riders of the rio grande
riders of the rio grande is a 1943 american western
three mesquiteers
b - movie directed by howard bretherton .
john wayne & claude jarman jr. in
rio grande
original vintage photo 1950
today’s denver & rio grande railroad tours take passengers along the original line general palmer’s men built in 1883. don h. shank founded the denver & rio grande railway historical foundation in 1977 to preserve historic rail lines and equipment, and educate people on how the denver & rio grande railroad shaped the upper rio grande river valley! visit urltoken to book a ride on this famous line that departs daily at 10: 00 a. m. from the south fork depot. specialty tours include the rail & raft tour, where riders can ride up the rio grande and raft back down it, a shorter afternoon delight tour, and the rio grande moonlight tour .
nancy gay & don' red' barry in
the man from the rio grande
original vint. 1943
released in may, 1943, riders of the rio grande (republic, 1943) with tom tyler, bob steele and jimmie dodd was the 51st - and last - of republic' s three mesquiteers .
don h. shank is the founder of the denver & rio grande historical railway foundation, and more recently, disney’s go - to guy for many set materials required for the lone ranger filming .
scenes were shot on the rail line near south fork and in the canyon above creede. in fact, track was re - laid in locations throughout willow creek canyon originally used by the denver & rio grande railroad in 1891 .
the road going north out of creede just past the community center was closed during the building of the set and the filming of the movie .
production shot for twelve hours a day. they shot identical scenes next to the highway where logistics made it easier. with the magic of special effects and gps positioning, edge performance would merge scenes to look like the actors were actually on a fast moving train along the banks of the rio grande .
johnny tyler & his riders o ...
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rio grande club - early evening was a perfect time to spot crew and cast members of the lone ranger in south fork during the first two weeks of night shooting. if you moseyed around the rio grande club in june of 2012, you would have seen production cast and crew members working out, swimming, hitting practice balls at the driving range and enjoying the gorgeous views of the san juans from the restaurant and bar. director gore verbinski and actor armie hammer (john reid / the lone ranger) stayed at the townhomes as did ruth wilson (rebecca reid), tom wilkerson (latham cole) & william fichtner (bush cavendish). armie hammer and his significant other were often spotted walking to town .
the scene of a young boy throwing the silver bullet to the lone ranger (armie hammer) was shot in this manner .
three texas steers (republic, 1939) was terhune' s last as a member of the three mesquiteers. no question that john wayne is the lead and star - check out the size of the lettering .
click here for the three mesquiteers filmography, a listing of the stars and their appearances, and the nine different
teams
that portrayed the intrepid trio .
, there is a listing of many films which had just received certification by the motion picture production code adminstration... and law of 45' s is on the list .
in the spring of 2012, disney’s latest block buster, the lone ranger, swept into town. more than 400 crew members and set construction builders poured into the area, taking up every available room along the silver thread byway. not since the silver boom of the 1890s have we been turned upside down like this! a palatable excitement filled the air. everyone hoped to catch a glimpse of johnny depp or armie hammer. movie groupies vied for a sighting of verbinski or bruckheimer, who are best known for producing / directing the pirates of the caribbean series .
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a bit of trivia on powdersmoke range: we mentioned' big boy' williams having roles in both powdersmoke and the law of 45' s. and powdersmoke' s tom tyler and bob steele would be members of the later mesquiteers teams at republic pictures .
the first screen adaptations of the mesquiteers occurred in 1935 with powdersmoke range (rko, 1935) and the law of 45' s (normandy, 1935). interestingly, guinn' big boy' williams had roles in both .
where the hell’s that gold? willie nelson stars with jack elam, and delta burke in this movie about two outlaws on the run after stealing and hiding a large amount of gold. many scenes are filmed on the cumbers & toltec railroad and in the southern part of the san luis valley .
born in detroit, william colt macdonald (1891 - 1968) was a prolific author of cowboy yarns, and had even done some writing at columbia pictures in the early 1930s (and some of his stories were used as the base for columbia' s tim mccoy oaters). the first of his three mesquiteers novels ,
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the law of 45' s (normandy, 1935) had' big boy' as the star. he was' tucson two - gun smith' and al st. john portrayed' stoney martin'. no' stony brooke' or' lullaby joslin' characters in this ultra low - budget oater. other than changing the character names around, scripter robert tansey stayed close to macdonald' s original novel. this was one of a handful of cowboy films that big boy did in the mid 1930s for max and art alexander, the brother team who were bosses of poverty row film companies named beacon... then normandy... and finally, colony pictures. there' s some questions on the actual release date of the law of 45' s, but some info suggests it hit theaters around december 1, 1935 (or thereabouts). in the november 7, 1935
indiana jones and the last crusade was filmed in alamosa, pagosa springs, antonito and on the cumbres & toltec railroad in 1989. the most recognizable part of the movie is the circus train sequence. at one point in the movie, indy runs down 5th street in antonito and arrives at his home. today, movie buffs can book a room for the night here (urltoken) .
cereal box top treasure - submitted by jan thompson, lovering’s gallery - when i was 8 years old i loved the lone ranger, and when my favorite cereal offered a free autographed photo, i quickly rounded up 2 box tops + s & h; , and sent it off! after 3 of the longest weeks of my life, the photo arrived! this remained a treasured possession of mine all through the years. when i heard the movie was coming to town, i dug up the old autographed image of the lone ranger on his horse, silver. i scanned it into my computer, and printed out copies to share with friends and visitors to creede !
overall, a pretty good cowboy film. but to rko, it was a single feature, not the start of a new series .
