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  | "They Went Thataway: From Tom Mix To Tonto - The Cowboy Movies & The Men Who Made Them - Where Are They Now?" [1976] by James Horwitz A fan from 'the front row' tracked down then-living cowboy matinee & TV stars for interviews - Gene Autry, Sunset Carson, Russell Hayden, Tim McCoy, Joel McCrea, Charles Starrett, Duncan Renaldo {"The Cisco Kid"}, and singing cowboy Jimmy Wakeley - plus material on cowboy stars 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, William Boyd {"Hopalong Cassidy"}, William S. Hart, Ken Maynard, Tom Mix & Fred Thomson Ballantine Books mass pb [12/77] out of print/used E.P. Dutton / Bookthrift hardcover [10/76] out of print/many used |
  | "The Great Cowboy Stars of Movies & Television" [1979] by Lee O. Miller, Introduction by Joel McCrae Crown/Arlington House hardcover [11/79] out of print/used |
  | "Those Great Cowboy Sidekicks" [1984] by David Rothel Empire 11x8¾ pb [6/2001] for $25.00 Scarecrow hardcover [6/84] out of print/used |
"Heroes of The Range: Yesteryear's Saturday Matinee Movie Cowboys"
[1987] by Buck Rainey
World of Yesterday pb [6/87] out of print/used
Scarecrow Press hardcover [4/87] out of print/used
  | "Cowboy Shooting Stars" [1988] by John A. Rutherford & Richard B. Smith III Empire hardcover [5/88] out of stock/used "More Cowboy Shooting Stars" [1993] by John A. Rutherford & Richard B. Smith III Empire hardcover [1/93] for $18.00 |
  | "B-Western Actors Encyclopedia: Facts, Photos & Filmographies For More Than 250 Familiar Faces" [1989] by Ted Holland McFarland & Co. 9x6 pb [11/97] for $30.00 McFarland & Co. 9½x6½ hardcover [1/89] out of print/used |
  | "Sweethearts of The Sage: Biographies & Filmographies of 258 Actresses Appearing In Western Movies" [1992] by Buck Rainey
McFarland & Co. 11½x9 hardcover [8/92] out of print/used |
  | "Saddle Pals: A Complete B-Western Roster of The Sound Era" [1994] by Garv Towell & Wayne E. Keates Empire pb [1/94] for $5.00 |
  | "Saddle Gals: A Filmography of Female Players In B-Westerns of The Sound Era" [1995] by Steve Turner
Empire pb [1/95] for $10.00 |
  | "The Round-Up: A Pictorial History of Western Movie & Television Stars Through The Years" [1995] Edited by Donald R. Key
Empire 9¼x6¼ hardcover [10/95] out of prodn/used |
  | "Westerns Women: Interviews With 50 Leading Ladies of Movie & Television Westerns From The 1930s To The 1960s" [1999] by Boyd Magers & Michael G. Fitzgerald McFarland & Co. hardcover [10/99] for $36.50 |
  | "B-Western Boot Hill: A Final Tribute To The Cowboys & Cowgirls Who Rode The Saturday Matinee Movie Range" [1999] by Bobby Copeland Empire 8½x5½ pb [10/99] for $16.99 |
  | "Reel Cowboys: Western Movie Stars Who Thrilled Young Fans & Helped Them Grow Up Decent & Strong" [2000] by Bill O'Neal Eakin Publns hardcover [4/2000] for $11.87 |
  | "Ladies of The Western: Interviews With Fifty-One More Actresses From The Silent Era To The Television Westerns of The 1950s & The 1960s" [2002] by Michael G. Fitzgerald & Boyd Magers McFarland & Co. 10.4x7 hardcover [1/2002] for $36.50 |
  | Kid Kowboys: Juveniles In Western Films [2003] by Bob Nareau featuring more than 70 juvenile actors, including Lee Aaker, Armida, Buzz Barton, Noah Beery Jr., Bobby Blake, Bill Cody Jr, Junior Coghlan, Tommy Cook, Frankie Darro, Sugar Dawn, Johnny Duncan, Billy & Gary Gray, Buzz Henry, Tim Holt, Dick Jones, Mary Lee, Harry & Sammy McKim, Mickey Rooney, Betsy King Ross, Dean Stockwell, and Jane Withers Empire Publng 11X8&FRAC12 pb [8/2003] for $20.00 |
  | "The Strong, Silent Type: Over 100 Screen Cowboys, 1903-1930" [2003] by Buck Rainey McFarland & Co. 11x8½ pb [12/2003] for $45.00 |
and dozens more such books on the
