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CowboyPal Saturday Matinee
Double Feature for May 3, 2008
"Down Dakota Way", Roy Rogers and his nemises Roy Barcroft are featured in this yarn. Roy Barcroft is rancher Mc Kenzie he is informed by veterinarian that some of his cattle have contracted hoof-in-mouth disease and that his herd has to be destroyed. HcKenzue hires local nerdowell to stop vet from issuing order to destroy herd. Roy saves the day. Dale Evans is school teacher. Pat Brady and Riders of the Purple Sage.
In "Under California Stars", plot is to kidnap Roy's horse Trigger. You guessed it, Roy saves the day.
Roy Rogers in
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Double Feature for May 10, 2008
Johnny "Mack" Brown in
"Boot Hill Brigade" and "Crooked Trail"

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Tim Holt Collection Vol1, 1950
CowboyPal Saturday Matinee Double Feature for May 24, 2008
DVD 1
Riders of the Range (1950) .... Kansas Jones
Dynamite Pass (1950) .... Ross Taylor
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Storm Over Wyoming (1950) .... Dave Saunders
Rider from Tucson (1950) .... Dave Saunders
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Border Treasure (1950) .... Ed Porter
Rio Grande Patrol (1950) .... Kansas
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The Complete Rocky Lane Collection Vol 1, 1950
CowboyPal Saturday Matinee Double Feature for May 31, 2008
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Gunmen of Abilene (1950) as Rocky Lane
Code of the Silver Sage (1950) as Lieutenant Rocky Lane
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Salt Lake Raiders (1950) as Marshal Rocky Lane
Covered Wagon Raid (1950) as Rocky Lane
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CowboyPal Trivia for May 9, 2008
From: CowboyPal
Name the movie in which Al St.John first acquired the nickname "Fuzzy" which lasted throughout the rest of his career?
CowboyPal Trivia for May 8, 2008
From: CowboyPal
Name the mystery movie from this hold-up scene, the men behind these masks are famous western stars?

Answer to CowboyPal Trivia for May 8, 2008
From: CowboyPal
This was a toughie, the two masked hombres are Dick Foran and Dan Duryea, the movie "Al Jennings of Oklahoma"

CowboyPal Trivia for May 7, 2008
From: CowboyPal
One of my favorite character actors appeared in number of Republic westerns. He was almost always cast as one of the following;
A medicine show owner, an auctioneer, flim-flam (con-man) and barker. He had an unusual dialect and delivery. Name him and name a movie in which he appeared?
See correct answers below

Re: CowboyPal Trivia for May 7, 2008
From: RPITT
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 11:39 AM
My guess would be Earle Hodgins (1893 - 1964). Les Adams has him appearing in 200+ sound films, most of them westerns.
Ross
Re: CowboyPal Trivia for May 7, 2008
From: Mel Ugel
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 11:40 AM
Earle Hodgins (10-6-1893 - 4-14-1964)

Re: CowboyPal Trivia for May 7, 2008
From: William Weathersby
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 3:59 PM
That would be the great Earle Hodgins who was extremely funny in Paradise Canyon with John Wayne and he also had a great cameo in Bells Of Rosarita and countless others...He was perfectly cast as the Sheriff in Sunset Carson's Arizona Firebrand who tried to convince Frog that he was duty-bound to be hung.
Re: CowboyPal Trivia for May 7, 2008
From: Ralph Unroe
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 10:15 PM
Was this Earl Hodgkins? Just saw him in "Old Los Angeles" today.
R Unroe
Re: CowboyPal Trivia for May 7, 2008
From: Garth Perry
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 10:34 PM
That would be Earle Hodgins, 10/6/1893 - 4/14/1964. One of his many movies is "Oh! Susannah", 1938, starring Gene Autry.?

Dixie Cups
From: Bobby Copeland
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 10:35 AM
Remember the Dixie cup ice cream lids?

http://www.go-star.com/antiquing/dixiecup.htm

CowboyPal Trivia for May 6, 2008
From: CowboyPal
This leading lady made the most frequent appearances in Gene Autry's Republic pictures. Name her? How many appearances?
Answer to CowboyPal Trivia for May 6, 2008
June Storey, leading lady in ten of Autry features for Republic Pictures.

Re: CowboyPal Trivia for May 6, 2008
From: Juan Rivera
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 7:02 AM
The leading lady is Gail Davis.She appeared in (20) Gene Autry's movies and in (30) TV episodes of Autry, also she was Annie Oakley for TV show. Her producer was Gene Autry who created the series for her.
Re: CowboyPal Trivia for May 6, 2008
From: William Nelson
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 7:01 AM
Mary Lee Wooters
1924-1996
Nine movies with Gene.
Re: CowboyPal Trivia for May 6, 2008
From: Mel Ugel
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 8:55 AM
June Storey appeared in ten westerns with Gene Autry and five other films before her contract with Republic was terminated.
Re: CowboyPal Trivia for May 6, 2008
From: RPITT
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 10:33 AM
I would guess Canadian born June Storey (1918 - 1991) as she starred in 10 of Gene's movies.
Ross
Roy Rogers with Little Trigger on YouTube
From: Bobby Copeland
Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 2:48 PM
See Little Trigger dance - Although advertised as Trigger, IT IS NOT TRIGGER.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1pVSFzJGSk&feature=related
Harry Carey Jr. Website
From: Bobby Copeland
Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 2:46 PM
Re Harry Carey, Jr.: If you have not seen this, you will like it.
www.soledadprod.com
Bobby

