Pictures Of White Tigers

In Search of the Great White Tiger: A Story About Following God (Gnoo Zoo)
$14.99
This series would be great for any "religious person", but if you want to read to your children to pass on Christian truths, this book is not a good choice.

Shelia Walsh has a great goal - to use a fictional story to portray the love that God has for each one of us. One is reminded of Pilgrim's Progress and The Chronicles of Narnia. She even mentions Pilgrim's Progress in the forward. Sadly, she fails in accomplishing her goals. She fails because she fudges on Biblical themes.

First, God is portrayed as "The Great White Tiger", which sounds like a number of non-Christian religions I can think of. If you are into Eastern or Native American religions I think you will be quite comfortable reading this book! But I thought the language she adopted confuses kids on the nature of God.

Secondly, in this series, "The Great White Tiger" does not sacrifice anything for love. The Christian faith centers around the work of the Son of God who gave Himself as a substitute for sinful people. The Bible answers the question, "How do we know God loves us?" with the statement "[God] loved us and sent his Son to be an atoning sacrifice for our sins." By the way, the series denies the existence of sin (calling it a bad influence) and misses the true problem of our children's hearts.

The love in the book rings hollow when the characters get themselves into trouble, yell out a prayer, and "The Great White Tiger" answers by sending one of his minions to help. No sacrifice on his part. It is the hollow love of a millionaire giving a dollar to a beggar.

The Biblical theme that is missing is the sacrifice that God made in sending His own Son to die. Any book that leaves out redemptive and sacrificial themes cannot truly be called a Christian book, the kind of sacrifice we see in good fiction like "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe".

The books are not especially good either. The characters names were complicated and the story uninspiring. I became tired of hearing how "cool" the characters were.

But the worst part about this series was that it masquerades as a Christian series when it is not. It gives a poor picture of God, a hollow view of love, and a distorted view of human nature.

You may say, it is just a kids book, but I say that I want my kids to be connected with important truths. I believe the truth will set them free. Walsh tried to make God's love understandable, and instead makes love a petty thing by removing the concept of sacrifice.

I have never written a negative review of a children's book before and am saddened that I have to. I like most of the books I read to my kids, even the majority of the non-Christian ones, but these ones were so bad I felt I had to write.

Please, authors, write good Christian books, write good secular books, but don't try to mishmash them together, it makes bad and confusing reading!

Tigers - White Tiger - Light Switch Covers - double toggle switch
$17.75
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Tiger Woman - A Jungle Goddess in Perils of the Darkest Jungle [VHS]
$19.98
Republic Pictures present "TIGER WOMAN:A JUNGLE GODDESS IN PERILS OF THE DARKEST JUNGLE" (1944) (196 mins/B&W) (Dolby digitally remastered) --- is a 12-Chapter Republic Movie Serial starring Allan Lane and Linda Stirling, relive those thrilling days week after week venue brought you to the theater, as you were mesmerized in your seat waiting for the final chapter ... Evil oil speculators in South America attempt to drive away a native tribe and their leader, the Tiger Woman.

Under Spencer Gordon Bennet (Director), Wallace A. Grissell (Director), Royal K. Cole (Screenwriter), Ronald Davidson (Screenwriter), Basil Dickey (Screenwriter), Joseph F. Poland (Screenwriter), Joseph Dubin (Composer (Music Score) ------ the cast includes Allan Lane (Allen Saunders), Linda Stirling (Tiger Woman/Rita Arnold), Duncan Renaldo (Jos��� Delgado), George J. Lewis (Morgan), LeRoy Mason (Fletcher Walton), Crane Whitley (Tom Dagget), Robert Frazer (Ramgah, High Priest), Rico De Montez (Tegula), Stanley Price (Mack, Dagget's Clerk), Kenne Duncan (Henchman Gentry), Tom Steele (Tunnel Thug), Eddie Parker (Office Thug), Al Ferguson (Hill Heavy), Bud Geary (Blacksmith Heavy), Rex Lease (Pipe-smoker in cafe), Tom London (Capt. Dumont) ------ this is by far Linda Stirling's best serial ... the screenwriters plot itself involves the nefarious members of an oil company who stumble upon the "Tiger Woman" ... is she the long-lost daughter of a multi-millionaire sportsman killed in an airplane wreck over a decade before ... will the evil oil company men want to prove that the "Tiger Woman" is Rita Arnold, the millionaire's daughter and dispose of her ... are they about to hire a clever actress to pose as her and claim the entire estate ... Allan Lane is a chief engineer, a troubleshooter when he arrives on the scene trouble disappears ... Lane finds out that the Tiger Woman is to be trusted and attempts to discover who is causing the havoc and bloodshed ... don't leave the theater until the final chapter "Triumph over Treachery" ... another winner from the vaults of Republic Serials.

CHAPTER TITLES:
1. The Temple of Terror
2. Doorway to Death
3. Cathedral of Carnage
4. Echo of Eternity
5. Two Shall Die
6. Dungeon of the Doomed
7. Mile-a-Minute Murder
8. Passage to Peril
9. Cruise to Cremation
10. Target for Murder
11. The House of Horror
12. Triumph over Treachery

Special Footnote, actor Allan Lane looked to better roles, he signed with Republic in 1940 ... after struggling a bit in his initial films, hit pay dirt after teaming with Linda Stirling in the popular serial "The Tiger Woman" (1944) ... his own serials with "Daredevils of the Red Circle" (1939) and "King of the Royal Mounted" (1940), Mountie Dave King proved popular and, around this time, he started gaining added attention as a photogenic and very personable cowboy star, with his trusty steed "Blackjack," ... Lane managed to churn out a bucketful of oaters every year beginning with "Silver City Kid" (1944)), for nearly a decade, trading blows with the bad guy Roy Barcroft and seeing justice prevail ... best remembered these days for his dashing good looks and saddle appeal on film ... it's no small wonder that Allan Rocky Lane's name was at the top of the list, working with the top directors of the day Howard P. Bretherton, Spencer Gordon Bennett, Joseph Kane, Wallace A. Grissell, Leslie Selander and R.G. Springsteen all under Republic Pictures banner.

