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The Real Lone Ranger—At Auction

  • By Leonard Maltin
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  • June 17, 2013 10:04 PM
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I’m trying to keep an open mind about the upcoming Lone Ranger movie, but I can’t imagine what Dawn Moore must be feeling; Clayton Moore was her father. A devoted daughter, she has kept her father’s flame alive since his passing in 1999.

In Praise Of Tonto

  • By Leonard Maltin
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  • October 10, 2011 4:35 AM
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I respect Johnny Depp, but I’ve been chafing at his comments about Tonto as he prepares to play the famous Indian in an upcoming feature. I grew up watching The Lone Ranger and always considered Tonto a noble character, not an illiterate or a stooge. But I need say no more: Dawn Moore, the daughter of Clayton Moore, who played the masked rider opposite Jay Silverheels as Tonto on television and in two feature films,

link we like:The Lone Ranger Fan Club

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  • August 8, 2011 7:21 AM
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How can you not love a site that automatically plays “The William Tell Overture” as part of the opening of the long-running Lone Ranger radio series? Joe Southern, editor and publisher of The Silver Bullet newsletter, has taken the leap from—

Lifelong Memories

  • By Leonard Maltin
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  • November 19, 2009 12:51 AM
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The August 11th ceremony to launch the U.S. Postal Service’s “TV’s Earliest Memories” stamps was well-attended by Hollywood veterans and fans alike. (see my Journal entry above) I confess, I lose all journalistic professionalism when I see someone like David Nelson. After all, my generation grew up with his entire family. In fact, Ozzie and Harriet’s names have become synonymous with the period in which they flourished. It also seems to me that as the years go on he looks more and more like his late father Ozzie. He’s posing here with two of his brother Ricky’s children, Tracy and Sam. It’s nice to see them all participating in a program like this that perpetuates the memory of their real-life family.