CowboyPal Trivia for May 2, 2008
From: Joe Konnyu
This leading lady with an AKA name co-starred with most of B-western stars of her era. Among her co-stars were George Montgomery, Monte Hale, Russell Hayden and Tim Holt. Name her?
Answer to CowboyPal Trivia for May 2, 2008
Lynne Roberts aka Mary Hart
Re: CowboyPal Trivia for May 2, 2008
From: Juan Rivera
Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 6:42 AM
Joe, hers name is Lynne Roberts, also work with Lee Powell and Cesar Romero.
Re: CowboyPal Trivia for May 2, 2008
From: Mel Ugel
Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 11:42 AM
Julie Adams was born Betty Adams in Iowa in October 1926. After spending her formative years in Arkansas, she moved to California and worked as a secretary while taking acting lessons and trying to break into films. Her hard work paid off when she was given her first part, a small role in Paramount's Red Hot and Blue (1949), which she followed up with a series of seven quickie westerns produced by Lippert and starring James Ellison and Russell Hayden. By 1951, Adams had landed a contract with Universal; whereas she had used her real name in her previous films, Universal changed her name to Julia Adams. Later in the 1950s, her billing changed again, to Julie Adams. Universal wasted little time in motivating its publicity department to build up the beautiful actress.
Re: CowboyPal Trivia for May 2, 2008
From: RPITT
Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 1:47 PM
I will make a guess, Nan Leslie.
Ross
Re: CowboyPal Trivia for May 2, 2008
From: William Weathersby
Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 2:16 PM
I believe that would be the lovely Lynne Roberts/Mary Hart.. nice question:

CowboyPal Trivia for May 1, 2008
From: Mel Ugel
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 5:53 PM
Best known as a cowboy sidekick, he was the son of traveling performers, and first set foot on-stage at the age of four. From the moment he was featured in a road-show production of Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch, he was hooked on showbiz for life. Name this sidekick?
Answer to CowboyPal Trivia for May 1, 2008
From: Mel Ugel
Pat Brady
Re: CowboyPal Trivia for May 1, 2008
From: G S THOMPSON
Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 8:33 AM
The sidekick has to be Robert O'Brady, more commonly known as Pat Brady, Ole Roy's sidekick.
CowboyPal Trivia for April 30, 2008
From: Mel Ugel
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 5:01 PM
After serving in the U.S. Cavalry, he joined the Miller Brothers 101 Ranch Wild West Show as a trick rider, and later performed with the Ringling Bros. circus. Entering films as a stunt double, he was promoted to his own starring series at Fox Studios two years after entering films.
Answer to CowboyPal Trivia for April 30, 2008
From: Mel Ugel
Buck Jones
Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 30, 2008
From: William Nelson
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 9:56 AM
Would that be Tom Mix.
Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 30, 2008
From: Gerald Walton
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 10:19 AM
Tom Mix
Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 30, 2008
From: RPITT
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 11:20 AM
I believe this would be Tim McCoy.
Ross
CowboyPal Trivia for April 29, 2008
From: CowboyPal
Name three western stars that once were rodeo champs?
See answers below, Nobody mentioned Rex Allen, Rod Cameron

Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 29, 2008
From: William Nelson
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 9:56 AM
Would that be Tom Mix, Ben Johnson and Jack Hoxie
also Slim Pickens and Yakima Canutt
Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 29, 2008
From: RPITT
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 10:21 AM
Western actors who were rodeo champs, to name a few, were, Tom Mix, Hoot Gibson, Ken Maynard, Ben Johnson, and Yakima Cannutt.
Ross
Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 29, 2008
From: Mel Ugel
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 4:22 PM
Tom Mix
Ken Maynard
Hoot Gibson
Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 29, 2008
From: CowboyPal
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 10:18 PM
Ben Johnson, Yakima Canutt, and Tom Mix
Jason Corbett
CowboyPal Trivia for April 28, 2008
From: CowboyPal
Roy Rogers had four doubles for the orginal Trigger and Trigger Jr. Name them?
Answer to CowboyPal Trivia for April 28, 2008
From: CowboyPal
From Leo Pando's book "An Illustrated History of Trigger"
Rare shot of Trigger with Roy Rogers and Dale Evans and Trigger with his doubles

Trigger (The real Trigger second horse from left) The doubles from (L-R) Monarch, Trigger, California, Pal and Little Trigger.
Encore Westerns Channel
From: Richard Bozeman
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 1:55 PM
First of all I enjoy your CowboyPal website; just recently discovered it. I have written to Encore Westerns about the recent lack of B-Westerns on that service. The newer stuff is just not this viewers cup of tea and the B-westerns are sorely missed. If it wasn't for The Rifleman, Big Valley, Bat Masterson and Gene Autry I'd surely drop them. They are the only source or were, for B-Westerns; hope the lack of B-westerns is a temporary thing on Encore. Hope others will contact them and complain too.
CowboyPal Contributor Passed Away
From: PAUL HOPPER
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 10:26 PM
Heard that Ed Phillips passed away yesterday. Got word from Elizabeth McDonald in Canada but she didn't have details.
Larry
Ed Phillips was an early contributor to CowboyPal web site. He was ardent collector of B-western posters and lobby pictures, and comics which he was glad to share with the rest of us CowboyPals. He also shared the Bob Nolan Tribute WAMU-FM program and allowed me to feature it on the OTR Internet Special. I certainly will miss you my friend. Have a good journey.
Joe Konnyu - CowboyPal
See Link to Ed Phillips westerns comic book page