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no question that the best of those initial mesquiteers cinema adventures was powdersmoke range (rko, 1935), which was either a high grade b film or a lesser grade a feature and had a running time slightly over 70 minutes. peddled by rko as
the barnum and bailey of westerns
, it included an extremely long cast list of past and present range heroes .
there was one more - the rex bell starrer, too much beef (normandy, 1936) was also based on a macdonald three mesquiteer story, but there was no trio of heroes as bell plays it solo as' tucson smith'. beef was one of a half - dozen mid 1930s oaters that bell did for the alexander brothers. after bell' s brief series, max and art brought ken maynard back to the screen in films like phantom rancher (colony, 1940) and death rides the range (colony, 1940). in the 1940s, arthur was in charge of some of the texas rangers series at producers releasing corporation (prc) .
shank also became a consultant to disney’s crews when authentic reproduction locomotives built by the american locomotive company kept derailing on these tracks. shank told them the reproductions were too long and rigid. restricted lateral movement of the locomotive prevented it from making the sharp angled, seventeen degree turn. the crew tried widening the track but the locomotive continued to derail. each day lost in a production can cost thousands of dollars and puts the rest of the filming schedule behind. john fraizer, special effects coordinator of fx special effects studios, burbank, california, was called in to find a solution. he flew into alamosa and went straight to shank’s monte vista rail yard where he spotted a 1920 locomotive he liked. he asked shank if his crew could modify it for production. instead of modifying a historical piece, shank showed them how the locomotive was built and what modifications they could do to make their reproduction negotiate the sharp curve above creede. mr. fraizer implemented shank’s ideas and the locomotive never derailed again, allowing film production to remain on schedule .
how republic settled on a three mesquiteers series is lost in hollywood historydom, but it appears to have been nat levine' s idea. the debut of the trio was aptly title the three mesquiteers and released in september, 1936. the stars were bob livingston and ray corrigan. comic syd saylor (of throbbing atom' s apple fame) was the third member, but was replaced by max terhune in film number two .
when kindly town banker pop owens (edward van sloan) arranges to have himself killed to make up for the financial excesses of his no - good son tom (rick vallin). pop mistakes the mesquiteers as the gunmen he' s hired for the job, and the boys play along, hoping to dispel owens' suicidal inclinations and to straighten out the prodigal tom .
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when kindly town banker pop owens (edward van sloan) arranges to have himself killed to make up for the financial excesses of his no - good son tom (rick vallin). pop mistakes the mesquiteers as the gunmen he' s hired for the job, and the boys play along, hoping to dispel owens' suicidal inclinations and to straighten out the prodigal tom. (less )
the initial republic branded films included some john wayne oaters, which were basically a continuation of his lone star / monogram entries, although the budgets were slightly higher. wayne would soon leave the republic portals to do some non - western work at universal .
the early mesquiteers' yarns were a high priority to republic, probably because they needed them to bring in some profits for the new studio. but republic' s priorities shifted to singing westerns due to the popularity of autry and later, roy rogers .
by 1943, when the intrepid trio was put out to pasture, republic pictures had a bunch of western series - included were rogers, don barry, and wild bill elliott (autry was in the service doing world war ii duty at that time). and republic was grooming a new star by the name of eddie dew (which turned out to be a mistake). the mesquiteers wound up being expendable .
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above is the title lobby card from ghost town gold (republic, 1936), the second mesquiteers adventure and the first with max terhune (and his dummy elmer) .
tradepaper noted that filming on powdersmoke wrapped in late august, 1935. released the following month, the september 25, 1935
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filming along highway 149 - the lone ranger, starring johnny depp and armie hammer, filmed hours of train shots on the rail line between south fork and wagon wheel gap. most shooting took place between rail mile markers 305 to 311 and / or highway mile markers 10 - 14 .
quantrell and his gang hold snowden, an engraver, forcing him to make counterfeit plates. snakely, one of the gang, kidnaps barbara, a rancher' s daughter, but jack beresford outwits the gang and wins barbara .
