Product Description

Studio: Gotham (dba Alpha) Release Date: 11/04/2005

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #181871 in DVD
• Released on: 2005-09-27
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 56 minutes

Customer Reviews

Little Joe on the prairie
Hmmm. Well, okay, I could crib the story description off the back of the dvd case but that would only leave about five minutes (out of fifty-six) of surprise. A certain well known website's plot description blows the whole thing. What to do?

Nick the `Kid' is played by Bob Steele, a diminutive star who looks younger than his then 25-years and acts a little stiffer than someone who by then had appeared in nearly 50 movies. Steele's acting career began in 1920, twelve years before YOUNG BLOOD was released, and ended with a small, uncredited appearance in 1973's "Charley Varrick." Long career, filled with lead roles in low-low-budgeters like YOUNG BLOOD and a whole lot of `Teamster #3' and `Bearded Man Being Questioned by Judge Kyle's' credits in-between. The `Bearded Ban' credit, or uncredit, is real. Some stuff you can't make up. I've seen Steele in his later career guest appearing on `Maverick' and `Have Gun, Will Travel,' and he was a regular (Trooper Duffy) on `F Troop.' The young Steele kind of reminds me of a less menacing Victor Jory, without Jory's acting talent, of course, or a young Michael Langdon minus the charisma.

Nick the `Kid' heists a stagecoach with the boys, including a double dipping town sheriff. Among the passengers are Countess Lola Montaine and her pet shoulder monkey. The Countess is coming to Grass Valley to operatically entertain the locals. The exotically foreign Countess is played by pretty, young Naomi Judge from Mitchell, South Dakota with either a Mexican, Swedish, or Viennese accent. The accent don't work, but Naomi's got aplomb and her monkey's spunky. The crunch comes when pretty blond Gail Winters (Helen Foster, Wampas Baby Star of 1929) convinces Nick that he loves her and wants to settle down as a Pony Express rider.

Okay, so the plot's a little loose and rickety. The main point is that Steele plays a 1932 version of `disaffected youth,' a young prairie gangster ripe to prove that a good woman (Foster) can set him straight, although the bad one (Naomi Judge) looks like she'd be a lot more fun. All things considered YOUNG BLOOD is an okay movie to spend an hour with, although the little I know about Steele includes the fact that he was one of the quickest draws in Hollywood. In the `Have Gun, Will Travel' episode I mentioned earlier they play up that fact by having the show's star, Richard Boone, and guest Steele draw off side by side. Disappointingly, there are no gun-drawing showdowns in this one.

"The King of B-Westerns & Serials...VCI Entertainment ~ Young Blood (1932)"
VCI Entertainment and Monogram Pictures present "Young Blood" (1932) (Dolby
digitally remastered)...relive those thrilling days from the early '30s and '40s
when Bob Steele took us down the dusty trails and the plains to exciting
adventures....some of the best B-Westerns ever to grace the Saturday Matinee
Screen...just remember double thrills, chills, mystery and suspense...hitting the bull's eye with excitement...don't miss any of the Bob Steele features loaded with action that will leave you wanting more of his B-Western adventures

