Cowboy stars of the fourties and fifties. Your old if you know these?

Hopalong Cassidy was one of my favorite cowboy shows until one day he got the xxxx beat out of him :mad:, never watched that show again.:eek:
 
cowart said:
You've go it backwards. Roy Rogers' success started in the early 1930s, as a member of the nationally known singing group "The Sons Of The Pioneers". The first Howdy Doody show was not broadcast until December 27, 1947.

From 1942:
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I also notice that all the other Sons Of The Pioneers have their trousers OVER their boots while Roy usually always wore his trousers INSIDE his boots. Much like Cavalry officers would do. As a child, I used to emulate Roy doing that and always wore my jeans inside my boots. When your boots have such nice designs in them like Roy's did and mine did as a child, you don't want to hide them by putting your trousers over them. It defeats the whole purpose of the boots having nice designs on them.
 
I always thought those pre-TV days Saturday morning cartoon-serial-horse opera festivals were mainly for the purpose of getting the kids out of the house for awhile so mom and dad could have a little togetherness time. Unless the weather was really bad, this was always my routine - my brother and I , usually with a few friends, would take the bus downtown to the Lyric theater. I think the tickets back then were 15 cents. The Lyric had a balcony, and that was where the prime seating was, so the kids could throw popcorn over the edge. It was packed every Saturday morning, and you could barely hear the soundtrack.
 
Bill_in_fl said:
Ringo were you successful in finding a copy of the movie serial book "To be Continued...."?

One reason people haven't heard of actor Herman Brix is because he later changed his name to Bruce Bennett because he felt like he was typecast due to his Tarzan movie role as Herman Brix. He was an Olympic shotput silver medalist in 1928 and became a friend of Douglas Fairbanks senior who encouraged him to become an actor. He lived to be 101 years old being born in 1906 and passing away in 2007.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Bennett

In looking at his picture on the far right of all five Lone Rangers from that 1938 serial, maybe it's just me, but he looks to me a lot like a young James Arness (Matt Dillon from "Gunsmoke"). What do you think?

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Thuthfully, I'd forgot to look because my then new girlfriend, came out with news of having brain cancer, and I've put most of my resources into helping her and I just plain forgot. I've got the title written down and Will try a few books sources I have--unless you know where a copy is?
 
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walkinghorse said:
Thanks for the picture!! Cuffs on jeans, I had forgot about them while growing up!
I hated cuffs, and remember the jeans were so stiff, my mother washed them a bunch of times before I wore them. She washed them until the water wasn't turned blue anymore.
Jeans lasted a long time back then, and was almost like a suit of armor!
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A lot of early John Wayne westerns had him in them wearing cuffed jeans. I never cared for that look myself even if practicable, just didn't care for the look. There are some with Wild Bill Elliott and a few others with the same look. Had I been them? I'd just have tucked them into my boots to avoid any possible embarrassment.
 
Bill_in_fl said:
That's not the same Roy Rogers "King Of The Cowboys" we are talking about. Nice guitar playing though.


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Beat me to it. Maybe he's named so as a ''tribute'' to the silver screens good guys?

Growing up here, I've run into several people named after Westerns actors. One was an real estate investor/businessman who was named: Hoot Gibson. Another was a news weatherman on channel 3 many years ago whose name was Tom Mix, and the more recent channel six weatherman: Matt 'Max' Terhune. This guy recently retired due to bad neurological problems.

Sucks when your not born with a last name that could give you such recognition.
 
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I had forgot that Pat Brady was the bass player for the Sons of the Pioneers.
And I have a B Western name.
Not sure if I recommend it!
The Sidekick with a Sidekick- these guys were close!
Usually shot together in the same frame.
 
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Richard Boone, PaLADIN 1956/1957 I believe was the first run?

Happy Trails to you till we meet again. Roy Rogers, trigger and Nellie bell

Oh Poncho, oh chico

Zorro

The Lone Ranger

Yup had twin six guns, cap guns, cowboy boots in the 50's chrome six guns.
 
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the ringo kid said:
Thuthfully, I'd forgot to look because my then new girlfriend, came out with news of having brain cancer, and I've put most of my resources into helping her and I just plain forgot. I've got the title written down and Will try a few books sources I have--unless you know where a copy is?
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I'm very sorry to hear that Ringo. Hope she's going to be okay.
Here's a link to where copies of the book are available.
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Checked the prices and for a vintage book, they don't seem to be out of line. I'll have to see about getting an Amazon account so I can order a copy.
 
BigBill said:
Richard Boone, PaLADIN 1956/1957 I believe was the first run?
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The first episode broadcast was "Three Bells to Perdido" on 14 September 1957

The series' much earlier pilot was eventually aired as an episode in 1962, with William Conrad and James Mitchum
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