Hopalong Cassidy Rarities [DVD]
Hopalong Cassidy was heard on radio and seen on TV, but the legend was born on the silver screen. Here is a deluxe 2-disc set of frontier fun filled with 7 complete Hopalong Cassidy feature films – for the first time on DVD - starring the great William Boyd (and his trusty horse, Topper), with George "Gabby" Hayes as Hoppy’s sidekick, Windy Halliday.Robert Mitchum, George (Superman) Reeves, Duncan (The Cisco Kid) Renaldo and Lee J.(On the Waterfront) Cobb make early career appearances in these films.Disc OneTHE EAGLE’S BROOD (1935) – The second film of the classic series, with Hoppy saving the life of a notorious – but reformed - outlaw (silent star William Farnum) and helping him find his missing grandson.IN OLD MEXICO (1938) – Hoppy is lured south of the border by a notorious outlaw (Paul Sutton of Jesse James) who is seeking revenge and will stop at nothing – including murder – to exact it.SUNSET TRAIL (1939) – Hoppy poses as an Eastern city-slicker in order to uncover the truth behind a pair of murders. Glenn Strange (Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein) plays a bouncer.LAW OF THE PAMPAS (1939) – En route to deliver cattle in Argentina, Hoppy gets mixed up with some killers. Popular Charlie Chan star Sidney Toler is the bad guy.Disc TwoHIDDEN GOLD (1940) – A gang of outlaws has been robbing stagecoaches of their gold shipments, and it’s up to Hoppy to try and stop them. Minor Watson (Yankee Doodle Dandy) is the main henchman.BORDER PATROL (1943) – Hoppy tries to stop a gang that’s smuggling Mexicans into the U.S. and turning them into slaves at a silver mine. The amazing supporting cast includes George (Superman) Reeves as one of the Mexican slaves, Duncan (The Cisco Kid) Renaldo as a border patrol officer, and young Robert Mitchum as a henchman!TEXAS MASQUERADE (1944) – Hoppy goes undercover as a Boston lawyer (!) to save some naive ranchers from a group of unscrupulous businessmen who are after underground oil. Silent comic Snub Pollard plays a saloon waiter.BONUS FEATURES:Interview With Grace Boyd – A rare and revealing interview with William Boyd’s widow, former actress Grace Bradley.Cowboy Commercials – A rare roundup of TV commercials starring some of the greatest Western stars ever, including John Wayne, Roy Rogers, and even Gary Cooper!(Approx. 8 hrs)