Second Special Footnote, Linda Stirling was the most popular action star of serials in the 1940s, she was spotted in an advertisement by executives of Republic Studios, who were looking for a beautiful but athletic woman to star in their upcoming serial, "The Tiger Woman" (1944). Despite having no experience in the kind of stunts and athletics that would be required, Stirling was able to convince not only the executives but ace stuntman Yakima Canutt of her capability. She won the role and a contract from Republic, and played hard-riding and -fighting heroines in numerous serials, Westerns, and low-budget adventure films over the next three or four years ... Stirling appeared in three other notable serials "Zorro's Black Whip" (1944), "Manhunt of Mystery Island" (1945), "The Purple Monster Strikes" (1945) and "Crimson Ghost" (1946) ... where she rapidly earned the title "Queen of the Serials." ... She married Republic screenwriter Sloan Nibley in 1946, then retired from films the following year, had a family and once her children were grown Stirling enrolled at UCLA, eventually earning an MA, a BFA and--at age 50--a PhD ... dring 1960s, she began a whole new career as a teacher of college English and Drama.

BIOS:
1. Allan Lane (aka: Harry Leonard Albershart)
Date of birth: 22 September 1909 - Mishawaka, Indiana
Date of death: 27 October 1973 - Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California
2. Linda Stirling (aka: Louise Schultz)
Date of birth: 11 October 1921 - Long Beach, California
Date of death: 20 July 1997 - Studio City, Los Angeles, California

If you're into vintage serials as I am, why not pick up a copy of the following titles from VCI Home Video:
VCI CLIFFHANGER TRAILERS:
1. Adventures of Red Ryder (Don "Red" Barry)
2. Adventures of the Flying Cadets (Bobby Jordan)
3. Buck Rogers (Buster Crabbe)
4. Captain Midnight (Dave O'Brien)
5. Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere (Judd Holdren & I. Stanford Jolley)
6. Dick Tracy's G-Men (Ralph Byrd)
7. Don Winslow of the Navy (Don Terry)
8. Don Winslow of the Coast Guard (Don Terry)
9. Drums of Fu Manchu (Henry Brandon)
10.Fighting Kit Carson (Johnny Mack Brown)
11.Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (Buster Crabbe)
12.The Green Archer (Victory Jory)
13.Jungle Girl (Frances Gifford)
14.Jungle Jim (Grant Withers & Raymond Hatton)
15.The Lost City (Kane Richmond, William Stage Boyd & George Gabby Hayes)
16.Lost City of the Jungle (Russell Hayden & Keye Luke)
17.Mandrake the Magician (Warren Hull & Dick Curtis)
18.Miracle Rider (Tom Mix & Tony Jr)
19.The Painted Stallion (Ray "Crash" Corrigan)
20.The Phantom (Tom Tyler)
21.The Return of Chandu (Bela Lugosi)
22.Riders of Death Valley (Dick Foran, Leo Carrillo & Buck Jones)
23.Secret Agent X-9 (1937) (Scott Kolk & Henry Brandon)
24.Secret Agent X-9 (1945) (Lloyd Bridges & Keye Luke)
25.Sky Raiders (Donald Woods & Billy Halop)
26.Undersea Kingdom (Ray "Crash" Corrigan)
27.Winners of the West (Dick Foran, Harry Woods, Roy Barcroft & Charles Stevens)
28.Zane Greys "King of the Royal Mounted" (Allan "Rocky" Lane)
29.Zorro's Cliffhanger Collection (Reed Hadley, John Carroll & Linda Stirling)

Hats off and thanks to Les Adams (collector/guideslines for character identification), Chuck Anderson (Webmaster: The Old Corral/B-Westerns.Com), Boyd Magers (Western Clippings), Bobby J. Copeland (author of "Trail Talk"), Rhonda Lemons (Empire Publishing Inc) and Bob Nareau (author of "The Real Bob Steele") as they have rekindled my interest once again for B-Westerns and Serials --- looking forward to more high quality releases from the vintage serial era of the '20s, '30s & '40s and B-Westerns ... order your copy now from Amazon where there are plenty of copies available on VHS, stay tuned once again for top notch action mixed with deadly adventure --- if you enjoyed this title, why not check out VCI Entertainment where they are experts in releasing B-Westerns and Serials --- all my heroes have been cowboys!

Total Time: 196 min on VHS ~ Republic Video ~ (5/30/1995)

Flying Tigers
$9.98
OK, in retrospect not a good movie to learn history by (the American Volunteer Group was primarily made up of U.S. military pilots "loaned" to China) nor was it a special effects spectacular (the cockpits of those P40s sure were roomy!) but it did tell the story of brave Americans trying to hold off the tide of the Imperial Japanese air forces. The story of American pilots flying against the Japanese at odds which would make most pilots think twice is a true one. This movie was produced after Pearl Harbor and helped to focus American attention on Japan's aggression, a subject which got little play until after bombs actually began falling on U.S. territory. Well worth finding and watching!