See Link to Ed Phillips Memoial Bad Guy Page

Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 25, 2008
From: William Weathersby
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 12:51 PM
Mr. Powell was a success in 1938's first Lone Ranger serial and Repubic wanted him for a contract which Mr. Powell turned down because of the salary ($150.00 per week). Republic then cast Robert Livingston in the sequel "The Lone Ranger Rides Again" which was released in 1939.
Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 25, 2008
From: RPITT
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 1:36 PM
THE LONE RANGER was released February 12, 1938 and starred Lee Powell (1908 - 1944). He left Republic over a wage dispute. THE LONE RANGER RIDES AGAIN was released February 25, 1939 and starred Robert Livingston (1904 - 1988).
Ross
Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 25, 2008
From: Gerald Walton
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 5:51 PM
The first Lone Ranger serial was in 1938. Lee Powell or his agent made a wrong business decision they wanted more money The Lone Ranger sequel was made in 1939 with Bob Livingston.
CowboyPal Contributor Passed Away
From: PAUL HOPPER
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 10:26 PM
Heard that Ed Phillips passed away yesterday. Got word from Elizabeth McDonald in Canada but she didn't have details.
Larry
Ed Phillips was an early contributor to CowboyPal web site. He was ardent collector of B-western posters and lobby pictures, and comics which he was glad to share with the rest of us CowboyPals. He also shared the Bob Nolan Tribute WAMU-FM program and allowed me to feature it on the OTR Internet Special. I certainly will miss you my friend. Have a good journey.
Joe Konnyu - CowboyPal
See Link to Ed Phillips westerns comic book page

See Link to Ed Phillips Memoial Bad Guy Page

CowboyPal Trivia for April 25, 2008
From: Mel Ugel
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 4:32 PM
Lee Powell created the role of THE LONE RANGER for Republic Studios. In what year was this serial made and what were the circumstances that caused Lee Powell to lose out on playing the sequel, a feature film, THE LONE RANGER RIDES AGAIN? What year was the sequel made?
Mel
CowboyPal Trivia for April 24, 2008
From: CowboyPal
Name what was billed as the "first all-talking serial". Name the star and the studio?
Answer to CowboyPal Trivia for April 24, 2008
From: CowboyPal
The serial was titled "The Indians Are Coming" (1930) starring Tim McCoy made by Universal.

Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 24, 2008
From: Juan Rivera
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 6:44 AM
The movie serial was "The Phantom of the West" with Tom Tyler for Mascot in 1930.
Juan Rivera
Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 24, 2008
From: William Nelson
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 8:34 AM
Universal Studio in 1930, with Tim McCoy, Titled "The Indians Are Coming"
William Nelson
Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 24, 2008
From: Mel Ugel
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 3:49 PM
Tim McCoy was called to Hollywood to make the first all talking serial, "The Indians Are Coming", for Carl Laemmle at Universal Studios. The film premiered at the Roxy Theater in New York City. The plot was based on William F. Cody’s book, "The Great West That Was," with Tim McCoy playing Jack Manning. McCoy’s leading lady was Allene Ray, who had been part of the Pathe serial team with Walter Miller. Unfortunately, the new sound recording equipment did not treat Miss Ray’s voice kindly, giving it a high squeaky effect. It was one of Miss Ray’s last films. Universal followed up with "Heroes of the Flames", a 1931 cliffhanger that did not have the same success as Indians Are Coming. Newsreel footage was used to heighten excitement, but Tim felt he was on a treadmill. Serials by now had become the last stop before oblivion for has-been actors, and he did not want to join them.
Mel Ugel
Linda Lee Wakely
From: GLBELKE
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 3:24 PM
Sorry to report Linda Lee passed away last Tuesday from injuries she received in a autombile accident. She had been in the hospital since January 26. Everyone include the Wakely family in your prayers
(Linda Lee Wakely was daughter of B-Western star Jimmy Wakely)

CowboyPal Trivia for April 23, 2008
From: CowboyPal
Reading from Leo Pando's book about "An Illustrated History of Trigger" (McFarland-2007) Roy Rogers made his first starring role "Under Western Stars" in 1938 on board with Trigger. Roy Rogers didn't own Trigger until well into his career at Republic studios.
What was the date Roy Rogers purchased Trigger and from whom?
Answer to CowboyPal Trivia for April 23, 2008
From: CowboyPal
Trigger was purchased from Hudkins Stables on September 18, 1943 for $2500.00 with $500.00 down and balance of $2000.00 paid on December 3, 1943
Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 23, 2008
From: Bobby Copeland
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 7:05 AM
THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT WHEN ROY BOUGHT TRIGGER - IT WAS 1943. I HAVE A COPY OF THE BILL OF SALES.
Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 23, 2008
From: Juan Rivera
Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 7:55 AM
Roy bought him in 1938 after Trigger debut in Adventures of Robin Hood from Glen Randall. The name Trigger is credited to Smiley Burnett.
Trigger died in 1965.
Juan Rivera
Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 23, 2008
From: Mel Ugel
Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 8:34 AM
Roy Rogers purchased Trigger from Hudkins Stables of Hollywood, California for the amount of $2,500, paying for the horse on payments, Rogers said, "just like you would a bedroom set." When writing this article we were able to find photocopies of invoices for Roy's purchase of Trigger showing the first payment of $500 made in September of 1943 and a second payment of $2,000 made in December of 1943. However, the Roy Rogers, Dale Evans autobiography "Happy Trails, Our Life Story" implies the purchase was probably made in 1938 with the payment amounts being smaller.
Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 23, 2008
From: RPITT
Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 10:55 AM
Roy bought Trigger from Hudkins Stables in 1943 for $2500.00.
Ross
Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 23, 2008
From: William Weathersby
Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 8:50 PM
I believe Mr. Rogers purchased Trigger from the Hudkins stables for $2,500 in 1943..He was so thankful that the stables let him buy Trigger on the "buy now - pay later plan" that he always used the Hudkins stables whenever he could and he used them exclusively for his tv series...
Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 23, 2008
From: Ralph Unroe
Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 10:52 PM
Roy Rogers bought Trigger for $2500.00 in 1938 from Hudskins Stables. Never looked back or figured his purchase was a mistake.
R Unroe
CowboyPal Trivia for April 22, 2008
From: Mel Ugel
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 4:36 PM
As a young man, he worked hard on the farm along side his Dad.
Watching his Dad break horses for a friend or neighbor.
Raining a Blue Ribbon Bull, riding those cutting horses, roping those calves.
Not realizing the blessing God had in store for this young buck-a-roo.
Yes, this cowboy is my Hero, and he was other peoples too.
He was the shining star, standing with the best of them.
All those handsome cowboy's, wearing their leathers, saving those damsels in distress. But this cowboy saved lives before he rode onto the silver screen, bravely pulling distressed people from a deadly sea.Serving his country, a Navy Lifeguard, like most cowboy's, getting the job done regardless of the dangers-Yes, this cowboy is my "Hero", this trail blazer.
This untamable hunter, he knew the value of using his hands, to create his own bows and arrows, always precise, not too wide not too narrow.Yes, this cowboy is MY Hero.
Name this cowboy and the name of the author who wrote the above.
Mel Ugel
Answer to CowboyPal Trivia for April 22, 2008
From: Mel Ugel
Author of above narrative was Bridget Madison, daughter of Guy Madison. Picture was taken in Arizona.

