Yesterday's western
Yesterday's Western is a compilation of independent Western short films that ran from May 1978 to July 1986 on ZDF's early evening program .
Production history and content
The series was adapted for German television by Joe Hembus and Eydo von Hadeln as an homage to the pioneers of western films. Fred Strittmatter and Quirin Amper Jr. wrote the theme music and Gert Mechoff was responsible for editing. The musical preparation was done by Jiří Kanzelsberger .
There were 155 programs in total. The original 60-minute films were shortened to 25 minutes or broadcast as only slightly shortened two-part films. Above all, B-film rarities and western series from the 1930s and 1940s or serials were shown. Highlights included:
- Jesse James rides with Clayton Moore again
- The Adventures of Fuzzy Jones with Al St. John
- The Singing Arrow with Ray Corrigan
- the Zorro -Serials Zorro rides again with John Carroll and Zorros Legion rides again with Reed Hadley .
Other popular successes were the first films with John Wayne as well as films with Roy Rogers (and his horse Trigger ), Gene Autry , Richard Dix and Clark Gable (including enmity ). Here, too, unknown actors such as Tom Keene , Lash La Rue or Buster Crabbe were presented to the German television audience for the first time.
Both the opening credits and the closing credits show a short scene with western pioneer Justus D. Barnes (with his Colt raised ) from the 1903 film The Great Train Robbery (director: Edwin S. Porter ).
Zorro
In Zorro rides again ( Zorro the avenger , Zorro rides again , 1937), Zorro's great-grandson slips into the mask of the legendary hero in order to put an end to the villain El Lobo and the ruthless businessman JA Marsden. On the "good" side are the railroad company's shareholders, Joyce and her brother Philip Andrews, and James Vega. It's about the California – Yucatan rail link.
The prequel Zorros Legion Rides Again ( Zorro's Fighting Legion , 1939) takes place in Mexico in 1824. The villain, who pretends to be the resurrected Mayan god Don-del-Oro ("Lord of Gold"), promises the Mayans a reconquest of their land. President Benito Juárez has several appearances (historically not entirely correct) . The story takes place in the fictional Mexican state of San Mendolito .
Episodes
No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First published in the USA | German language first broadcast (D) | main actor |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1-6 | 1 | Zorro is riding again | Zorro Rides Again | November 20, 1937 | May 5 - June 16, 1978 | John Carroll |
7th | 1 | Billy the Kid is alive | Billy the Kid Returns | September 4, 1938 | June 23, 1978 | Roy Rogers |
8-9 | 1 | Westward | Westward Ho | August 19, 1935 | May 5th 1978 | John Wayne |
10 | 1 | enmity | The Painted Desert | January 18, 1931 | July 14, 1978 | Clark Gable |
11 | 1 | Friends in the saddle | Pals of the Saddle | August 28, 1938 | July 21, 1978 | John Wayne |
12 | 1 | In the Rocky Mountains | Beyond the Rockies | September 13, 1932 | July 28, 1978 | Tom Keene |
13 | 1 | Jesse James under suspicion | Days of Jesse James | December 20, 1939 | 4th August 1978 | Roy Rogers |
14-19 | 1 | Jesse James is riding again | Jesse James Rides Again | August 2, 1947 | August 11 - September 15, 1978 | Clayton Moore |
20th | 1 | Fuzzy and the big potatoes | The Fighting Vigilantes | November 15, 1947 | September 22, 1978 | Lash La Rue |
21-22 | 2 | Fuzzy and the bad guys | Frontier Revenge | December 26, 1948 | 4th-11th May 1979 | Lash La Rue |
23 | 2 | Zorro, the daring Caballero | The Bold Caballero | December 1, 1936 | May 18, 1979 | Robert Livingston |
24-29 | 2 | The singing arrow | The Painted Stallion | June 5, 1937 | May 25 - June 29, 1979 | Ray Corrigan |
30th | 2 | The man from Kansas | The Kansan (Wagon Wheels) | September 10, 1943 | July 6, 1979 | Richard Dix |
31-32 | 2 | As if blown with the wind | The Lonely Trail | May 25, 1936 | 13-20 July 1979 | John Wayne |
33 | 2 | A cowboy in New York | Wall Street Cowboy | August 6, 1939 | July 27, 1979 | Roy Rogers |
