The Lone Ranger: Who Was That Masked Man?

Who Was That Masked Man?
The Lone Ranger and Tonto (Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels) were on TV from 1949 through 1956 plus they starred in two
full length motion pictures. Their episodes expounded The Golden Rule. There was minimum violence, excellent production values and two actors who believed what they were doing and understanding their characters. The show was aimed at children but the episodes were appreciated by adults as well. This compilation of episodes as the DVD The Lone Ranger, Volume 1 and Hi-Yo Silver, Away picked excellent episodes to share with the viewing audiences. Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels are no longer with us but their characters have been in our hearts for the last 64 years. The new movie with Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer have opened and closed in two months. The old adage of "If it's not broken, don't fix it." There was a certain magic with the Lone Ranger. Lucky for the TV viewer, that magic still exists.

Makes me want to play cowboys again in the back yard!
I grew up watching the Lone Ranger as a child and I remember it well. In those days TV consisted of westerns and police shows. Watching this brought back great memories of playing the Lone Ranger in the back yard as he was everyone’s hero. Tonto too! I really enjoyed seeing the old episodes but I don’t recall Tonto getting beat up so much!

It was also fun to see Clayton Moore and Silver riding across the screen. Several of the bit actors in some of the episodes became famous in later years and I even remember seeing Lenard McCoy from Star Trek as the Sherriff in one of the shows.

When we got our first TV this was about the only show that the family really watched with a passion. The DVD still portrays the episodes in Black and White but the film quality is good and I enjoyed seeing them again. The last two episodes on the disk were in color and it really surprised me. I don’t remember them being in color but we probably just...

Hi Yo Silver Away ...
My husband loves all of the Lone Ranger titles, so when Dreamwork Classics offered me the opportunity to try these out and comment on them for a review, I was happy to do so.

The works are amazingly clear given the age of the original series, and the sound quality was well done. I found no problems with watching them, except to get them away from my husband long enough to check them out for a review.

Besides my husband's enjoyment of the series, I have fond memories of them as a child, watching the series with my family. While the final episodes were in color, I can only tell by watching them today, since we did not have a color TV and all of them were black and white for us.

These 8 episodes are especially fun to watch.

Five stars because of the quality of the reproduction.

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