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Cowboy  Stars  &  Actors
Wikipedia's Notable Figures In Western Films
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  Art Acord [1890-1931]  
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  | "Art Acord and The Movies" [2000] by Grange B. McKinney Western Classics 11x8¾ hardcover [3/2000] out of print/used |
Rex Allen [1920-99]  
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      | 'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore's Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson [1880-1971] Page He wrote, produced, directed & starred in almost 400 silent movies   |
  | "Broncho Billy & The Essanay Film Company" [2003] by David Kiehn Farwell hardcover 10x7 [6/2003] for $32.50 |
James Arness [1923-2011]
most famous as Marshal Matt Dillon on the "Gunsmoke" TV series [1955-75]
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singing cowboy Gene Autry [1907-98]  
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history of Autry's Melody Ranch [1936-62] in Newhall, California
"Yodelin' Kid From Pine Ridge" musical Western movie
[Republic Pictures June 1937]
  | Old West range war story transplanted to Georgia: Gene tries to stop a violent feud between cattlemen and turpentine makers; filmed in Kernville, California; restored in 2004 Co-produced by Armand Schaefer; directed by Joseph Kane; written by Jack Natteford, Stuart E. McGowan & Dorrell McGowan; starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Betty Bronson, LeRoy Mason, Charles Middleton, Russell Simpson, Jack Dougherty, Guy Wilkerson, Frankie Marvin, Henry Hall, Fred 'Snowflake' Toones, Champion {as Gene's horse}, and comic musicians The Tennessee Ramblers
The Film Detective restored DVD [5/2017] for $9.99 Reel Vault b&w DVD [7/2015] for $5.08 Sinister Cinema b&w DVD - from 16mm print [11/2008] for $8.37 full credits at IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia watch full movie [1/2014 upload; 59:08] online at YouTube |
"Sons of New Mexico" musical Western movie
[Gene Autry Prodns/Columbia Pictures Dec 1949]
  | Location filming in California (French Ranch in Thousand Oaks, Iverson Ranch in Chatsworth) and at New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell, New Mexico; in addition to his duties as executor of an estate, Gene must keep a juvenile delinquent from the clutches of a gambler who hopes to get at the money through the kid; Gene sings three songs Produced by Armand Schaefer; directed by John English; screenplay by Paul Gangelin; starring Gene Autry, Gail Davis, Robert Armstrong, Dickie Jones, Frankie Darro, Irving Bacon, Russell Arms, Marie Blake, Clayton Moore, Sandy Sanders, Bobby Clack, Kenne Duncan, Roy Gordon, Billy Lechner, Pierce Lyden, Harry Mackin, Frankie Marvin, Steve Pendleton, Paul Raymond, and Gene's horse Champion
Image Ent. b&w DVD [5/2004] out of prodn/overpriced full credits at IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia |
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  | "The Essential Gene Autry" [orig 1992, rev 2005]
Columbia Legacy remastered music CD [1/2005] 40 tracks on 2 disks for $11.63 Sony Legacy music CD [10/92] 18 tracks - out of prodn/used Columbia Legacy remastered MP-3 album download [1/2005] 40 tracks on 2 disks for $16.99 |
  | "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer & Other Christmas Classics" [2003] by Gene Autry
