RANDOLPH SCOTT ROUND-UP, THE - VOLUME TWO

Just in case you’re confused, Mill Creek has released two DVD sets bearing the same title — “The Randolph Scott Round-Up”. The first set — not marked Volume One — available elsewhere on Amazon, consists of 1955 - A Lawless Street (Technicolor. Joseph H. Lewis, director) 1.37:1 1957 - The Tall T (Technicolor. Budd Boetticher, director) 1.85:1 1957 - Decision At Sundown (Technicolor. Budd Boetticher, director) 1.85:1 1958 - Buchanan Rides Alone (Columbia Color. Budd Boetticher, director) 1.85:1 1959 - Ride Lonesome (Eastman Color. Budd Boetticher, director) 2.35:1 1960 - Comanche Station (Eastman Color. Budd Boetticher, director) 2.35:1 The second set — not marked Volume Two — being discussed here, consists of 1943 -- The Desperadoes (Technicolor. Charles Vidor, director) 1950 -- The Nevadan (Cinecolor. Gordon Douglas, director) 1951 -- Santa Fe (Technicolor. Irving Pichel, director) 1951 -- Man in the Saddle (Technicolor. André de Toth, director) 1952 -- Hangman's Knot (Technicolor. Roy Huggins, director) 1953 -- Stranger Wore A Gun (Technicolor. André de Toth, director) The last was filmed in stereo, widescreen (1.85:1), 3D -- presented here in mono, standard academy ratio, and flat. Once again, Columbia/Sony/Mill Creek has spared NO expense on the transfers -- there are NO anamorphic enhancements, NO subtitles/captions, NO trailers, NO commentaries, NO language options, NO menu chapter stops, NO liner notes, NO extras, NO nothing besides the films. But again, at least we have the films at a most reasonable price -- but I would gladly pay a premium for fresh, higher quality scans and much needed restorative work. Image quality appears the same as the previously released individual titles. There is substantial room for image improvement all around. These films *deserve* to be remastered from the original camera negatives, or tri-color separations, and released on Blu-ray. Most of these were "Color by Technicolor" when those words actually meant the finest and most accurate color and image quality available! Cinecolor was a two-color, low cost competitor to Technicolor -- not bad but not great. Audio quality is clean mono with dialog never buried in the mix. Subtitles are missed. Menu is *bare* bones. This time generic font is used for the film titles on the discs. Click on a title and the film begins. Packaging. The cover front and back are very good. The cover is attractive and highlights the fact that the star of these films is Randolph Scott. The back cover has thumbnails of the original posters that were used on the American posters and individual Sony-release DVDs. The discs themselves are black-labeled with undersized film titles and an undersized Columbia logo -- topped by an ill-placed Mill Creek ad at the top of each disc. Entertainment. These films range from pretty good to excellent. There's not a dud in the group -- my personal favorite being "Hangman's Knot". Final thoughts. Despite my complaints, this is another outstanding set at a great price. I'm glad to have it until Columbia/Sony does it right on Blu-ray.

I am a collector of old Westerns from the Early Years to some(?) of the latest so-called westerns! In MY Personal Opinion, Randolph Scott's portrayal of a Western Character is by far one of the best I've ever seen! I have watched all of his westerns in my collection repeatedly and enjoy them just as much as the first time I watched them! He's tied with John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart, Henry Fonda, James Garner, Jack Elam, and Edgar Buchanan! Lots of others with not enough space to list them all!

Major player in the pantheon of Western heroes.

I only recently began viewing Scott's westerns, not really knowing they existed. They would have been new in the theaters when I was growing up and as a teenager, but never paid any attention to them at the time, which was rather unnatural because my sister and I attended Saturday matinees for most of the fifties and a lot of those were westerns. Now here I am watching these great movies and enjoying Scott's portrayals like no other that I know of. Wayne had his way of doing it and so did many other western stars, but I feel Scott's were rather unique in that they were a "thinking" mans way of doing it. He had his way at looking at things and acting upon them which I find different from the others and really enjoy his movies. It gave me something to think about after watching the film. Not all are of the same caliber, but many I will watch again and again. The Nevadan, Decision At Sundown, Colt .45, Rage at Dawn are the ones I have enjoyed the most.

If you're a western fan, or a Randolph Scott fan, you'll love this set of movies. The reproduction is very good. All filming and sound is very good! It is typical Randolph Scott stuff. I buy all I can get from him. This set was a lot of fun!

Really enjoyed this old westerns, some I had never seen before on tv. Well worth the money

I was blown away at the high quality of the tranfers of these movies. Considering the low price for six Randolph Scott films, the movies looked just fine on my 4K tv. While they aren't in the class of the new set of Bettischer transfers of the Ranown, for older transfers they were just fine. Easily watchable and recommended.

Good viewing

Diese Western-Sammlung mit 6 Filmen auf 2 DVDs enthält Filme, die Harry Joe Brown produziert hat und die von verschiedenen Regisseuren (Charles Vidor, Gordon Douglas, Irving Pichel, Roy Huggins und zwei von Andre De Toth) zwischen 1943 und 1953 inszeniert wurden. Die Bildqualität aller 6 Filme ist exzellent; sie wurden auch alle zwischen 1971 und 1981 technisch kompetent überarbeitet (renewed). Der astreine Ton ist amerikanisch (ausschließlich) und es gibt keinerlei Untertitel. Man braucht ein Codefree Abspielgerät, um die Filme geniessen zu können. Das sind die bedauerlichen Einschränkungen für viele Interessenten, die sonst bei dieser Sammlung, dazu zu einem derzeit noch sehr günstigen Preis sicher gern auch zugegriffen hätten. Einige der Filme gibt es aber auch auf deutsch bzw. zweisprachig und manche davon liefen auch früher im Fernsehen, besonders im WDR, als Herr Nowottny dort Intendant war. Lang ist's her, leider! Unter späteren Intendanten des WDR hat sich die Programmgestaltung sehr verändert, so dass ich nur noch selten in diesem Sender etwas Interessantes finde und das nicht nur wegen fehlender Western.

I used it for relaxation.

This is one of a pair of Scott collections and is a must for any fan of the genre. The original Technicolour films are given first rate transfers to DVD and Scott's solo name above the title indicate his status, well supported by familiar faces and names - a sort of repertory company in their own right...some of whom went on to become "A" list stars in their turn: Lee Marvin and Ernest Borgnine for example. Scott's career - unmatched for popularity and longevity in the Western (except by John Wayne)-culminated in a farewell of the best sort in Sam Peckinpah's superb "Ride The High Country", when he was paired with another star of his era - Joel McCrea - in a touching "last hurrah" to the genre he had served so well and for so long. The low cost of this collection - like the other disc (which can be called Volume 1) - is an additional incentive to buy it. Why wait?!

Die Filme sind im Grenzbereich , sehr viele Tropauts, unscharf , Flimmern 👎👎👎

Randolph Scott's DVDs 'Round-Up Vol Two' is a good set of old fashion, Cowboy films. Randolph was a man's cowboy! None of this 'dancin' and romancin' for him...he had a job to do and he did it...he let nothing get in his way...even some of Hollywood's top actresses, who's hearts he would set aflutter!!! The six movies (three on two discs), are enjoyable...they have a 'tale to tell', there is action and intrigue to maintain interest and lots of 'horse riding/chase scenes'...precursors to modern day car chases. Randolph's acting is never over done while a young Lee Marvin and Earnest Borgnine get a little carried away with themselves but Randolph puts them in their place! I would recommend Randolph Scott's Volume 2.