34 | 2 | The Wyoming Bandit | Wyoming outlaw | June 27, 1939 | 3rd August 1979 | John Wayne |
35-36 | 2 | The King of Pecos | King of the Pecos | March 9, 1936 | 10-17 August 1979 | John Wayne |
37-42 | 3 | Zorro's Legion rides again | Zorro's Fighting Legion | December 16, 1939 | May 2 - June 6, 1980 | Reed Hadley |
43-44 | 3 | Fuzzi and the whip heini | King of the Bullwhip | February 2, 1951 | 13-20 June 1980 | Lash La Rue |
45-46 | 3 | Freight for Missouri | The Iron Road | May 14, 1943 | June 27 - July 4, 1980 | Richard Dix |
47-48 | 3 | The yodel boy from the pine forest | Yodelin 'Kid from Pine Ridge | June 14, 1937 | 11-18 July 1980 | Gene Autry |
49 | 3 | Flaming border | The New Frontier | October 24, 1935 | July 25, 1980 | John Wayne |
50-51 | 3 | Back then in Caliente | In Old Caliente | June 19, 1939 | 1-8 August 1980 | Roy Rogers |
52 | 3 | Eldorado Serenade | Sunset in El Dorado | September 29, 1945 | August 15, 1980 | Roy Rogers |
53 | 3 | Three without fear or blame | Gunsmoke Ranch | May 5, 1937 | August 22, 1980 | Robert Livingston |
54 | 3 | Pony Express | Frontier Pony Express | April 12, 1939 | August 29, 1980 | Roy Rogers |
55-56 | 3 | Fuzzy and Christel from the post office | Oath of Vengeance | December 9, 1944 | 5th - 12th September 1980 | Buster crabbe |
57-60 | 4th | Zorro's black whip | Zorro's Black Whip | November 16, 1944 | 8-29 May 1981 | George J. Lewis, Linda Stirling |
61-62 | 4th | Fuzzy and the great Manitou | Outlaw of the Plains | September 22, 1946 | 5th - 12th June 1981 | Buster crabbe |
63-64 | 4th | His friend, the desperado | Sagebrush Trail | December 15, 1933 | 19.-26. June 1981 | John Wayne |
65-66 | 4th | The heart of the golden west | Heart of the Golden West | November 16, 1942 | 3rd - 10th July 1981 | Roy Rogers |
67-68 | 4th | Fuzzy and the lovable grandma | Frontier outlaws | March 4, 1944 | 17.-24. July 1981 | Buster crabbe |
69 | 4th | Gold in the clouds | Overland Stage Raiders | September 20, 1938 | July 31, 1981 | John Wayne |
70-71 | 4th | The black gold | Git Along Little Dogies | March 22, 1937 | 7-14 August 1981 | Gene Autry |
72-73 | 4th | Storm over Texas | Southward, Ho! | March 19, 1939 | 21.-28. August 1981 | Roy Rogers |
74-75 | 4th | The winds of the wild | Winds of the Wasteland | June 15, 1936 | 18.-25. September 1981 | John Wayne |
76-78 | 5 | Arizona Kid | The Arizona Kid | September 29, 1939 | 5th – 19th February 1982 | Roy Rogers |
79-81 | 5 | Fuzzy and the hot press | Fuzzy Settles Down | June 25, 1944 | February 26 - March 12, 1982 | Buster crabbe |
82-83 | 5 | Fuzzy and the wild pub | Gangster's Den | June 14, 1944 | March 26, 1982 | Buster crabbe |
84 | 5 | Fuzzy and the double lieutenant | Law and Order | August 21, 1942 | April 2, 1982 | Buster crabbe |
85-86 | 5 | Fuzzy and hot things | Valley of Vengeance | May 5, 1944 | 16.-23. April 1982 | Buster crabbe |
87 | 5 | The great Chicago Milk War | Colorado Sunset | July 31, 1939 | April 30, 1982 | Gene Autry |
88-89 | 5 | Rider in the night | The Night Riders | April 12, 1939 | 7-14 May 1982 | John Wayne |
90 | 5 | Fuzzy and the blood money | Overland Riders | August 21, 1946 | 21.-28. May 1982 | Buster crabbe |
91-96 | 5 | Zorro's legacy | Son of Zorro | January 18, 1947 | May 28 - July 2, 1982 | George Turner |
97-98 | 5 | Uprising in Santa Fe | Santa Fe Stampede | December 8, 1938 | 9-16 July 1982 | John Wayne |
99 | 5 | Bombs on Texas | In Old Monterey | August 14, 1939 | July 23, 1982 | Gene Autry |
100 | 5 | In the valley of the rainbow | Rainbow Valley | March 15, 1935 | July 30, 1982 | John Wayne |
101 | 5 | Fuzzy and the gallows birds | Stagecoach outlaws | August 17, 1945 | 17th September 1982 | Buster crabbe |
102-103 | 5 | The shadow | The Star Packer | August 17, 1945 | September 24 - October 1, 1982 | John Wayne |
104-105 | 5 | Fuzzy the knight from the bike | Prairie Rustlers | November 7, 1945 | 8-15 October 1982 | Buster crabbe |
106 | 6th | Fuzzy and the golden vulture | Dead Man's Gold | September 10, 1948 | January 7, 1983 | Lash La Rue |
