 30 books, many focusing on crime; J. Edgar Hoover considered him at one time "the best informed man on crime in the U...
. Tex Granger was the 36th of the 57 serials released by Columbia.
Plot
When Tex Granger rides into Three Buttes, Helen Kent persuades him to buy the local newspaper. However, loan shark Rance Carson appoints the bandit Blaze Talbot as town marshal to act as his enforcer and soon the town is in chaos. With fighting between rival gangs, Tex dons a mask to become The Midnight Rider and bring the criminals to justice.Cast
- Robert KellardRobert KellardRobert Kellard was an American actor who appeared in over 60 films between 1937 and 1951.-Career:Kellard entered in Hollywood in 1937 in the film Annapolis Salute, directed by Christy Cabanne...
as Tex Granger, new owner of the town newspaper and secretly also The Midnight Rider of the Plains - Peggy StewartPeggy Stewart (actress)Peggy Stewart is an American film actress who starred mostly in B-movies during the 1930s and 1940s. Her sister, Patricia O'Rourke, was an Olympic swimmer, and was married to World War II hero and well known B-movie actor Wayne Morris.Stewart's career began when she was cast in the 1937 film Wells...
as Helen Kent - Robert 'Buzz' Henry as Timmy Perkins, a young boy
- Smith BallewSmith BallewSmith Ballew was an American actor, sophisticated singer, orchestra leader, and finally, a Western singing star....
as Blaze Talbot, bandit appointed as marshal by Carson - Jack IngramJack Ingram (actor)Jack Ingram was an American film actor. He appeared in over 300 films between 1935 and 1966, according to the Internet Movie Data Base.He was born in Illinois, and died in Canoga Park, California of a heart attack...
as Reno, bandit working with Blaze Talbot - I. Stanford JolleyI. Stanford JolleyIsaac Stanford Jolley, Sr., known as I. Stanford Jolley was a prolific American character actor of film and television, primarily in western roles as cowboys, law-enforcement officers, or villains...
as Rance Carson, the villainVillainA villain is an "evil" character in a story, whether a historical narrative or, especially, a work of fiction. The villain usually is the antagonist, the character who tends to have a negative effect on other characters...
ous loan shark - Terry FrostTerry Frost (actor)Terry Frost was an American actor who appeared in dozens of Western films during the 1940s and 1950s.-Biography:...
as Luke Adams, one of Carson's henchmen - Jim Diehl as Conroy, one of Carson's henchmen
- Britt Wood as Sandy White
- Tiny BrauerTiny BrauerTiny Brauer was an American film actor. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Brauer appeared in over 20 films between 1946 and 1966.-Career:...
as Morgan, one of Carson's henchmen - Duke, the dog
Chapter titles
- Tex Finds Trouble
- Rider of Mystery Mesa
- Dead or Alive
- Dangerous Trails
- Renegade Pass
- A Crooked Deal
- The Rider Unmasked
- Mystery of the Silver Ghost
- The Rider Trapped
- Midnight Ambush
- Renegade Roundup
- Carson's Last Draw
- Blaze Takes Over
- Riding Wild
- The Rider Meets Blaze
Source:
External links
- Calling All Boys (by cover image) at Comic Vine featuring Tex Granger
Tex Granger (1948
1948 in film
The year 1948 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* Laurence Olivier's Hamlet becomes the first British film to win the American Academy Award for Best Picture.-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue- Awards :...
) is a Columbia
Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an American film production and distribution company. Columbia Pictures now forms part of the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Sony. It is one of the leading film companies...
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...
featuring the title character as a masked cowboy referred to as The Midnight Rider of the Plains in the serial's subtitle. It was based on a character from the comic Calling All Boys while the plot was taken from The Last Frontier
The Last Frontier (1926 film)
-Cast:* William Boyd as Tom Kirby* Marguerite De La Motte as Beth* Jack Hoxie as Buffalo Bill Cody* J. Farrell MacDonald as Wild Bill Hickok* Frank Coghlan Jr. as Buddy * Mitchell Lewis as Lige* Gladys Brockwell as Cynthia Jaggers...
(1926
1926 in film
-Events:*August - Warner Brothers debuts the first Vitaphone film, Don Juan. The Vitaphone system used multiple 33⅓ rpm disc records developed by Bell Telephone Laboratories and Western Electric to play back audio synchronized with film....
), which was itself based on the novel of the same name by Courtney Ryley Cooper
Courtney Ryley Cooper
Courtney Ryley Cooper was an American circus performer, publicist and writer. During his career he published over 30 books, many focusing on crime; J. Edgar Hoover considered him at one time "the best informed man on crime in the U...
. Tex Granger was the 36th of the 57 serials released by Columbia.
Plot
When Tex Granger rides into Three Buttes, Helen Kent persuades him to buy the local newspaper. However, loan shark Rance Carson appoints the bandit Blaze Talbot as town marshal to act as his enforcer and soon the town is in chaos. With fighting between rival gangs, Tex dons a mask to become The Midnight Rider and bring the criminals to justice.Cast
- Robert KellardRobert KellardRobert Kellard was an American actor who appeared in over 60 films between 1937 and 1951.-Career:Kellard entered in Hollywood in 1937 in the film Annapolis Salute, directed by Christy Cabanne...
as Tex Granger, new owner of the town newspaper and secretly also The Midnight Rider of the Plains - Peggy StewartPeggy Stewart (actress)Peggy Stewart is an American film actress who starred mostly in B-movies during the 1930s and 1940s. Her sister, Patricia O'Rourke, was an Olympic swimmer, and was married to World War II hero and well known B-movie actor Wayne Morris.Stewart's career began when she was cast in the 1937 film Wells...
as Helen Kent - Robert 'Buzz' Henry as Timmy Perkins, a young boy
- Smith BallewSmith BallewSmith Ballew was an American actor, sophisticated singer, orchestra leader, and finally, a Western singing star....
as Blaze Talbot, bandit appointed as marshal by Carson - Jack IngramJack Ingram (actor)Jack Ingram was an American film actor. He appeared in over 300 films between 1935 and 1966, according to the Internet Movie Data Base.He was born in Illinois, and died in Canoga Park, California of a heart attack...
as Reno, bandit working with Blaze Talbot - I. Stanford JolleyI. Stanford JolleyIsaac Stanford Jolley, Sr., known as I. Stanford Jolley was a prolific American character actor of film and television, primarily in western roles as cowboys, law-enforcement officers, or villains...
as Rance Carson, the villainVillainA villain is an "evil" character in a story, whether a historical narrative or, especially, a work of fiction. The villain usually is the antagonist, the character who tends to have a negative effect on other characters...
ous loan shark - Terry FrostTerry Frost (actor)Terry Frost was an American actor who appeared in dozens of Western films during the 1940s and 1950s.-Biography:...
as Luke Adams, one of Carson's henchmen - Jim Diehl as Conroy, one of Carson's henchmen
- Britt Wood as Sandy White
- Tiny BrauerTiny BrauerTiny Brauer was an American film actor. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Brauer appeared in over 20 films between 1946 and 1966.-Career:...
as Morgan, one of Carson's henchmen - Duke, the dog
Chapter titles
- Tex Finds Trouble
- Rider of Mystery Mesa
- Dead or Alive
- Dangerous Trails
- Renegade Pass
- A Crooked Deal
- The Rider Unmasked
- Mystery of the Silver Ghost
- The Rider Trapped
- Midnight Ambush
- Renegade Roundup
- Carson's Last Draw
- Blaze Takes Over
- Riding Wild
- The Rider Meets Blaze
Source:
External links
- Calling All Boys (by cover image) at Comic Vine featuring Tex Granger