The Film Chest is teaming
up with Topic Entertainment on Aug. 27 to deliver 26 digitally restored
episodes of the classic television Western series, The Cisco Kid, as part of
a six-disc DVD collection.
Based loosely on the O.
Henry short story from the turn of the century, “The Caballero's Way,” the
Cisco Kid and his sidekick Pancho became part of America lore with a series of
films that stretched all the way back to the silent era. Included in the mix was the 1928 film release
of In
Old Arizona, with Warner Baxter winning Best Actor laurels for his
portrayal of the Cisco Kid.
The television series,
one of the first to take advantage of the new format with a launch in Sept. of
1950 (and filmed in color, even though TV sets at the time were black and
white), starred Duncan Renaldo as Cisco and Leo Carrillo as Pancho (the first
Hispanic television stars — beating Desi Arnaz (and Lucy) to the smallbox by a
full season.
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