The Lone Ranger (TV series)
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | The Lone Ranger |
| Original title | The Lone Ranger |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | 1949-1957 |
| length | 30 minutes |
| Episodes | 221 in 5 seasons |
| genre | Western film |
| idea |
George W. Trendle Fran Striker |
| production | Jack Chertok |
| First broadcast | September 15, 1949 (USA) on ABC |
| occupation | |
The Lone Ranger is an American western series that first aired between 1949 and 1957. It is based on the radio play series of the same name on the US radio station WXYT from 1933.
action
John Reid is the sole survivor of a group of Texas Rangers who were ambushed while pursuing a gang of criminals. The Indian Tonto finds the seriously injured ranger who saved Tonto's life years ago and nurses him back to health. After his recovery, the ranger, who was officially declared dead, decides to fight the crime as the masked avenger Lone Ranger . In addition to Tonto, his loyal companion is the white stallion Silver .
An old friend of Reid's, who is the only one who knows the true identity of the ranger besides Tonto, runs a silver mine . He supplies him with its trademark, silver balls.
Cast and dubbing
A German-language dubbing was carried out from 1991 to 1993 based on the dialogue books by Lioba Schmid, Karl Zimmering, Susanne König, Detlef Siebert, Christian Fiebig, Martina Manecke, Gabriele Günther, Andreas Thieck , Vera Giese and Detlef Gieß and under the dialogue direction of Uwe Paulsen from the Dubbing company Deutsche Synchron carried out in Berlin.
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| The Lone Ranger |
Clayton Moore (Seasons 1-2, 4-5) John Hart (Season 3) |
Uwe Paulsen |
| Tonto | Jay Silverheels |
Raimund Krone (Seasons 1–4) Detlef Bierstedt ( Seasons 5) |
| Dan Reid | Chuck Courtney | Peter Flechtner |
| teller | Gerald Mohr | Andreas Thieck |
background
After the production of the first 78 episodes, the production company officially cast the lead actor Clayton Moore through John Hart due to excessive pay demands. With him in the lead role, another 52 episodes were created. Although the Lone Ranger always wore a mask, Hart was not equally accepted by the audience, so Moore ultimately got the role back. By 1957, another 91 episodes were created, the last season of which was filmed in color for the first time.
German broadcast and title
The information can be found in some sources of information, some episodes of "The Lone Ranger" were broadcast in Germany from May 2, 1959 on ARD under the title Die Texas Rangers . This information comes from the lexicon of British and American series, television films and multi-part series and has been proven to be incorrect. There it is erroneously stated that the series shown in Germany was The Texas Rangers (the story of a famous police force) was originally called The Lone Ranger . In fact, the original title of this series was Tales of the Texas Rangers . In the Hörzu from May 2, 1959, the episode The Black Bandits from El Dorado is discussed and there are two pictures of the actors Harry Lauter and Willard Parker .
Movies
- In 1952, the first three episodes of George B. Seitz Jr. were cut together for the feature film The Legend of the Lone Ranger .
- In 1956, Der weisse Reiter (The Lone Ranger) was a feature film for the series, also with Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels in the leading roles. Directed by Stuart Heisler .
- In 1958 The hero with the mask (The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold) , another film directed by Lesley Selander .
- Under the title The Legend of the Lone Ranger (The Legend of the Lone Ranger) rose in 1981 Klinton Spilsbury as a Ranger and Michael Horse as Tonto, directed by William A. Fraker in the saddles.
- In 2003 there was the television feature film The Lone Ranger directed by Jack Bender for the WB Television Network with Chad Michael Murray as Lone Ranger and Nathaniel Arcand as Tonto.
- In 2013, Lone Ranger was another feature film based on the series. The direction was taken by Gore Verbinski , in the leading roles are u. a. Armie Hammer and Johnny Depp .
Theme music
The title music is based on Rossini's Wilhelm Tell overture
DVD
The series' first two seasons were released in the United States on November 11, 2008. A German release of the first season on DVD has been available since 2010.
Web links
- The Lone Ranger in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Lone Ranger at Fernsehserien.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gore Verbinski plunders the genre film history , Deutschlandfunk Kultur, August 7, 2013
- ↑ a b The Lone Ranger debuts on Detroit Radio History.com (English), November 16, 2009
- ↑ a b The Lone Ranger. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing index , accessed on August 9, 2019 .
- ↑ Irmela Schneider, Christian W. Thomsen, Andreas Nowak: Lexicon of British and American series, television films and multi-part series in the television programs of the Federal Republic of Germany 1953-1985 In: Volume 1 ARD , 1991, p. 35.
- ↑ See television with Hör Zu , issue 17 1959, page 61, accessed August 12, 2019
- ↑ Der weisse Reiter on Fernsehserien.de, accessed August 9, 2019
- ↑ Der weisse Reiter on Moviepilot, accessed August 9, 2019
- ↑ The hero with the mask in the IMDb, accessed August 9, 2019
- ↑ The Legend of the Lone Ranger on Repro-Film.de, June 5, 2019
- ↑ The Lone Ranger (2003) in the IMdB , accessed August 10, 2019
- ↑ Release certificate from the FSK , February 10, 2010
