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"Gary Cooper Series ... Dallas (1950) ... Warner Bros."

J. Lovins | Missouri-USA | 10/09/2008

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Warner Bros. presents "DALLAS" (30 December 1950) (94 mins/Color) (Dolby digitally remastered) -- Our story line and plot, A throwback to the "old fashioned" Westerns of the 30s and 40s such as DODGE CITY (1939) --- DALLAS has a number of things going for it: Gary Cooper at his coolest, blazing Technicolor photography by Ernest Haller "GONE WITH THE WIND" (1939) and a pulse-pounding score by Max Steiner the composer of "PAINTED DESERT" (1938), "KING KONG" (1933), "GWTW" (1939), "DODGE CITY" (1939) and so many other scores for Warner Bros --- In addition, there is a masquerade, mistaken identity, a faked death and more hair-breath escapes than a Republic serial --- As always, Cooper defines what it is to be a man under pressure --- this is pure entertainment! --- Some interesting cast members with Reed Hadley playing Wild Bill Hickok, Buddy Roosevelt an old time B-Western star during the '20s & '30s, Leif Erickson as U.S. Marshal Martin Weatherby, Fred Graham the great stuntman from so many action serials and western films, the beautiful Barbara Payton whose life away from the screen was even more interesting --- Gary Cooper's laconic performance holds the audience's interest throughout.



Under the production staff of:

Stuart Heisler - Director

Anthony Veiller - Producer

Derek N. Twist - Screenwriter

John Twist - Screenwriter

Ernest Haller - Cinematographer

Max Steiner - Composer (Music Score)

Clarence Kolster - Editor

Douglas Bacon - Art Director

George James Hopkins - Set Designer

Marjorie Best - Costume Designer

Oliver S. Garretson - Sound/Sound Designer

Albert S. Greenway - Makeup

Fred Phillips - Makeup

Chuck Hansen - First Assistant Director



SPECIAL FEATURES:

BIOS:

1. Gary Cooper (aka: Frank James Cooper)

Date of Birth: 7 May 1901 - Helena, Montana

Date of Death: 13 May 1961 - Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California



2. Ruth Roman

Date of Birth: 22 December 1922 - Lynn, Massachusetts

Date of Death: 9 September 1999 - Laguna Beach, California



3. Steve Cochran

Date of Birth: 25 May 1917 - Eureka, California

Date of Death: 15 June 1965 - Pacific Ocean (acute infectious edema)



4. Raymond Massey

Date of Birth: 30 August 1896 - Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Date of Death: 29 July 1983 - Los Angeles, California



the cast includes:

Gary Cooper ... Blayde Hollister

Ruth Roman ... Tonia Robles

Steve Cochran ... Bryant Marlow

Raymond Massey ... Will Marlow

Barbara Payton ... Flo

Leif Erickson ... U.S. Marshal Martin Weatherby

Antonio Moreno ... Don Felipe Robles

Jerome Cowan ... Matt Coulter

Reed Hadley ... Wild Bill Hickok

Gil Donaldson ... Luis Robles

Monte Blue ... Tarrant County Sheriff

Roy Bucko ... Prisoner

Ben Corbett ... Bystander

Gene Evans ... Drunk in Saloon

Al Ferguson ... Springfield Citizen

Fred Graham ... Tough in Saloon

Cactus Mack ... Dallas Citizen

Zon Murray ... Longfellow Cullen Marlow

Buddy Roosevelt ... Springfield Citizen



Hats off and thanks to Les Adams (collector/guideslines for character identification), Chuck Anderson (Webmaster: The Old Corral/B-Westerns.Com), Boyd Magers (Western Clippings), Bobby J. Copeland (author of "Trail Talk"), Rhonda Lemons (Empire Publishing Inc) and Bob Nareau (author of "The Real Bob Steele") as they have rekindled my interest once again for B-Westerns and Serials --- If you're into the memories of B-Westerns with high drama, this is the one you've been anxiously waiting for --- please stand up and take a bow Western Classics --- all my heroes have been cowboys!



Total Time: 94 mins on DVD ~ Warner Bros. ~ (5/13/2003)"