“Who was that Masked Man?”
Here’s a hint: “Hi-yo, Silver, away!”
Westerns don’t get more iconic than “The Lone Ranger,” and this 12-disc box set, “The Lone Ranger 75th Anniversary Collector’s Edition,” is just another chapter in a legend that rode out of 1930s radio and never looked back.
With a Disney/Bruckheimer film in development and Johnny Depp rumored as Tonto, the franchise gets a boost from this set of 78 episodes from seasons one and two (1949-50) of the five-season serial, plus an 88-page commemorative book among its features.
The late Clayton Moore was the heroic masked man and kemo sabe (trusted scout) to Jay Silverheels, a Canadian Indian and star athlete who portrayed Tonto, the Ranger’s loyal companion. To the music of Rossini’s “William Tell Overture” (which I grew up thinking was “The Lone Ranger Theme Song”), they battled injustice in the Old West.
A bonus DVD includes episodes from the 1960s animated series; a Moore appearance on “Lassie” and a radio broadcast: $120 for the set.
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