CowboyPal Trivia for April 21, 2008
From: Mel Ugel
Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2008 10:41 PM
It was music that started him in the entertainment business. He won a scholarship to Chicago's American Conservatory of Music as a violinist and singer (he played a quartet singer and violinist in 1935 in his first movie appearance, uncredited, I DREAM TOO MUCH (starring Henry Fonda).He encountered his first bad guy in Depression-era Chicago, when he and his band were playing in a nightclub. When their time was up, one of a group of men conferring said they were enjoying the group's music and asked if the band would play a little longer. The band complied and, afterward, the guy who had made the request placed a $100 bill in the pocket of each musician. He said he later learned the man's name was Al Capone.
His second movie was his first western, (1938). Next came supporting roles at RKO in a couple of George O'Brien westerns. In his Universal Studio westerns his sidekick actually got more singing time then this western star.
Name this cowboy and his sidekick?
Mel
See correct answers below

Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 21, 2008
From: Gerald Walton
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 10:16 AM
That would be Kirby [Sky King] Grant and his sidekick Fuzzy Knight
Gerald
Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 21, 2008
From: "John H"
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 10:16 AM
Violinist Turned Cowboy
That is Kirby (Sky King) Grant, and the ubiquitous Fuzzy Knight.
Grant was also Bing Crosby's brother-in-law; Knight was just Fuzzy.
Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 21, 2008
From: RPITT
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 2:04 PM
Think that would be television's SKY KING, Kirby Grant (1911 - 1985). Kirby was killed in an accident while on his way to Cape Canaveral to watch the launch of the space shuttle Challenger. His sidekick at Universal was Fuzzy Knight.
Ross
Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 21, 2008
From: William Weathersby
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 9:31 PM
the answer is Kirby Grant......

Need to identify this old time cowboy?
From: dap
Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2008 8:11 PM
Can you please tell me anything about this old cowboy can't seem to find him anywhere. Must be someone's sidekick. Any help would be great.
Thanks

Re: Need to identify this old time cowboy?
From: Jerry Baumann
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 6:55 AM
This looks like Emmett Lynn.

Re: Need to identify this old time cowboy?
From: mccbill
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 11:36 AM
The sidekick is Emmett Lynn .
Bill McCann

Re: Need to identify this old time cowboy?
From: LaddofOhio
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 7:01 PM
You will note that the above photo is signed just above the left brim of his hat:
Sincerely
Emmett
Lynn
EMMETT LYNN
Character actor
The 5-foot-7-inch actor was sometimes billed as Emmett “Pappy” Lynn. Despite his up-and-down film career, he said of working in movies: “I love it.” Before developing a character, he would sketch the character first. He excelled at playing old rubes, rustics and reprobates.
I really enjoy your Site!
Donald L. LADD
Scio, [sigh-o] Oregon

Re: Need to identify this old time cowboy?
From: reitnorf
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 8:49 PM
In the picture, you can see his identity just above his hat brim upper right corner---Emmett Lynn (1897-1958). He appeared in over 500 films.
Re: Need to identify this old time cowboy?
From: William Weathersby
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 9:36 PM
This is a very nice signed picture of Emmett Lynn who played sidekick to various b-western stars, including the Elliott, Lane and Bannon Red Ryders...My favorite performance of his was "Days Of Old Cheyenne" which starred Don "Red" Barry...He and Al Fuzzy St. John were the only two sidekicks that could make me laugh out loud..
CowboyPal Trivia for April 18, 2008
From: Mel Ugel
Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 11:44 AM
Who was the B-Western Cowboy who used an extra long saddle horn which provided a grip for all of the tricks and stunts? What was the name of his horse?
Answer to CowboyPal Trivia for April 18, 2008
From: Mel Ugel
Kermit Maynard (Ambassador/Conn, 1937). Note the extra long saddle horn which provided a grip for all of the tricks and stunts. The name of Kermit's horse was Rockey.
Mel

