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To: Donald Rumsfeld Fan
Warner Oland but mainly because of the writing and the casting of co-stars in the earlier series.

It's like Abbott & Costello or the Marx Brothers...they all ran out of steam after a really great early period.

25 posted on 05/07/2011 8:18:54 AM PDT by wtc911 ("How you gonna get down that hill?")
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Oland was more humble and self effacing but Toler had a slight edginess to him. I liked them both. Winters played the character more like Toler.....but without the wry smile.


28 posted on 05/07/2011 8:35:31 AM PDT by Donald Rumsfeld Fan ("Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts." Richard Feynman father of Quantum Physics)
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To: wtc911
Warner Oland but mainly because of the writing and the casting of co-stars in the earlier series.

Those early years were Twentieth Century Fox productions and hence higher quality and cost.

When TCF dropped the series Toler bought the rights and low cost and budget conscious Monogram Pictures stepped in and produced what remained of the series until Toler's untimely death, at which point Winters stepped in to complete the series.

29 posted on 05/07/2011 9:01:33 AM PDT by Donald Rumsfeld Fan ("Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts." Richard Feynman father of Quantum Physics)
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