We looked at Exhibitor magazine’s top cowboy stars for 1951 a while back. Here’s the 1950 list.
By the way, this was the year that Gabby Hayes left theaters with the Randolph Scott picture The Caribou Trail.
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The Exhibitor, 1950.
Posted in 1950, Charles Starrett, Gene Autry, George "Gabby" Hayes, Hopalong Cassidy, Randolph Scott, Roy Rogers, The Durango Kid, Tim Holt, William Boyd on February 17, 2023| 3 Comments »
The Exhibitor, 1951.
Posted in 1951, Gene Autry, George "Gabby" Hayes, Rex Allen, Roy Rogers, Tim Holt, William Boyd on January 12, 2023| 24 Comments »
Happy Independence Day!
Posted in Columbia, Gene Autry, Republic Pictures, Smiley Burnette on July 4, 2022| 1 Comment »
Here’s a lobby card from Republic’s Bells Of Capistrano (1942) to mark the Fourth Of July (1942).
Gene Autry entered the Air Force a few days after principal photography wrapped on this one. It was his last picture till he picked things up after the war with Sioux City Sue (1946). He only made five films for Republic before moving over to Columbia for the rest of his film career.
Here’s wishing you all a fun, safe Independence Day!
Happy Birthday, John Wayne.
Posted in 1959, Gary Cooper, Gene Autry, John Wayne on May 26, 2022| 10 Comments »
Marion Mitchell Morrison (born Marion Robert Morrison)
May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979
John Wayne was born 115 years ago today. Here he is with Gary Cooper and Gene Autry. Judging by what they’re wearing, it looks like Coop was shooting The Hanging Tree and Duke was working on Rio Bravo (both 1959).
This has to be one of the coolest photos ever stuck on this blog.
RIP, Gloria Henry.
Posted in 1952, Charles Starrett, Fritz Lang, Gene Autry, Marlene Dietrich, The Durango Kid on April 7, 2021| 6 Comments »
Gloria Henry
(April 2, 1923 – April 3, 2021)
Gloria Henry, who most people will remember from TV as the mom of Dennis The Menace, has passed away at 98.
Us Western fans, we know her from Strawberry Roan (1948, above, with Jack Holt and Gene Autry), Lightning Guns (1950) with Charles Starrett and Fritz Lang’s Rancho Notorious (1952).
Happy Easter!
Posted in 1951, Gene Autry on April 4, 2021| 1 Comment »
Of course, Easter’s about a whole lot more than colored eggs and chocolate bunnies and stuff. But this being 50 Westerns From The 50s, Easter’s about Gene Autry, too.
Gene sang “Peter Cottontail” in Hills Of Utah (1951), and the record has been re-issued about a million times over the years.
Here’s wishing you all a great and glorious Easter Sunday.
Happy Halloween!
Posted in Gene Autry on October 31, 2020| Leave a Comment »
There’s something about The Phantom Empire (1936) that seems perfect for Halloween.
Here’s wishing boys and girls all around the world — and down in Murania, of course — a safe and happy Halloween.
Gene Autry Rides The Streaming Prairie In May.
Posted in Gene Autry, Republic Pictures, Shout Factory, Television on April 21, 2020| 8 Comments »
From Shout Factory — America’s favorite singing cowboy Gene Autry heads to streaming for the first time ever with the launch of the Gene Autry film and television library on Shout! Factory TV May 1.
The streaming service will release its first collection from Gene Autry’s personal archive, with the streaming debut of fully restored feature films South Of The Border, Gaucho Serenade, Melody Ranch, The Strawberry Roan and Blue Canadian Rockies.
RIP, Peggy Stewart.
Posted in Gene Autry, Peggy Stewart, Republic Pictures, Roy Rogers, William Elliott on June 5, 2019| 32 Comments »
Peggy Stewart
(June 5, 1922 – May 29, 2019)
Heard this morning that Peggy Stewart — who’ll find in everything from Son Of Zorro (1947), a Republic serial, to pictures with Roger, Autry and Elliott to an episode of Seinfeld — has passed away at almost 97.
Peggy was great in all those Westerns (I’m particularly fond of the ones she did with William Elliott), and as anybody who ever spoke with her at a Western convention or something will tell you, she was a really nice lady.
RIP, Fay McKenzie.
Posted in Gene Autry on April 23, 2019| 4 Comments »
Fay McKenzie
(February 19, 1918 – April 16, 2019)
Fay McKenzie, who co-starred in a number of Gene Autry pictures — among many other things, has passed away at 101.
“I loved working with Gene, he was terrific! I could sing and that was something the earlier girls couldn’t do. Yates knew I had done Broadway; that helped! I could do more than smile and wave at the cowboy!”
Among her credits, she played a neighbor in The Party (1967), directed by her real-life neighbor, Blake Edwards.
50 Westerns From The 50s. 