(Side note: I got to meet Clayton Moore back in 1986 when hecame to my hometown, in character as “The Lone Ranger” for a Texas Sesquicentennialal Celebration. He was a great guy and real gentleman)
Great post, and what a memory you have shared, and will treasure
Iverson Movie Ranch
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The Lone Ranger Rock
The Lone Ranger Rock, as it is now, just to the
centre, note the camera mount in the foreground.
(Click on the two Photos above for enlargements)
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Down the road is what's left of the Iverson Ranch--where the famed Lone Ranger rock can still be seen [from the show's opening theme sequence]. Since I was a kid I wondered where that rock was. I was on the East coast then...who knew yrs later it'd be a few miles from my house?
Kurt Hathaway
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Western nut
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Iverson Movie Ranch-Location
Information and photographs from
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[/extendedmedia]Great photo, thanks for finding it
And for more information on this TV Classic
The Lone Ranger is an American western television series starring
Clayton Moore (John Hart from 1952 to 1954) and Jay Silverheels as Tonto.
The live-action series initially featured Gerald Mohr as the episode narrator.
Fred Foy served as both narrator and announcer of the radio series from 1948 to its finish
and became announcer of the television version when story narration was dropped there.
This was by far the highest-rated television program on the ABC network in the early 1950s and its first true "hit".
A great series to remember as a child!!
Who will ever forget these immortal words.
The Lone Ranger: Hi-yo, Silver!
A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty "Hi-yo Silver" - the Lone Ranger!
Hi-yo, Silver, away!
Um, that right, Kemosabe.
Well, I guess you just can't beat that Duke!
THE LONE RANGER
APEX/ ABC TELEVISION
Information From IMDb
Plot Summary
The Lone ranger was a surviving Texas Ranger,
who was saved from death, by an Indian, Tonto.
Afterwards, they ride through the West, doing good.
with their trusty four legged friends, Silver and Scout,
apparently living off the income of a silver mine!
by ethanedwards
Series Cast
Jay Silverheels ... Tonto (220 episodes, 1949-1957)
Clayton Moore ... The Lone Ranger / ... (169 episodes, 1949-1957)
John Hart ... John Reid / ... (54 episodes, 1950-1953)
Lane Bradford ... Duke Wade / ... (15 episodes, 1949-1957)
Chuck Courtney ... Dan Reid (Lone Ranger's nephew) (14 episodes, 1950-1955)
Gerald Mohr ... Episode Narrator / ... (12 episodes, 1949)
House Peters Jr. ... Bat Anders / ... (12 episodes, 1950-1957)
Other notable stars, were:-
Hank Worden,Sheb Wooley,Stacy Keach Sr., DeForest Kelley, Michael Ansara, Jack Elam.
Series Directed
Hollingsworth Morse (50 episodes, 1950-1953)
Oscar Rudolph (33 episodes, 1954-1957)
George B. Seitz Jr. (30 episodes, 1949-1950)
and many more...
Series Produced by
Jack Chertok .... producer (182 episodes, 1949-1955)
Harry Poppe .... associate producer (182 episodes, 1949-1955)
Sherman A. Harris .... producer (39 episodes, 1956-1957
and many more...
Series Writing Credits
Fran Striker (81 episodes, 1949-1956)
Tom Seller (37 episodes, 1949-1957)
and many more...
Trivia
Soundtrack: Finale from 'William Tell Overture'
* Although the program was broadcast for 8 seasons, there were only 5 seasons with new episodes: 1949-1950, 1950-51, 1952-53, 1954-55, 1956-57.
* The "Hi-Yo Silver!" shout at the beginning of each episode is a recording of 'Earle W. Graser' , who played the Lone Ranger on radio from 1933-1941.
* The Lone Ranger's young nephew, Dan Reid, who appeared occasionally on the TV series, was the father of Britt Reid, The Green Hornet (both characters were created for radio by George W. Trendle).
* Premiered on ABC on 15 September 1949 (Thursdays 7:30-8:00) Last telecast: 12 September 1957. The Lone Ranger was the only ABC program to rank in top 15 when the A. C. Neilson Company began compiling national ratings for network programs. In 1950, Lone Ranger ranked #7 with a 41.2% share. Show was on ABC throughout its run. Reruns began on CBS 0n Saturday Mornings in 1953 and continued to September 1960 and then on NBC for another four years. ABC showed reruns of it in late afternoons from 1958 to 1961.
* Tonto's horse is called Scout.
Memorable quotes
[repeated line]
The Lone Ranger: Hi-ho, Silver, away.
[first lines for each episode]
Narrator: The Lone Ranger!
[gunshots are fired]
The Lone Ranger: Hi-yo, Silver!
Narrator: A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty "Hi-yo Silver" - the Lone Ranger!
The Lone Ranger: Hi-yo, Silver, away!
Narrator: With his faithful Indian companion, Tonto, the daring and resourceful masked rider of the plains led the fight for law and order in the early West. Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear. The Lone Ranger rides again!
[earliest episodes]
The Lone Ranger: Only you, Tonto, know I'm alive. To the world, I'll buried here beside my brother and my friends... forever.
Tonto: You are alone now. Last man. You are lone ranger.
The Lone Ranger: Yes, Tonto, I am... the Lone Ranger.
[repeated line]
Tonto: Um, that right, Kemosabe.
Filming locations
Bronson Canyon, Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA
(episode 1.1 - site of Texas Ranger ambush)
Columbia State Historic Park - 22708 Broadway, Columbia, California, USA
Corriganville, Ray Corrigan Ranch, Simi Valley, California, USA
General Service Studios - 1040 N. Las Palmas, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Iverson Ranch, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA
Jack Ingram Ranch - 22255 Mulholland Drive, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
Kanab Movie Ranch - 5001 Angel Canyon Road, Kanab, Utah, USA
Kanab, Utah, USA
Lone Pine, California, USA
Melody Ranch - 24715 Oak Creek Avenue, Newhall, California, USA
Spahn Ranch, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA
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