(See crude outline looks like a cobra, them ole time cowboys were tricky)
CowboyPal
Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 18, 2008
From: RPITT
Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 6:06 PM
I will guess Kermit Maynard (1897 - 1971) and his horse was name "Rocky"
Ross
CowboyPal Trivia for April 17, 2008
From: Mel Ugel
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 4:35 PM
Following the demise of the B-Western in the early 1950s, He toured the country as part of a musical cowboy act in rodeos and circuses. He made a few television guest appearances and taught James Dean his rope tricks during their work together on Giant (1956) He thereafter retired from films. In his later years, he wrote songs and continued making appearances at Western film fan conventions.
Mel Ugel
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Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 17, 2008
From: Gerald Walton
Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 12:37 PM
That would be MONTE HALE the last of the great b-western stars.
Gerald
Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 17, 2008
From: gerald warren
Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 2:34 PM
Nice to read little tidbits about the afterwards of our former heros. Wouldn't this be Monte Hale.
Jerry Warren
Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 17, 2008
From: Angel.Gutierrez
Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 2:48 PM
The cowboy is the last living singing cowboy, none other than Monte Hale (Born Buren Ely)
Angel M Gutierrez
Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 17, 2008
From: Shaun Hayes
Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 3:28 PM
This would be Monte Hale.
Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 17, 2008
From: William Weathersby
Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 6:35 PM
The correct answer is Monte Hale, another nice guy....does anyone out there know how Mr. Monte is doing these days??????????
Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 17, 2008
From: Ralph Unroe
Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 6:38 PM
Would this be Monte Hale?
RTU
CowboyPal Trivia for April 16, 2008
From: Mel Ugel
Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 4:38 PM
This silent film star and later B-movie cowboy and A-list character actor, was like Clint Eastwood's "Bronco Billy," a self-made Westerner. Born on January 16, 1878 in The Bronx, New York, he was the son of a prominent lawyer who was the president of a sewing machine company. He was educated at Hamilton Military Academy, but seduced by the stage, he turned down an appointment to West Point and appeared briefly as an actor in a stock company. He returned to the respectable life and enrolled in New York University to learn the law, but his studies were interrupted by a severe case of pneumonia that resulted from a boating accident in Long Island Sound when he was 21-years-old. In later years he was to become one of our most famous B-Western Stars. Name him?
Mel Ugel
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Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 16, 2008
From: William Weathersby
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 5:42 AM
This would be my favorite actor of all time, Mr. Harry Carey, Sr.

Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 16, 2008
From: Jerry Baumann
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 6:58 AM
This would be Harry Carey.
Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 16, 2008
From: William Nelson
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 7:45 AM
This sounds like Harry Carey but he went to VMI.
William Nelson

Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 16, 2008
From: G S THOMPSON
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 12:58 PM
I believe today's answer is Harry Carey, Sr.
Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 16, 2008
From: Angel.Gutierrez
Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 8:28 AM
The cowboy star is HARRY CAREY
Angel M Gutierrez

CowboyPal Trivia for April 15, 2008
From: Mel Ugel
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 3:25 PM
Name two members of the Sons of the Pioneers who served in WWII and the names of the two who filled in for them while they were away.
Mel Ugel
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Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 15, 2008
From: G S THOMPSON
Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 8:58 AM
Lloyd Perryman and Pat Brady were in the service and replaced by Ken Carson and Shug Fisher.
The U.S. cowboys in chief - Los Angeles Times
From: Larry Welch
Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2008 7:28 PM
The U.S. cowboys in chief - Los Angeles Times
http://www.latimes.com/theguide/art/la-ca-cowboys13apr13,1,1845484.story
CowboyPal Trivia for April 14, 2008
From: Mel Ugel
Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2008 6:20 PM
Tom Mix died southeast of Phoenix in 1940 in an automobile accident driving a convertible. Tom was warned by a flagman about roadwork in progress, but he chose to ignore his warning. Name the color and model automobile Tom Mix was driving. Name the city in Arizona where the accident occured. What was the roadwork that was in progress that Tom ignored and where did his automobile plunge that caused his instant demise and was later named in Tom Mix's honor?
CowboyPal Trivia for April 14, 2008
From: William Nelson
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 12:28 PM
Color was Yellow
Model was 1937 Cord 812 Phaeton
City was Florence, Az
The roadwork was bridge wash out from flash floods. His car in a gully on Arizone state road 79. A metal suitcase hit him in the back of his head.
William Nelson

