King of the Forest Rangers

King of the Forest Rangers
King of the Forest Rangers
Directed by	Spencer Gordon Bennet; Fred C. Brannon
Written by	Albert DeMond; Basil Dickey; Jesse Duffy; Lynn Perkins
Produced by	Ronald Davidson
Starring	Larry Thompson; Helen Talbot; Stuart Hamblen; Anthony Warde; LeRoy Mason; Scott Elliott
Cinematography	Bud Thackery
Distributed by	Republic Pictures
Release date	April 27, 1946 (U.S. serial);
Running time	12 chapters (167 minutes) (serial); 6 26½-minute episodes (TV)
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$134,948 (negative cost: $137,320)

King of the Forest Rangers (1946) is a Republic film serial.

Plot

Cast

Larry Thompson as Forest Ranger Captain Steve King
Helen Talbot as Marion Brennan
Stuart Hamblen as Prof Carver
Anthony Warde as Burt Spear
LeRoy Mason as "Flush" Haliday
Scott Elliott as Andrews/Bryan/Merkle/Sands

Production

King of the Forest Rangers was budgeted at $134,948 although the final negative cost was $137,320 (a $2,372, or 1.8%, overspend). It was the cheapest Republic serial of 1946.^[1]

It was filmed between 27 September and 25 October 1945.^[1] The serial's production number was 1595.^[1]

Republic liked calling their heroes "King" in order to use the title "King of..." The studio had found success with this naming scheme following the adaptation of Zane Grey's King of the Royal Mounted.^[2]^[3]

Stunts

Tom Steele as Forest Ranger Captain Steve King (doubling Larry Thompson)
David Sharpe as Prof Carver (doubling Stuart Hamblen)
Dale Van Sickel as Burt Spear (doubling Anthony Warde)
Carey Loftin
Eddie Parker
Ken Terrell
Sailor Vincent
Bud Wolfe
Joe Yrigoyen

Special effects

Special effects created by the Lydecker brothers.

Release

Theatrical

King of the Forest Rangers' official release date is 27 April 1946, although this is actually the date the sixth chapter was made available to film exchanges.^[1]

Television

In the early 1950s, King of the Forest Rangers was one of fourteen Republic serials edited into a television series. It was broadcast in six 26½-minute episodes.^[1]

Chapter titles

The Mystery of the Towers (20min)
Shattered Evidence (13min 20s)
Terror by Night (13min 20s)
Deluge of Destruction (13min 20s)
Pursuit into Peril (13min 20s)
Brink of Doom (13min 20s)
Design for Murder (13min 20s)
The Flying Coffin (13min 20s) - a re-cap chapter
S.O.S. Ranger (13min 20s)
The Death Detector (13min 20s)
The Flaming Pit (13min 20s)
Tower of Vengeance (13min 20s)

_Source:^[1]^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Mathis, Jack (1995). Valley of the Cliffhangers Supplement. Jack Mathis Advertising. pp. 3, 10, 90–91. ISBN 0-9632878-1-8.
^ Harmon, Jim; Donald F. Glut (1973). "11. New Masks for New Heroes "Get That Masked Trouble Maker"". The Great Movie Serials: Their Sound and Fury. Routledge. p. 283. ISBN 978-0-7130-0097-9.
^ Cline, William C. (1984). "2. In Search of Ammunition". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 23. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.
^ Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 242–243. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.

External links

King of the Forest Rangers at IMDb

[mathis-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Mathis, Jack (1995). Valley of the Cliffhangers Supplement. Jack Mathis Advertising. pp. 3, 10, 90–91. ISBN 0-9632878-1-8.

[2] Harmon, Jim; Donald F. Glut (1973). "11. New Masks for New Heroes "Get That Masked Trouble Maker"". The Great Movie Serials: Their Sound and Fury. Routledge. p. 283. ISBN 978-0-7130-0097-9.

[3] Cline, William C. (1984). "2. In Search of Ammunition". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 23. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.

[4] Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 242–243. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.

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