tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post6875013167264694249..comments2024-03-25T11:17:18.130-07:00Comments on Davy Crockett's Almanack of Mystery, Adventure and The Wild West: Overlooked Films: The Durango Kid in "Blazing Across the Pecos" (1948)Evan Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07620731784654779358noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-89353785065127837342012-10-09T14:15:08.979-07:002012-10-09T14:15:08.979-07:00I find these cheap westerns tiresome, too. Since I...I find these cheap westerns tiresome, too. Since I wasn't anywhere near a movie theater as a kid, I have no nostalgia for the period...Maybe this one looks like a TV western because, like the Hoppy movies, they were inexpensive content all ready for the new medium. Just needed someone like William Boyd to blow off the dust.Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-28058003884839845322012-10-09T12:16:41.772-07:002012-10-09T12:16:41.772-07:00I don't know why DK had a different secret ide...I don't know why DK had a different secret identity in each picture. But then, continuity was not a high priority in B Westerns. In Republic's series, the same characters (Roy Rogers and Gabby, Rocky Lane and Nugget Clark) seemed to be meeting for the first time in more than one movie. And the Three Mesquiteers movies were sometimes historical and sometimes contemporary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-76431598148344943522012-10-09T12:10:22.268-07:002012-10-09T12:10:22.268-07:00My mother once said that Charles Starrett was her ...My mother once said that Charles Starrett was her favorite Western star when she was a kid. I saw the first two Durango Kid movies on TCM a few years ago. They were not bad, but they were routine. Typical 1940's B Westerns. I guess it was the mask that set him apart and made him popular with kids. As for the low budget, that was common in 1948. By then, "B" series and serials were on the way out. Budgets were cut, and a lot of stock footage was used. That meant that plots had to follow the earlier movies' scripts, so a lot of Westerns and serials at Columbia and Republic were basically remakes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-3522171681992331092012-10-09T07:29:27.337-07:002012-10-09T07:29:27.337-07:00Anybody in black held a kid's interest. Consi...Anybody in black held a kid's interest. Consider Lash Larue. No mask but black and a whip. Sure to capture a kid's adoration. To top that off with a mask of black made of a kerchief any kid could imitate was a bonus. Kids were all forgiving to see the mysterious hero in black and mask come to the rescue and win taboot. Sagebrush sage bursting from the page.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12168568381694506602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-12707805213198664612012-10-09T05:16:14.654-07:002012-10-09T05:16:14.654-07:00My mother would have known this one. She loved wes...My mother would have known this one. She loved westerns and spent Saturdays watching them. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-28811867252517504632012-10-09T05:00:17.023-07:002012-10-09T05:00:17.023-07:00I just noticed that TCM On Oct 9 has a Charles Sta...I just noticed that TCM On Oct 9 has a Charles Starrett western on at 2:30. THE COWBOY STAR(1936) is not a Durango Kid film but does give us a look at Starrett in an early role.Walker Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16089880902426182100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-58228032093493545352012-10-08T23:10:08.589-07:002012-10-08T23:10:08.589-07:00I saw several Durango Kid movies as a kid and I re...I saw several Durango Kid movies as a kid and I remember them with nostalgic feelings. But you have to be a kid to overlook some of the series faults: cheap productions, silly comedy relief, and poor, boring plots. I guess we liked the name: THE DURANGO KID! and the cool black costume and mask. <br /><br />Maybe if I get old enough I'll get more and more childish and be able to enjoy these films again!Walker Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16089880902426182100noreply@blogger.com