March 2017 archive

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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Fugitive of the Plains (1943)

Fugitive of the Plains (1943) Billy and Fuzzy find out crimes are being committed in Billy’s name in nearby Red Rock County. They ride to the County in the hopes of clearing his name. Billy then discovers a gang headed by pretty Kate Shelly. The gang knows who he is and let him join but …

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ROY ROGERS’ ORIENTAL EYES

When Dad (Roy Rogers) started starring in movies, the studio tried several things to get him to open his eyes wider. You can see in the above photo (just received from my friend, Larry Zwisohn) why the studios thought they needed to do that. Flash cameras just didn’t have a fast enough shutter speed to …

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MACKINTOSH & TJ

I sure hope that you are some of the few people who saw what I think was one of Dad’s very best films! It wasn’t out at the movie theaters very long (just a few weeks) as there was a law suit filed. Not about the film itself but between the producers! Dad, of course, …

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DAD AND TRIGGER LEAVE PRINTS IN CEMENT

In this above photo, Dad (Roy Rogers) and Trigger (his palomino) get their footprints in cement in the courtyard of Graumann’s Chinese Theater. If you have been following my posts, you know that Little Trigger was the horse that made personal appearances (parades, stage shows, etc.) and Trigger (the Old Man or the Old Horse) …

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Branded a Coward (1935)

Branded a Coward (1935) Johnny Hume’s family is murdered by an outlaw gang as he watches in terror from a bidding place. Years pass and Johnny grows up and has to deal with the terror and fear of that day long ago. Now he is thrown head-on into gun trouble with outlaws and has to …

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The Gambling Terror (1937)

The Gambling Terror from 1937 Western movies full length complete films to watch online free. A protection racket is operating in town. Jeff Hayes is a gambler who travels with his equipment and sets up in towns for a little while. When he is pressured to pay the protection ring money he decides not to …

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Westerns like American Empire

Westerns like “American Empire” were presented as a window on our American Frontier in history; a glimpse of what the original pioneers endured while building the Nation “Out West”. In the days when personality Actors ruled, they were very successful entertainment for the whole family. By the term, “personality Actors”, like Richard Dix, the public …

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LITTLE TRIGGER DOES TRICKS

Here are some photos that I was unable to include in my latest book, “Cowboy Princess Rides Again.”  They are photos from an old movie magazine and the quality just isn’t good enough from them to be reproduced in print today. But, I am happy to include them here. The first photo is of Little …

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Battle of Greed (1936)

Battle of Greed from 1936 Silver is found in Virginia City so John Storm leads wagons from Indiana to the west. All goes pretty well until claim jumpers try to steal their claims. John Storm proves the Judge is crooked! Then he gets the Governor to appoint a new Judge. But the trouble and greed …

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REPLY TO CHERL ABOUT TRIGGERS

I just got the nicest email from Cher, one of you subscribers. She was talking about her love of Trigger and how she was able to tell the Triggers apart. Above are pictures of the 3 Triggers. Cher asked me what I know about Little Trigger. Well, it’s not much! As I say in my …

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