Under director Phil Rosen, producer Trem Carr, original story by Wellyn
Totman...the cast include Bob Steele (Nick), Helen Foster (Gail Winters),
Charles King (Sheriff Jake Sharpe), Naomi Judge (Countess Lola Montaine), Harry
Semels (Tony Murullos), Henry Roquemore (Beckworth), Henry Hall (Mayor), Hank
Bell (Deputy Bill), Art Mix (Henchman Hank Morris), Perry Murdock (Henchman Ed
Sheflin), Roy Bucko (Henchman 'Blackie' Walsh), Silver Tip Baker (Stage Driver),
Horace B. Carpenter (Townsman Joe), Earl Dwire (Clearwater Station Agent), Lafe
McKee (Colonel Bondage). . . . . our story opens with 'Battlin' Bob Steele who
plays a western Robin Hood by returning jewels to our European royality Naomi
Judge which were stolen...will his partner Charles King let the return stand, or
can we count on fisticuffs with him and Steele which we so thoroughly enjoy...is
there a missing confession that would clear our hero, and what is Naomi's pet
monkey doing with the confession during this one hour Monogram gem...our heroine
Helen Foster puts romance in the life and times of Bob Steele, which will end
this adventure on a happy note and begin a new one. . . . . B-Western footnote,
actor Charles King was among the top five "Best of the Badmen" (according to a
new book by Boyd Magers, Bob Nareau and Bobby Copeland)...King was a big man,
but as agile as a cat during his fight scenes with Johnny Mack Brown, Buster
Crabbe, Tex Ritter, The Rough Riders and Bob Steele...King appeared in 400 films
and 350 were in sound including many cliffhangers...he was the heavy we loved to
hate . . .second B-Western footnote.actor Lafe Mckee appeared in almost 400
films, began working in Hollywood in 1913 in numerous roles mostly in B-Westerns
in supporting roles with Gene Autry, Johnny Mack Brown, Gary Cooper, Hoot
Gibson, Buck Jones, Ken Maynard, Tim McCoy, Bob Steele, Tom Tyler and John Wayne
always as the elderly father of the heroine, a troubled businessman, ranch owner
losing his homestead or having his cattle rustled, whatever the case Lafe was
always in the thick of things. . . . third B-Western footnote, actor Earl Dwire,
one of the best western screen scoundrels of the '30s, was a snaky badmen and a
close friend to director Robert N. Bradbury, Dwire appeared in 17 Bob Steele
early films and later joined John Wayne and Johnny Mack Brown always giving his
signature style performance...check out this and more in a new book "Best of the
Badmen" by Boyd Magers, Bob Nareau and Bobby Copeland, available from Amazon and
Empire Publishing. . . pick up your copy today.........another great B-Western
for Bob Steele under the Monogram Picture banner, proves to be one of his most
exciting performances.

Special footnote, actor Bob Steele was the son of director Robert N. Bradbury
and the age of 14 he and his twin brother Bill Bradbury made a series of comedy
shorts "Adventures of Bob and Bill" (1920), directed by their father...along
came his first starring western "The Mojave Kid" (1927), released by Film
Booking Office of America (FBO) and directed by his father, he changed his name
to Bob Steele...making low budget B-Westerns for independent studios such as
Republic, Supreme, Monogram and PRC which included nearly 200 feature films,
serials and TV appearances...was in his twilight years at the age 59 when he got
the part of the cantankerous "Trooper Duffy", in the western comedy series "F
Troop" (1965), who at the drop of a hat would give his rendition of fighting
"shoulder to shoulder with Davy Crockett at the Alamo"...Steele retired from the
screen in 1973...his long career, spanning more than 50 years came to an end in
1988 when he passed away.

SPECIAL FEATURES:
BIOS:
1. Bob Steele (Robert Adrian Bradbury)
Birth Date: 1/23/1907 - Pendleton, Oregon
Died: 12/21/1988 - Burbank, CA.
2. Charles King
Birth Date: 2/21/1895 - Hillsboro, Texas
Died: 5/07/1957 - Hollywood, California (cirrhosis of liver)
3. Earl Dwire
Birth Date: 11/03/1883 - Rockport, Missouri
Died: 1/16/1940 - Carmichael, California
4.. Lafe McKee
Birth Date: 1/23/1872 - Morrison, Illinois
Died: 8/10/1959 - Temple City, California

If you crave action, drama and plenty of adventure check out other western
double features with Bob Steele:

BOB STEELE WESTERN DOUBLE FEATURES:
1. Vol. 1 - Tombstone Terror/Lightnin' Crandall (VCI #7212) (DVD)
2. Vol. 2 - The Brand of Hate/Trusted Outlaw (VCI #7252) (DVD)
3. Vol. 3 - The Arizona Gunfighter/Last of the Warrens (VCI #7261) (DVD)
4. Vol. 4 - Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin'/The Feud Maker (VCI #7275) (DVD)

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Great job by VCI Entertainment for releasing "Young Blood" (1932), the
digital transfere with a clean, clear and crisp print...looking forward to more
high quality releases from the vintage serial era of the '20s, '30s & '40s and
B-Westerns...order your copy now from Amazon or VCI Entertainment where there
are plenty of copies available on DVD and VHS, stay tuned once again for top
notch action mixed with deadly adventure from the "King of Serials" VCI...just
the way we like 'em

Total Time: 58 min on DVD/VHS ~ VCI Entertainment #1668 ~ (11/19/1997)