Adventures of Red Ryder
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| Directed by | William Witney John English |
| Produced by | Hiram S. Brown Jr |
| Written by | Franklin Adreon Ronald Davidson Norman S. Hall Barney A. Sarecky Sol Shor |
| Starring | Don "Red" Barry Noah Beery Tommy Cook Maude Pierce Vivian Coe Harry Worth Hal Taliaferro |
| Music by | Cy Feuer William Lava Paul Sawtell |
| Cinematography | William Nobles |
| Editing by | William P. Thompson Edward Todd |
| Distributed by | Republic Pictures |
| Release date(s) |  28 June 1940 |
| Running time | 205 min |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $144,852 (negative cost: $145,961)[1] |
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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 eighteenth of the sixty-six serials produced by Republic. Westerns, such as this serial, made up a third of all serials produced by the studio.
The plot follows a standard B-Western pattern of a villain trying to run the legitmate owners off their valuable land. In this case, the value comes from the building of a railroad.
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[edit] Plot
A gang, led by banker Calvin Drake, plans to drive off ranchers from their land in order to profit from the building of 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.
[edit] Cast
- Don "Red" Barry as Red Ryder. Barry earned his nickname "Red" from this serial.
- 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 Farnum as Colonel Tom Ryder
- Bob Kortman as One-Eye Chapin
- Carleton Young as Sheriff Dade
[edit] Chapter titles
- Murder on the Santa Fe Trail
- Horsemen of Death
- Trail's End
- Water Rustless
- Avalanche
- Hangman's Noose
- Framed
- Blazing Walls
- Records of Doom
- One Second to Live
- The Devil's Marksman
- Frontier Justice
This was one of two 12-chapter serials produced by Republic in 1940. The other is the following King of the Royal Mounted which was also based on a comic strip. Republic's standard pattern was two 12-chapter serials and two 15-chapter serials in each year.
[edit] Production
Filming on Adventures of Red Ryder was between 27 March and 25 April 1940. The production budget for this serial was set at $144,852 and the negative cost eventually came to $145,961. At $1,109 (just 0.8%) this was a remarkably low overspend for a Republic Serial (the average was $8,199). 1940 was the first year for Republic's overall spend on serials to decrease on the last[1].
[edit] Stunts & Effects
[edit] Special Effects
The special effects in this serial were created by the Lydecker brothers, Republic's in-house effects team.
[edit] Stunts
- David Sharpe as Red Ryder (doubling Don "Red" Barry)
- Duke Green
- Ted Mapes
- Post Park
- Ken Terrell
- Bill Yrigoyen
- Joe Yrigoyen
[edit] References
- ^ a b Mathis, Jack; Valley of the Cliffhangers Supplement; 1995; ISBN 0-9632878-1-8
[edit] External links
| Preceded by Drums of Fu Manchu (1940) |
Republic Serial Adventures of Red Ryder (1940) |
Succeeded by King of the Royal Mounted (1940) |
| Preceded by Drums of Fu Manchu (1940) |
Witney-English Serial Adventures of Red Ryder (1940) |
Succeeded by King of the Royal Mounted (1940) |
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