Sony music CD [9/2003] 18 tracks for $22.90 includes 5 duplicates also on the Sarabande album: "Here Comes Santa Claus:, "Rudolph", "Sleigh Bells", "Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town", and "Up On The Housetop"; and 13 more songs: "He's A Chubby Little Fellow", "Santa, Santa, Santa", "If It Doesn't Snow On Christmas Day", "When Santa Claus Gets Your Letter", "Frosty the Snowman", "The Night Before Christmas Song" (2 versions), "Where Did My Snowman Go?", "I Wish My Mom Would Marry Santa Claus", "Round 'Round The Christmas Tree", "Merry Christmas Waltz", "Everyone's A Child At Christmas", and "You Can See Old Santa Claus" more details (synopses, sequels, musical, posters, albums, books, links, merchandise) on the "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" Books & Song & Movies Page |
  | "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" song & albums [2006] by Gene Autry
Charly Records MP3 song [6/2006] for 99’ Varese Sarabande MP3 song [9/2013] for $1.29 Varese Sarabande MP3 music CD [9/2013] 12 tracks for $5.99 Varese Sarabande remastered music CD [9/2006] 12 tracks for $6.99 includes 12 songs: "Rudolph", "Nine Little Reindeer", "Jingle Bells", "Here Comes Santa Claus", "Up On The House Top", "Sleigh Bells", "O Little Town Of Bethlehem", "Silent Night", "Joy To The World", "We Wish You A Merry Christmas", "Away In The Manger", and "What Child Is This?" more details (synopses, sequels, musical, posters, albums, books, links, merchandise) on the "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" Books & Song & Movies Page |
  | "Gene Autry: The Essential Recordings (Import)" [2014] Primo, UK music CD [7/2014] 40 tracks on 2 disks for $9.72 |
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Ward Bond [1903-60]
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Richard Boone [1917-81]
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browse 'Have Gun Will Travel' on DVD
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William Boyd [1895-1972]  
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'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore's Hopalong Cassidy Page
RD's Wm. Boyd fansite
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Johnny Mack Brown [1904-74]  
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  | "Monogram Cowboy Collection, Volume 3" DVD Box Set [2012]
Warner Archive DVD-R set [7/2012] 3 disks for $30.99 contains 9 feature films on 3 disks, all starring Johnny Mack Brown: six b&w 'Nevada Jack' movies: "The Ghost Rider" [1943], "Navajo Trail" [1945], "Outlaws of Stampede Pass" [1943], "Range Law" [1944], "Six Gun Gospel" [1943], and "The Stranger From Pecos" [1943]; and three other b&w movies: "Flame of The West" [1945], "Law of The Panhandle" [1950], and "Shadows On The Range" [1946] |
  | "Monogram Cowboy Collection, Volume 5" DVD Box Set [2013]
Warner Archive DVD-R set [3/2013] 3 disks for $30.99 contains 9 feature films on 3 disks, all starring Johnny Mack Brown: seven more b&w 'Nevada Jack' movies: "Border Bandits" [1946], "Frontier Feud" [1945], "Ghost Guns" [1944], "Gun Smoke" [1945], "Law Men" [1944], "Partners of The Trail" [1944], and "The Texas Kid" [1943]; and two other b&w Johnny Mack Brown movies: "Canyon Ambush" [1952], and "Raiders of The South" [1947] |
four partially-Johnny Mack Brown WB/Monogram DVD sets on the Western Movie DVD Collections Page as well
"The Oregon Trail" 15-chapter serial [Universal July 1939]
    | Filmed in Kernville & Lone Pine, California; re-released in 1948; after several wagon trains are attacked, the Army sends Jeff Scott to investigate; he quickly figures out that 'Bull' Bragg is the leader of the gang, but some-one keeps helping him escape Chapter Titles: 1. The Renegade's Revenge, 2. The Flaming Forest, 3. The Brink of Disaster, 4. Thundering Doom, 5. Stampede, 6. Indian Vengeance, 7. Trail of Treachery, 8. Redskin's Revenge, 9. The Avalanche of Doom, 10. The Plunge of Peril, 11. Trapped In The Flames, 12. The Baited Trap, 13. Crashing Timbers, 14. Death In The Night, and 15. The End of The Trail Directed by Ford Beebe & Saul A. Goodkind; starring Johnny Mack Brown, Louise Stanley, Fuzzy Knight, Jack C. Smith, Bill Cody Jr., Edward LeSaint, James Blaine, Charles Stevens, Roy Barcroft, Charles Murphy, Jim Toney, Chief John Big Tree, Iron Eyes Cody, Helen Gibson & Chief Many Treaties
