MONOGRAM WESTERN MATINE VOLUME 1 (1949)
MISSISSIPPI RHYTHM (1949) + WESTERN RENEGADES (1949) + CRASHING THRU (1949)
Label: Warner Archive
Region Code: Region-Free
Rating: Unrated
Duration: 176 Minutes
Audio: English DTS-HD MA 2.0 Dual-Mono with Optional English Subtitles
Video: B&W 1080p HD Fullscreen (1.33:1)
Director: Wallace Fox, Ray Taylor, Derwin Abrahams
Cast: Jimmie Davis, Johnny Mack Brown, Whip Wilson
For more than twenty years Monogram Pictures Corporation provided a steady flow of B-Pictures to audiences around the world. Their low-budget films provided audiences with no-frills entertainments that were also among the first Hollywood features to find their way into homes during the early days of television. Among Monogram's most popular fare were its Westerns, and this collection of three Monogram features from 1949 features two of its popular cowboy stars (Johnny Mack Brown and Whip Wilson) as well as a larger budget production which starred country music performer (and later Louisiana's 47th Governor) Jimmie Davis. All three films provide grand entertainment, and serve as a reminder of what a Saturday matinee of Monogram programmers were like in 1949. Enjoy!
MISSISSIPPI RHYTHM (1949)
Label: Warner Archive
Region Code: Region-Free
Rating: Unrated
Region Code: Region-Free
Rating: Unrated
Duration: 108 Minutes 11 Seconds
Audio: English DTS-HD MA 2.0 Dual-Mono with Optional English Subtitles
Video: 1080p HD Fullscreen (1.37:1)
Director: Derwin Abrahams
Cast: Jimmie Davis, Veda Ann Borg, Lee "Lasses" White, Sue England, The Sunshine Band
Davis stars in MISSISSIPPI RHYTHM as a man who inherits an interest in his late Uncle's land development company in a town called Creek City. Jimmie soon discovers a corruption scheme is afoot with a local judge and men out to swindle settlers with "dry land".
WESTERN RENEGADES (1949)
Label: Warner Archive
Region Code: Region-Free
Rating: Unrated
Region Code: Region-Free
Rating: Unrated
Duration: 53 Minutes 36 Minutes
Audio: English DTS-HD MA 2.0 Dual-Mono with Optional English Subtitles
Video: 1080p HD Fullscreen (1.37:1)
Director: Wallace Fox
Cast: Johnny Mack Brown, Max Terhune
Next up is WESTERN RENEGADES starring Johnny Mack Brown as a U.S. Marshall on a mission to clear the name of his friend accused of murder, by exposing the group of outlaws who really committed the heinous act.
CRASHING THRU (1949)
Label: Warner Archive
Region Code: Region-Free
Rating: Unrated
Duration: 53 Minutes 38 Seconds
Audio: English DTS-HD MA 2.0 Dual-Mono with Optional English Subtitles
Video: 1080p HD Fullscreen (1.37:1)
Director: Ray Taylor
Cast: Whip Wilson, Andy Clyde
Finishing out the program is Whip Wilson starring in CRASHING THRU. Wilson portrays an undercover Wells Fargo agent posing as a stagecoach driver in order to bring justice to a small frontier town which has been plagued by a slew of stagecoach robberies.
Audio/Video: All three films are presented in 1080p HD in the original 1.37:1 aspect ratio. Audio comes by way of English DTS-HD MA 2.0 Dual-Mono with Optional English Subtitles.
The single-disc release arrives in a standard keepcase with a single-sided sleeve of artwork featuring a montage of original illustrated artwork.
Special Features:
- None
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