Later, while looking for a horse for the Lone Ranger, he and Tonto find an injured white stallion, whom they rescue from an enraged buffalo. Preparing to hurl a rock at the Ranger, Collins loses his balance and falls to his death. Suddenly, Collins-who had also survived being shot-attacks from the top of a nearby cliff, because he wants Tonto's horse, Scout.
Tonto nurses him back to health, and the Ranger decides to let everyone believe that he's dead a sixth grave is made next to the graves of the other five Rangers, and the man puts on a mask. Hours later, the Indian Tonto comes along and finds that one of the Rangers, a childhood friend of his, is still alive. In the old west, six Texas Rangers are led into an ambush by their treacherous guide, Collins Butch Cavendish and his gang of outlaws shoot all the Rangers, and then Collins, and leave them for dead. Now I am certainly not suggesting that we put any of this into the article, but it is certainly grounds for agreeing to remove the description of the "one hour color special" that wasn't from it.Episodes Season 1 (1949–50) No.
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Also, the IMDb page for this special gives directing, writing and producing credits to people who otherwise have no credit on the series post-dating Wrather's arrival, and the only supporting cast members are four people who played the same roles in the opener and three of whom are listed here as "credit only"! Clearly, the 1952 "feature" was cut down to fit into a one-hour time slot losing those three actors' scenes in the process, but the end titles including cast list were left intact. Note that the only known evidence to a 1958 showing is an advertisement in a Miami newspaper here, which actually gives the title of the 1952 full-length compilation of the three-part debut episode. Wrather cancelled the series (which ABC reran on their daytime schedule for years) and made a pair of (low budget) theatrical films with Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels, presumably because after those 39 episodes ABC still refused to pay more for another season. If what we have here is a color film completely different from the regular series, why has the color print not been released? The most reasonable answer is because there isn't one. None of this material was seen on television in color for many years. Jack Wrather must have paid the costs of color filming of the last 39 Lone Ranger episodes out of his own pocket (and probably the outdoor filming of dialogue scenes as well). ABC, in the 1950s regularly finishing a distant third in the ratings, wasn't considering color at all ( Walt Disney paid for color filming of his prime time anthology series out of his own pocket, and filmed The Mickey Mouse Club and his Zorro show in b/w because ABC wouldn't cover any of the color film costs). At this time, CBS and NBC had their own color transmission processes that were vying to be used as the industry standard (NBC's won and, apparently in a fit of picque, CBS did nothing in color until the mid-1960s, when they had to throw in the towel Lucille Ball began filming her The Lucy Show in color as of its second season, but CBS telecast in b/w until its third). This article has been rated as High-importance on the project's importance scale.Īllow me to elaborate on my edit summary for putting a "citation request" tag on the section about the alleged (yes, alleged) 1955 color anniversary special.
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