V.C.I. Video 296-minute b&w DVD [1/2006] for $24.99 V.C.I./F.F.I. Video 280-minute b&w VHS [10/95] 2 tapes for $11.00 full credits at IMDb |
Johnny Mack Brown's "Marshal 'Nevada Jack' McKenzie" movies series [1943-46] from Monogram Pictures
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"The Ghost Rider" [1943]
"The Stranger From Pecos" [1943]
"Six Gun Gospel" [1943]
"Outlaws of Stampede Pass" [1943]
"The Texas Kid" [1943]
"Raiders of The Border" [1944]
"Partners of The Trail" [1944]
"Law Men" [1944]
"Range Law" [1944]
"West of The Rio Grande" [1944]
"Land of The Outlaws" [1944]
"Law of The Valley" [1944]
"Ghost Guns" [1944]
"Land of The Outlaws" [1944]
"Frontier Feud" [1945]
"Stranger From Santa Fe" [1945]
"Gun Smoke" [1945]
"The Lost Trail" [1945]
"Navajo Trail" [1945]
"Border Bandits" [1946]
"The Haunted Mine (1946)
other Johnny Mack Brown movies from Monogram Pictures
"Flame of The West" [1945] with Raymond Hatton
"Trigger Fingers" [1946] with Raymond Hatton
"Shadows On The Range" [1946] with Raymond Hatton
"Raiders of The South" [1947]
"Law of The Panhandle" [1950]
"Outlaw Gold" [1950]
"Man From Sonora" [1951]
"Oklahoma Justice" [1951]
"Texas Lawmen" [1951]
"Blazing Bullets" [1951]
"Colorado Ambush" [1951]
"Montana Desperado" [1951]
"Texas City" [1951]
"Canyon Ambush" [1952]
"Whistling Hills" [1951] with Jimmy Ellison
"Man From The Black Hills" [1952] with Jimmy Ellison
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Edgar Buchanan [1903-79]
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comic actor Smiley Burnette [1911-76]: official website
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Sunset Carson [1920-90]  
{real name 'Winifred Maurice Harrison'}
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"Sunset Carson 20 Western Collection" DVD Box Set [2010]
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indep DVD set [10/2010] 7 disks for $47.99 + s/h via Amazon third party
contains 20 b&w feature films on seven disks: "Alias Billy The Kid" [1946], "Bandits of The Badlands" [1945], "Battling Marshall" [1950], "Bordertown Trail" [1944], "Call of The Rockies" [1944], "The Cherokee Flash" [1945], "Code of The Prairie" [1944], "Days of Buffalo Bill" [1946], "Deadline" [1948], "The El Paso Kid" [1946], "Fighting Mustang" [1948], "Firebrands of Arizona" [1944], "Oregon Trail" [1945], "Red River Renegades" [1946], "Rio Grande" [1949], "Rio Grande Raiders" [1946], "Rough Riders of The Cheyenne" [1945], "Santa Fe Saddle-mates" [1945], "Sheriff of Cimarron" [1945], and "Sunset Carson Rides Again" [1948] |
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James Coburn [1928-2002]
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Chuck Connors [1921-92]
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browse 'The Rifleman' TV series on DVD
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Gary Cooper [1901-61]
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Buster Crabbe [1907-83]
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Buster Crabbe entry at Chuck's Old Corral
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stunt-double Martha Crawford {Cantanini}
IMDb listing [1947-58]
official homepage
  | "Fall Girl: My Life As A Western Stunt Double" [2010] by Martha Crawford Cantarini & Chrystopher J. Spicer After being one of the top show riders in America, Martha Crawford became a female stunt rider in the movie industry of the 1950s; during the following decade, she had her own television show in Las Vegas, Nevada with a trained stunt horse, Frosty; she now lives in British Columbia, Canada McFarland & Co. 9x6 pb [5/2010] for $31.50 |