CowboyPal Trivia for April 14, 2008
From: G S THOMPSON
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 3:22 PM
Tom Mix was driving a green Cord roadster near Florence, AZ. He was warned of a detour for a bridge being repaired. His car went into the dry wash, partially up the opposite side and turned over on him. I do remember being shocked to read of his death in the Sunday paper the following day.
CowboyPal Trivia for April 11, 2008
From: Mel Ugel
Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 1:36 PM
Good ole Gabby Hayes also played on the wrong side of the law in John Wayne's THE STAR PACKER (Lone Star/Monogram, 1934), Hayes did it again in Wayne's RANDY RIDES ALONE (Lone Star/Monogram, 1934). - - - - What TWO names did Gabby have in The Star Packer and what TWO names did he have in Randy Rides Alone?
Mel Ugel
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Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 11, 2008
From: Angel.Gutierrez
Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 7:41 AM
Hayes played Marvin Black / Matt the Mute in RANDY RIDES ALONE and Matt Matlock / The Shadow in THE STAR PACKER
Angel M Gutierrez
Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 11, 2008
From: Gerald Walton
Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 10:57 AM
Star Packer-Matt Matlock the Shadow
Randy Rides Alone=Marvin Black the Mute
Gerald
Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 11, 2008
From: William Weathersby
Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 3:37 PM
I missed the one big-time about the boat racing..maybe I'll have better luck with this one......In The Star Packer, ole Gabby played (Uncle) Matt Matlock and the Shadow and in Randy Rides Alone, he played Matt the Mute (insensitive name, isn't it) and Marvin Black.
CowboyPal Trivia for April 10, 2008
From: Mel Ugel
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 8:47 PM
Subject: Trivia question for April 2008
What Western Cowboy star was a champion powerboat racer who won several events racing his boat in the Pacific Ocean along the California coast. In 1956, he sped to a winning finish in his speedboat, after a punishing 120-mile race over a rough sea. Name the Cowboy Star and the name of his boat.
Mel Ugel
Answer to CowboyPal Trivia for April 10, 2008
From: Mel Ugel
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 8:47 PM
Answer: Roy Rogers King of the Cowboys, was a champion powerboat racer and the name of his boat was "Miss Yellowjacket."
Mell
Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 10, 2008
From: RPITT
Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 2:40 PM
That would be none other than "King of the Cowboys", Roy Rogers and his boat was named "Miss Yellowjacket".
Ross
Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 10, 2008
From: William Weathersby
Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 5:03 PM
The boat was named "White Cloud"...the owner/racer was Dave "Tex" O'Brien...
CowboyPal Trivia for April 9, 2008
From: CowboyPal
This western heroine had a good run with some of Republic studio cowboy stars, Rex Allen, Rocky Lane and Roy Rogers. Name her?
Answer to CowboyPal Trivia for April 9, 2008
From: CowboyPal
Penny Edwards was Roy Rogers leading lady "In Old Amarillo",
"Heart of the Rockies", "Spoilers of the Plains", "Trail of Robin Hood"
"North of the Great Divide", and "Sunset in the West".
. Penny was also in one Rex Allen movie "Utah WagonTrail" and one Rocky Lane movie "Captive of Billy the Kid"
Honorable mention
Gail Davis - mostly Gene Autry, one Roy Rogers movie "The Far Frontier", two Rocky Lane movies "Death Valley Gunfighter" and "Frontier Investigator" (NO Rex Allen movie.)

Mary Ellen Kay - mostly Rex Allen, three Rocky Lane movies "Desert of Lost Men", "Fort Dodge Stampede" and "Wells Fargo Gunmaster"
(NO Roy Rogers movie.)

Peggy Stewart mostly all other Republic cowboy stars, she did movies with Gene Autry. Don Red Barry ( she married him), Bill Elliott, Monte Hale, Sunset Carson but NO Roy Rogers, (Technically no Rocky Lane) she did a number movies with Allan Lane as Allan Lane or Red Ryder.

Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 9, 2008
From: Mel Ugel
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 9:04 AM
Peggy Stewart, who appeared in more than 35 films (serials and features) for Republic Studios.
Mel
Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 9, 2008
From: Angel.Gutierrez
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 10:25 AM
The western heroine has to be Penny Edwards, she appeared in ONE Rex Allen film and ONE Rocky Lane film,
but made numerous appearances with Roy Rogers
Angel M Gutierrez
Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 9, 2008
From: RPITT
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 12:09 PM
Although she made several movies with other western stars, mainly Gene Autry, I will guess Gail Davis.
Ross
Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 9, 2008
From: Jerry Baumann
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 12:51 PM
THIS SOUNDS LIKE MARY ELLEN KAY.
Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 9, 2008
From: William Weathersby
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 4:22 PM
That would be the lovely and gracious Mary Ellen Kay....Several years ago, I was waging a battle with cancer and a mutual friend told Ms. Kay about it and she sent me a wonderful signed picture.........classy lady..
Bob Nolan Anniversary Special
From: PAUL HOPPER
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 5:04 AM
April 13, 2008 marks the 100th birthday of Bob Nolan, songwriter, singer, actor and founding member of the Sons of the Pioneers. To mark the occasion I have been invited to take part in an interview and special music presentation on KMSU - Mankato MN on Monday night April 14th between 7 & 9 pm CST. This is normally a jazz program entitled Miss Lona Tonight but they have infrequent special programs for notable events. The host will be Ron Affolter.

http://www.mnsu.edu/kmsufm/listenlive.html

Larry Hopper

Johnny Mack Brown into Cowboy Hall of Fame
From: Gerald Walton
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 11:17 AM
Thanks Joe, for the note from Bobby. By the way you might pass along to your CowboyPal fans that Johnny Mack Brown is being inducted to the Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City this Saturday night. Keep up the good work on the best website on westerns on the www.
Gerald
From: CowboyPal
I know that Bobbhy Copeland did a lot of lobbying to get Johnny Mack Brown into the Hall.

CowboyPal Trivia for April 8, 2008
From: Mel Ugel
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 1:05 PM
He found his niche playing cowboy heroes at Republic (primarily) and PRC (a few). He also had the distinction of starring in Republic's first color film, Name this Western Star, the name of Republic's first color film he starred in and the year.
Mel Ugel
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Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 8, 2008
From: William Weathersby
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 5:35 AM
Robert Livingston starred in The Bold Caballero in 1936.

Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 8, 2008
From: PAUL HOPPER
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 6:27 AM
That would be Robert Livingston, the film was "The Bold Caballero" (1936).
A note on the color: Though Republic called it Magnacolor when its "audition" was successful, and later when improved, Trucolor it started out as Hirlicolor named for producer George Hirliman who used the process for pictures he produced for South American markets. The ease and low cost of processing and not requiring large amounts of light, like Technicolor, made it just thing for Herbert Yates. Hirliman, by the way, also produced some of the Hopalong Cassidy films.
Larry Hopper
Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 8, 2008
From: Juan Rivera
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 8:10 AM
Is Robert Livington in the 1936 Zorro movie The Bold Caballero.
Juan Rivera
Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 8, 2008
From: mccbill
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 9:50 AM
Answer to Apr 8 trivia- Robert Livingston -The color film was THE BOLD CABELLERO .
Bill McCann
Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 8, 2008
From: RPITT
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 10:26 AM
Think that would be THE BOLD CABALLERO (1936) starring Robert Livingston and was made in Magnacolor.
Ross
Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 8, 2008
From: Angel.Gutierrez
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 1:11 PM
The cowboy hero was Robert Livingston the year 1936, and the first color film was "THE BOLD CABALLERO"
Angel M Gutierrez
Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 8, 2008
From: alan.williams
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 5:35 PM
Another great question Mel. That would be old Stoney/John Paul Revere Bob Livingston himself. The movie was The Bold Caballero, released in 1936 and shot in MAGNACOLOR!!
"I theen we better les' went"!!
Alan Williams
Charlotte, NC
CowboyPal Trivia for April 7, 2008
From: CowboyPal
In a short lived movie series his character name was John Paul Revere. Name this western actor.. Name his sidekick
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Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 7, 2008
From: William Weathersby
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 7:39 AM
Robert Livingston and Smiley Burnette played John Paul Revere and Frog Millhouse
Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 7, 2008
From: Mel Ugel
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 8:28 AM
Eddie Dew
Mel
Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 7, 2008
From: William Nelson
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 8:30 AM
There were two first was Eddie Dew with Smiley Burnette
two series were did by Robert Livington with Smiley Burnette
William Nelson
Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 7, 2008
From: Gerald Walton
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 8:54 AM
It was Eddie Dew and his sidekick was Smiley Burnette
Gerald Walton
Mystery Badman
From: COULOMBE
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 2:41 PM
I have an autographed photo of an unidentified bad guy supporting actor in Westerns. I've seen him in westerns, but do not know his name. The autograph looks like Tory or Troy Wyman. I believe he acted in b-westerns in the 70s or 80s. This is the photo.

Tony Young appeared in
"Gunslinger" (1961) TV Series Directed by
Andrew V. McLaglen (5 episodes, 1961)
Series Cast
Ron Hagerthy ... Phil Nevis / ... (2 episodes, 1961)
Tony Young ... Cord (unknown episodes)
Re: Mystery Badman
From: Bobby Copeland
Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2008 8:21 AM
It is Tony Young (a good guy) : He starred as "Cord" in the TV series "Gunslinger."
Bobby
Re: Mystery Badman
From: William Weathersby
Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2008 1:22 PM
I believe that gentleman in question is Tony Young..