107 | 6th | Fuzzy and the carriage trick | Thundering Trail | 2nd July 1951 | January 14, 1983 | Lash La Rue |
108 | 6th | Fuzzy and the big beef claw | Rustler's Hideout | September 2, 1945 | January 21, 1983 | Buster crabbe |
109 | 6th | The death sentence | The Singing Vagabond | December 16, 1935 | January 28, 1983 | Gene Autry |
110 | 6th | A cowboy in Africa | Round-up in Texas | April 22, 1937 | 4th February 1983 | Gene Autry |
111 | 6th | Three louts in Texas | Prairie Moon | October 7, 1938 | February 11, 1983 | Gene Autry |
112 | 6th | Caviar against pastureland | The Singing Hill | April 26, 1941 | February 18, 1983 | Gene Autry |
113 | 6th | rodeo | The Man from Utah | May 15, 1934 | February 25, 1983 | John Wayne |
114 | 6th | The gold of the Betsy Lee mine | The Man from Music Mountain 1 | August 15, 1938 | March 4th 1983 | Gene Autry |
115 | 6th | Bank robbery in Prospect | Ghost Town Gold | October 28, 1936 | March 11, 1983 | Robert Livingston |
116 | 6th | The pasture war | The Man from Music Mountain 2 | October 30, 1943 | March 18, 1983 | Roy Rogers |
117 | 6th | Showdown at the Adler Pass | Blue steel | May 10, 1934 | March 25, 1983 | John Wayne |
118 | 6th | Friends | The Dawn River | June 20, 1935 | April 8, 1983 | John Wayne |
119 | 6th | The western star | Starlet River | March 10, 1933 | April 15, 1983 | Tom Keene |
120 | 6th | Adventure in Texas | Texas Terror | February 1, 1935 | April 22, 1983 | John Wayne |
121 | 6th | Fire water and fresh flowers | Paradise Canyon | July 20, 1935 | April 29, 1983 | John Wayne |
122 | 6th | Land without law | Lawless Frontier | November 22, 1934 | May 6, 1983 | John Wayne |
123 | 6th | Roy under suspicion | Silver Spurs | August 12, 1943 | May 13, 1983 | Roy Rogers |
124 | 6th | Fuzzy and the valley of the spirits | Ghost of Hidden Valley | June 5, 1946 | May 20, 1983 | Buster crabbe |
125 | 6th | Fuzzy and the crooked thing | Cheyenne takes over | December 17, 1947 | May 27, 1983 | Lash La Rue |
126 | 6th | Fuzzy and the bankrupt vulture | The Kid Rides Again | January 27, 1943 | June 3, 1983 | Buster crabbe |
127 | 6th | Fuzzy and the horror of settlers | Pioneer Justice | June 28, 1947 | June 11, 1986 | Lash La Rue |
128-129 | 6th | Lucky Texan (in danger) | The Lucky Texan | January 22, 1934 | July 1, 1983 | John Wayne |
130-131 | 7th | Fuzzy and the wisdom tooth | Son of a Badman | April 16, 1949 | 4th-11th January 1985 | Lash La Rue |
132-133 | 7th | Lost Creek Water Rights | Riders of Destiny | October 10, 1933 | 18.-25. January 1985 | John Wayne |
134-135 | 7th | Valley of fear | Lawless Range | November 4, 1935 | 1-8 February 1985 | John Wayne |
136-137 | 7th | Dynamite for lock 5 | Red River Valley | March 2, 1936 | 15-22 February 1985 | Gene Autry |
138-139 | 7th | Land of the future | The Lawless Nineties | February 15, 1936 | 1-8 March 1985 | John Wayne |
140-141 | 7th | Water for Arizona | New Frontier | August 10, 1939 | 15-22 March 1985 | John Wayne |
142-143 | 7th | Land of hope | Trail Street | February 19, 1947 | 12-19 April 1985 | Randolph Scott |
144-145 | 7th | The rodeo heist | Desert Trail | April 22, 1935 | 10-17 May 1985 | John Wayne |
146-147 | 7th | Land without law | Badman's Territory | April 1, 1946 | 24.-31. May 1985 | Randolph Scott |
148-149 | 7th | friend or foe | Arizona Legion | January 20, 1939 | 7-14 June 1985 | George O'Brien |
150-151 | 7th | The Oklahoma Horror | Return of the Bad Men | July 17, 1948 | 18.-21. June 1986 | Randolph Scott |
152-153 | 8th | Greed for gold | The Trail Beyond | October 22, 1934 | 2nd July 1986 | John Wayne |
154-155 | 8th | Hunt for Apache Jack | Bad Lands | August 28, 1939 | July 9, 1986 | Robert Barrat |
DVDs
Since 2016, about half of the series has been available in four DVD boxes from Fernsehjuwelen. A publication of further episodes is open due to unclear rights issues.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Western from yesterday (opening credits) on YouTube .
- ↑ Episode guide with the German broadcast data on Fernsehserien.de, accessed September 3, 2019
- ↑ TV Jewels