I Was That Masked Man by Clayton Moore, Frank Thompson
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Book Reviews of I Was That Masked Man
Book Review: A must read.
Summary: 4 Stars
If you are a fan of the Lone Ranger, movie serials and/or Clayton Moore, this is a must read. Moore is quite possibly the only movie serial star alive today. He provides a wealth of inside information on how they were made. His insights into the production of the Lone Ranger series is also quite facinating. His feelings on portraying the Lone Ranger come across as sincere and genuine. He also seems to be a very pleasant person and a real pro. However, what keeps the book out of the five star rating are a few details that he skips over. For example, he glossed over why he was replaced by John Hart in the role of the Ranger for a year. I think there is more to the story. Moore also describes his longstanding friendship with Tom Neal. I would have been interested to learn about Moore's feelings about the murder that Neal committed in the late 60's. Maybe that kind of sordidness doesn't belong in a upbeat and positive book like this. All in all, a great book that must be read by Lone Ranger and serial fans everywhere.Book Review: The Lone Ranger and Clayton Moore--One In the Same
Summary: 3 Stars
A good, sweet autobiography by a good and decent man, Clayton Moore, who was, is, and evermore shall be, The Lone Ranger.
Not a lot of new material here, but lots of nostalgia and fond memories of those "thrilling days of yesteryear..." as only a man who lived it could tell it.
His plan, Clayton Moore's plan, for transfering the role of The Lone Ranger to a younger man is striking and moving--Hint: It has to do with sunsets, an old man, the transfer of the mask and riding off in the sunset. It's a shame it never happened that way. It should have.
As Clayton Moore writes, "the Lone Ranger (is) something constant and steady in a society that is always changing..."
In writing and thinking about this book and our time--childhood and after with the Lone Ranger, it might be worthwhile as well as appropriate to reflect once again on "The Lone Ranger Creed:"
"I believe that to have a friend, a man must be one. That all men are created equal and that everyone has within himself the power to make this a better world. That God put the firewood there but that every man must gather and light it himself. In being prepared psysically, mentally and morally to fight when necessary for that which is right. That a man should make the most of what equipment he has. That 'This government, of the people, by the people and for the people' shall live always. That men should live by the rule of what is best for the greatest number. That sooner or later...somewhere...somehow..we must settle with the world and make payment for what we have taken. That all things change but truth, and that truth alone, lives on forever. In my Creator, my country, my fellow man" The Lone Ranger
It's the code the Lone Ranger lived by, it's the code Clayton Moore lived by, and when this man dies, if it can said about me, that will be enough...
For me and for us all.