Andy Devine [1905-77]
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starred as the sidekick on "The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok" TV series [1951-58]
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          | Clint Eastwood
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'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore's Clint Eastwood Page
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Jack Elam [1920-2003]
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Sam Elliott
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Wild Bill Elliott [1903-65]  
{real name Gordon Nance} IMDb listing
  | "Wild Bill Elliott: A Complete Filmography" [2007] by Gene Blottner covers Elliott's 78 starring roles and his more than 130 supporting roles McFarland & Co. 10x7¼ hardcover [7/2007] for $55.00 |
  | "Wild Bill Elliott Collection 1: 34 Great Westerns" DVD Box Set [2011]
GozillaFlix b&w DVD-R set [6/2011] 6 disks produced by seller on demand via Amazon contains 15-chapter serial "The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok" [1938] and 19 feature films: Disk 1: "Taming Of The West" [1939], "Pioneers Of The Frontier" [1940], "The Man From Tumbleweed" [1940], "The Return Of Wild Bill" [1940], "The Son Of Davy Crocket" [1941]; Disk 2: "Hands Across The Rockies" [1941], "Across The Sierras" [1941], "Bordertown Gun Fighter" [1943], "Death Valley Manhunt" [1943", "Hidden Valley Outlaws" [1944]; Disk 3: "Wyoming" [1947], "The Fabulous Texan" [1947], "Old Los Angeles" [1948]; Disk 4: "The Gallant Legion" [1948], "The Last Bandit" [1949], "The Homesteaders" [1953]; Disk 5: "Vigilante Terror" [1953], "Bitter Creek" [1954], "The Forty-Niners" [1954]; and Disk 6: the 1938 serial |
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"Wild Bill Elliott Collection 2: 17 Great Westerns" DVD Box Set [2011]
GozillaFlix b&w DVD-R set [6/2011] produced by seller on demand via Amazon contains 17 feature films: "Beyond The Sacramento" [1940]; "Calling Wild Bill" [1943] with Gabby Hayes; "The Devil's Trail" [1942] with Tex Ritter; "Kansas Territory" [1952]; "King of Dodge City" [1941] with Tex Ritter; "The Longhorn" [1951]; "Mojave Firebrand" [1944] with Gabby Hayes; "North From The Lone Star" [1941]; "North of The Rockies" [1942] with Tex Ritter; "Overland Mail Robbery" [1943]; "The Plainsman and The Lady" [1946]; "Prairie Gunsmoke" [1942]; "The Return of Daniel Boone" [1941]; "Roaring Frontiers" [1941] with Tex Ritter; "The Savage Horde" [1950]; "Vengeance of The West" [1942] with Tex Ritter; and "Waco" [1952] |
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"Wild Bill Elliott Collection 3: 29 Great Westerns" DVD Box Set [2011]
GozillaFlix b&w DVD-R set [6/2011] produced by seller on demand via Amazon contains 15-chapter serial "The Valley of Vanishing Men" [1942] and 14 feature films: "California Gold Rush" [1946], "Cheyenne Wildcat" [1944], "Conquest of Cheyenne" [1946], "The Great Stagecoach Robbery" [1945], "Lone Texas Ranger" [1945], "Marshal of Laredo" [1945], "Phantom of The Plains" [1945], "The San Antonio Kid" [1944], "Sheriff of Las Vegas" [1944], "Sheriff of Redwood Valley" [1946], "Sun Valley Cyclone" [1946], "Tucson Raiders" [1944], "Vigilantes of Dodge City" [1944], and "Wagon Wheels Westward" [1945] |
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Richard Farnsworth [1920-2000]
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      | Henry Fonda [1905-82]
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