March 12, 2017 archive

Dad – Richard Dix

Dad Dix is remembered primarily as a Western Movie Star although out of the 100 plus movies, both Silent and Sound, seventeen were Westerns.  “American Empire”  brought Dad and Preston Foster together in an adventure in Texas, building a cattle empire. The two men were long time friends from their earlier days as Actors doing …

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ROY ROGERS COMIC BOOKS

Roy Rogers Comic Books were printed in more than one language. The one on the left is in Spanish and the one on the right is in English. The largest foreign fan club was in London (70,000 plus members) and the second largest was in Brazil. This Spanish language comic has an ad on the …

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Arizona Round-Up (1942)

Arizona Round-Up (1942) A rancher who provides horses to the government remount station is being froze out of business by other land owners charging exorbitant prices to the ranchers to get their horses or cattle shipped through the right-of-way which provides the only other route to the station. Directed by Robert Emmett Tansey (as Robert …

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