What Remaining TV Westerns Do You Want to See Released? (1 Viewer)

[Neil Brock]

Rango.

35mm prints and negatives are M.I.A. There's a few out amongst collectors and a set of 16mm prints from ABC residing at UCLA.

 

[Neil Brock]

They found Hec Ramsey elements? That's good news, although far from a release, as you point out, Neil. Do you know where they were and if any other shows in the same situation had prints there also?

You would have to be more specific as to what other shows are "in the same situation".

 

[Silverking]

Wichita Town is owned by Walter Mirisch, who is rich as Rockefeller, and has no interest in bothering with it for the amount of money it would bring in for licensing.

Actually SFM hold the rights & were considering putting it out on DVD if they could clear various contractual issues.This was back in August 2015 so I don't know if it is still on the agenda.

 

[FanCollector]

You would have to be more specific as to what other shows are "in the same situation".

Switch and The Name of the Game, in that they had companies ready and willing to license the shows and release them, but had to abandon their plans because no usable elements were available. (Those are the ones I know about; if you know of other relevant examples, please share them.)

 

[Neil Brock]

Switch and The Name of the Game, in that they had companies ready and willing to license the shows and release them, but had to abandon their plans because no usable elements were available. (Those are the ones I know about; if you know of other relevant examples, please share them.)

I'm not aware of any complete run on 16mm of Switch anywhere. Name of the Game resides in the UCLA archives but the condition of the prints was deemed not to be up to the standards necessary for a commercial release.

 

[FanCollector]

Do you know where they found the Hec Ramsey prints?

 

[borisfw]

Amazon has the first season of High Chaparral up for a Aug 28 release from Shout . Didn't know it was on the way . Six discs and $28 . Not bad .

 

[borisfw]

My bad didn't see the other thread .

 

[Neil Brock]

Do you know where they found the Hec Ramsey prints?

There's a complete run of the show at LOC.

 

[oldtvshowbuff]

I can come up with an obscure duster, TWO FACES WEST (Syndicated 1960-61, 39 episodes) Starring Charles Bateman in a dual role as the twin brothers January, one a doctor named Rick, and a marshal named Ben. Produced by Screen Gems, its owned by Sony.

 

[JamesSmith]

There's a complete run of the show at LOC.

Forgive me for my ignorance Neil, but what is LOC?

James

 

[Peter M Fitzgerald]

LOC = Library of Congress (unless I'm missing something).

 

[topanga]

I want to see the rest of the Bonanza seasons released. I would also like to see a release of the 1976 series The Quest that starred Kurt Russell and Tim Matheson

 

[bmasters9]

Amazon has the first season of High Chaparral up for a Aug 28 release from Shout . Didn't know it was on the way . Six discs and $28 . Not bad .

And although this Western might not be up my alley like others have been lately, I hope it gets out in full for all those who do want it.

 

[Neil Brock]

Do you know where they found the Hec Ramsey prints?

Where who found the Hec Ramsey prints? Is someone working on it finally? Let me know as I have the off-air recordings in my queue to transfer.

 

[ponset]

With LANCER having a some what big role in ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD, its too bad no company didn't
put this out on DVD.

 

[JohnHopper]

Wanted unreleased series
The Quest (1976) with actor Kurt Russell
Trackdown (1957-1959) with actor Robert Culp

Restored prints for
Branded (1965-1966)
Cimarron Strip (1967-1968)
Rawhide (1961-1962) (season 4)

 

[Gary OS]

3+ years after compiling my initial list for this thread, only 1 series I listed has received an official release (and that only partially). If ever there was an indicator of how much vintage TV on DVD as dried up recently, this is it!

Still needing a release:

Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
Black Saddle
Branded (restored and full running time)
Brave Eagle
Broken Arrow
Casey Jones
Colt .45
Elfego Baca
Gray Ghost (very high on my list)
Hec Ramsey
Hotel De Paree
Iron Horse
Klondike
Lassie (semi-western)
Law of the Plainsman
Outlaws
Outcasts
Sheriff of Cochise
Shotgun Slade
Stagecoast West
Swamp Fox
Tales of the Texas Rangers
Texas John Slaughter
Trackdown
Travels of Jamie McPheeters
26 Men
Union Pacific
U.S. Marshal
Wichita Town

Gary “it is truly sad to review this thread 3 years later and see how little progress has been made” O.

 

[JohnHopper]

Western series, I already own:
The Big Valley (seasons 1-2)
The Dakotas (complete)
Gunsmoke (seasons 10-14)
Lawman (complete)
The Loner (complete)
Rawhide (complete)
Stoney Burke (complete)
Wanted: Dead or Alive (complete)
The Wild Wild West (complete)

 

[bmasters9]

The Loner (complete)
Wanted: Dead or Alive (complete)
The Wild Wild West (complete)

I have those three, too, and Have Gun, Will Travel!