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producer a. w. hackel (owner of supreme pictures) had been churning out horse operas starring bob steele and johnny mack brown, and republic contracted with him to release new steele and brown films under the republic name .
there were also some nat levine produced serials such as ray' crash' corrigan in undersea kingdom (republic, 1936) and bob livingston in the vigilantes are coming (republic, 1936). one of the new stars on the republic lot was a singer named gene autry, and his first republic starring effort was tumbling tumbleweeds (republic, 1935). levine was familiar with autry and had used him at mascot in the ken maynard feature in old santa fe (mascot, 1934) and serial mystery mountain (mascot, 1934), and as the hero of the phantom empire (mascot, 1935) cliffhanger. autry had starred on the cowboy singing circuit and in particular, on chicago' s barn dance radio show, and coaxed a barn dance member to come west to sunny california. that friend was max terhune .
released september 25, 1935, powdersmoke range (rko, 1935) was the first film based on the mesquiteers adventures written by william colt macdonald .
in 1935, agreement was reached to create a new film company named republic pictures which would be born from the merger of herbert yates' consolidated film laboratories, nat levine' s mascot pictures company, monogram pictures, and a few other loose ends. republic was clearly a b - programmer and serial factory, and they needed some films and talent to get the new studio off the ground .
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looking for an authentic switch, staff from silver bullet productions revisited shank’s rail yard. an 1871 happ style switch stand was perfect for the lone ranger set. only one catch: producers wanted the switch stand on - set immediately, and the tiny - boned woman and young man sent to fetch it were not able to lift the two hundred pound switch onto their truck! shank was only three weeks recovering from major back surgery, but despite the warnings from his doctors to avoid heavy lifting, shank couldn’t let the young man try to lift the equipment alone. “my back hurt for three weeks afterwards, but was worth it to see the actual switch stand in a scene. ”
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a banker struggles to keep his bank solvent and his town from going bankrupt after the bank is robbed and all its money taken. the three mesquiteers ride into town and set out to help .
johnny at rare things & my night off - submitted by roni turner - when i first heard that the lone ranger was going to be filmed in creede this summer, i was excited! i thought we might meet some interesting people, sell some interesting things, and even possibly meet johnny depp! we had been prepping since i had arrived in may to decorate the store and carry products that would appeal to the film cast and crew. by the first of june we had seen several recognizable actors from the movie around town and we were pretty excited when the “big guns” started coming in. there was even a whisper that johnny depp was going to come shopping in our store and we were so excited! and then he came... and wouldn’t you know it? it was my night off .
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oprah & gayle’s big adventure took them through colorado and over wolf creek pass. after a dip in pagosa’s healing waters, oprah and gayle ventured deeper into the mountains. “i have to tell you, if you haven’t seen colorado, you have not seen america, ” oprah says. “there are some breathtaking views. ” as they passed through south fork, colorado, everyone got out to take a nice long view of the stunning scenery. “it was so beautiful, i wanted the entire crew in on this kodak moment, ” oprah says .
above are guinn' big boy' williams as' two - gun smith' and al st. john as' stoney martin' in the law of 45' s (normandy / first division, 1935). yup... that' s al' fuzzy' st. john, sidekick to lash larue, buster crabbe, others. released circa december, 1935, this was the second film based on william colt macdonald' s mesquiteers .
he was' lullaby joslin' in powdersmoke range (rko, 1935) and the other team members were harry carey sr. (as' tucson smith') and hoot gibson (as' stony brooke'). the
the lone ranger, starring johnny depp and armie hammer, filmed hours of train shots on shank’s line between mile markers 305 to 311 near south fork. edge performance, a film company that subcontracts for silver bullet productions, can shoot any angle to create special effects. they retrofitted several vehicles with huge rooftop - mounted booms specially made in russia. their technologically advanced equipment literally makes a complete 360 degree circle in four seconds! inside the vehicles, computer operators could see everything shot during filming on live - stream monitors - every angle, every direction - and could rework a scene from the script in seconds .
had a glowing review and the lead - in reads :
bang - up western starring five big western names will wow' em in every theater .
( the five western names are carey, gibson, williams, bob steele and tom tyler. )
the three mesquiteers (bob steele, tom tyler, jimmie dodd) spare a ruined banker who thinks they came to kill him .
as mentioned, harry carey sr. portrayed tucson smith, hoot gibson was stony brooke, and guinn' big boy' williams was lullaby joslin. steely eyed tom tyler was the good / bad gunman sundown saunders, and bob steele portrayed the' guadalupe kid' .
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above - rex bell tangles with george ball in a lobby card from too much beef (normandy, 1936).
riders of the rio grande is a 1943 american western b-movie directed by howard bretherton and starring bob steele , tom tyler , jimmie dodd . it is the 51st and final entry in the three mesquiteers film series . 
riders of the rio grande is a 1943 american western b-movie directed by howard bretherton and starring bob steele, tom tyler, jimmie dodd. it is the 51st and final entry in the three mesquiteers film series.
riders of the rio grande is a 1943 american western b-movie directed by howard bretherton and starring bob steele, tom tyler, jimmie dodd. it is the 51st and final entry in the three mesquiteers film series.