Re: Mystery Badman
From: Gerald Walton
Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 11:45 AM
The mystery photo of a guy i dont know but there was no b-western in the 70s and 80s the last one was 1954.
Gerald Walton
Re: Mystery Badman
From: "William Sasser"
Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 4:32 PM
Tony Young
CowboyPal Trivia for April 4, 2008
From: CowboyPal
Name three football stars that went unto star in Westerns?
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Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 4, 2008
From: Jerry Baumann
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 7:01 AM
THIS WOULD BE JOHNNY MACK BROWN, JOHN WAYNE, CHARLES STARRETT
Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 4, 2008
From: Mel Ugel
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 9:11 AM
John Wayne
Charles Starrett
Johnny Mack Brown
Burt Reynolds
Mel
Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 4, 2008
From: RPITT
Some of the western actors who played football were, Johnny Mack Brown, Alabama; "Slingin'" Sammy Baugh, TCU; "Jarrin" Jim Kimbrough, Texas A&M; Reb Russell, University of Nebraska; and John Wayne, USC.
Ross
Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 4, 2008
From: mccbill
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 5:59 PM
Hi Joe- The three that come to mind are Reb Russell- Sammy Baugh (still with us at 94 ) and of course Johnny "Mack" Brown .
Bill McCann
Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 4, 2008
From: William Weathersby
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 7:58 PM
First one that comes to mind is Johnny Mack Brown...then there was Charles Starrett, Reb Russel and Allan Lane among others.
Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 4, 2008
From: Ralph Unroe
To: Joe Konnyu
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 10:50 PM
John Wayne, Johnny Mack Brown, Lou Gehrig, Ward Bond and I think some silent stars such as Reb Russell and Fred Thompson
R Unroe
CowboyPal Trivia for April 3, 2008
From: Mel Ugel
Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 9:32 AM
Western comic books came into their own in 1948 and soon publishers were scrambling for material. Movie matinee Western stars were an obvious choice for four color heroes. Name four Western Comic Books; and also name the last of the Western Comic Books.
Mel Ugel
Answer to CowboyPal Trivia for April 3, 2008
From: Mel Ugel
Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 9:32 AM
Answer: Dell Comics, Fawcett Publications, Atlas (Marvel) DC Comics
Charlton Comics the last publisher of Westerns holding on 'till the mid '80s.
Mel
Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 3, 2008
From: "John H"
Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 10:23 AM
Among others, Tom Mix, Tim Holt, Wild Bill Elliot, Red Ryder, Bill Boyd (and separately Hopalong Cassidy) Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, Lash Larue, Monte Hale, Buck Jones, Bob Steele, Hoot Gibson, Rex Allen, Durango Kid, Cisco Kid, and Rocky Lane. I'm not sure which is the last, but Gene's book went
at least into 1959, so I guess that's my guess. BTW, many of these books or stories have been reprinted (mostly in B/W) by at least one publisher,
AC Comics.
CowboyPal Trivia for April 2, 2008
From: Mel Ugel
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 7:02 PM
He worked as both a railroad and a civil engineer, delivered mail, rode herd on cattle, and played parts in traveling stage productions. While looking for work as a surveyor in San Francisco in 1914, he volunteered to ride a horse over a cliff in a stunt for a film crew shooting in San Rafael. In gratitude, the director gave him a part in the film. He followed the movie people to Hollywood and began getting bits and stunt jobs in the many Westerns and serials being made there. He impressed a number of co-workers at Universal Pictures, He soon became a frequent supporting player in their films, and then a star in serials. A move to Paramount studios in 1917 cemented his leading man status, and he became one of the studio's great stars, particularly in a very successful series of Westerns based on the novels of Zane Grey. Talkies proved no problem for him and his career thrived, although mostly in run-of-the-mill adventure films. At the outbreak of the Second World War he entered the U.S. Army at the age of 54. Upon his return to pictures following the war, he alternated between character roles in major films and some westerns.
Mel Ugel
Answers to CowboyPal Trivia for April 2, 2008
From: Mel Ugel
Answer: Jack Holt, Tim's father.
Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 2, 2008
From: G S THOMPSON
Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 2:29 PM
I would hazard a guess it might be George O'Brien.
Re: CowboyPal Trivia for April 2, 2008
From: William Weathersby
Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 5:54 PM
This actor had a great career....today, he is often mentioned as the father of Tim and Jennifer...His name? Mr. Jack Holt
CowboyPal Trivia for April 1, 2008
From: CowboyPal
His birth name was Floyd Taliaferro Anderson he became a popular baddie western star, name three screen names he used throughout his screen career.
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Re:CowboyPal Trivia for April 1, 2008
From: Mel Ugel
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 2:21 PM
Wally Wales
Walt Williams
Hal Taliaferro
Re:CowboyPal Trivia for April 1, 2008
From: RPITT
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 2:33 PM
Floyd Taliaferro Anderson (1895 - 1980) used the screen names Wally Wales, Hal Taliaferro, and Walt Williams.
Ross
Re:CowboyPal Trivia for April 1, 2008
From: William Weathersby
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 6:25 PM
This talented man used the names Walt Williams, Wally Wales and Hal Talliaferro during his career. I remember reading somewhere that Howard Hawks used him in Red River and thought he had discovered a new character actor but got very angry when he learned Mr. Talliaferro was an established western star...
Re:CowboyPal Trivia for April 1, 2008
From: Ralph Unroe
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 8:36 PM
Also known as Hal Taliaferro; Wally Wales; Walt Williams. Cowboy, Actor & Painter
Re:CowboyPal Trivia for April 1, 2008
From: jcorbett
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 9:25 PM
Hal Taliaferro, Wally Wales and Walt Williams.
Jason Corbett
CowboyPal Trivia for March 31, 2008
From: Mel Ugel
Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 3:28 PM
Dimpled, and vivacious, she became the perfect leading lady for the B Westerns where she starred in no less than ten Westerns. In the U.S. since the age of five, this starlet was awarded a screen test with Fox (soon to become 20th Century Fox) in 1934, courtesy of an uncle's friendship with the production head. Despite a highly inadequate performance, she was awarded a player's contract. She didn't do much actual screen work, however, but spent most of her time at Fox studying acting and taking dancing lessons from Rita Hayworth's father, Eduardo Cansino. A small role in 1938 "In Old Chicago" got the attention of a low-budget studio and she was signed to a contract. Under a term contract she managed to squeeze in ten Westerns and five additional films before the contract was terminated by mutual agreement. In many ways she was the perfect leading lady, agreeable to look upon, competent as a performer by then, and willing to work long, hard hours on location. "Often there was not even a dressing room available for the heroine; she later stated, "...and I'd have to find a secluded canyon to change into my cowgirl clothes. She eventually found B-Westerns too limiting and never did another. Returning to Fox in the late '40s, she appeared in non-Western programmers and retired to marry an Oregon rancher. Divorced and the survivor of a near-fatal car accident, she later re-married, and became active in charity work. In her final years, much heavier but still sparkling she became a treasured guest speaker at various nostalgia and B-Western fairs. Name her.
Mel Ugel
Answer to CowboyPal Trivia for March 31, 2008
From: Mel Ugel
Answer: June Storey, Gene Autry's favorite reindeer.
Mel
Re: CowboyPal Trivia for March 31, 2008
From: Bobby Copeland
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 8:29 PM
Answer to March 31 Trivia: June Storey. I met this wonderful lady and did an interview with her. I think she was one of the finest actresses in B-westerns (with Autry). Bobby
Re: CowboyPal Trivia for March 31, 2008
From: William Nelson
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 10:25 PM
Mary June Storey
Born 4/20/1918
Died 12/18/1991
William Nelson
Re: CowboyPal Trivia for March 31, 2008
From: William Weathersby
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 12:42 AM
June Storey is the nice lady in question.
CowboyPal Trivia for March 28, 2008
From: Mel Ugel
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 1:42 PM
Gene Autry knew talent when he heard her sing with the Ted Weems Orchestra. Gene had met her a few years earlier when her father brought her backstage after one of his shows. She appeared in many of Gene's films. What was her real, and movie name,