Cowboy Heros

OneEyedDiva said:
I thought The Lone Ranger and Tonto were so cool. I liked Clayton Moore's voice. And I thought Roy Rogers was very cute.
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I did too! I remember as a boy around 1950 that my mother would open the window and turn on The Lone Ranger when I was out playing. As soon as I heard that iconic opening theme (from the overture to Rossini's opera, William Tell), I'd drop whatever I was doing and run like hell up the stairs to watch the show...... on a 10" screen! That theme was super exciting!!
 

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Meanderer said:
Tom Mix and Tony

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I never really saw any Tom Mix films. Most were silents. But when my band moved back to L.A. in 1968, the leader rented the old Tom Mix log cabin (which was really an estate) in Laurel Canyon on the corner of Laurel Canyon Blvd. and Lookout Mt. Dr.

We'd rehearse in its large basement, which also contained a bowling lane with an early manual pin setter machine. There was a tunnel that supposedly led across the street to the old Houdini mansion, although it had been blocked off. It was a fabulous place with an enormous fireplace where you could just imagine Mix sitting in front of on a chilly evening.
 
How did the people of the west after the hell they all went thru get past the 50"s

Go west young man, "no fly over it!"
 
ChiroDoc said:
I did too! I remember as a boy around 1950 that my mother would open the window and turn on The Lone Ranger when I was out playing. As soon as I heard that iconic opening theme (from the overture to Rossini's opera, William Tell), I'd drop whatever I was doing and run like hell up the stairs to watch the show...... on a 10" screen! That theme was super exciting!!
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Yes, that was a great theme song. What a wonderful childhood memory Doc. 🤗
 
ChiroDoc said:
I never really saw any Tom Mix films. Most were silents. But when my band moved back to L.A. in 1968, the leader rented the old Tom Mix log cabin (which was really an estate) in Laurel Canyon on the corner of Laurel Canyon Blvd. and Lookout Mt. Dr.

We'd rehearse in its large basement, which also contained a bowling lane with an early manual pin setter machine. There was a tunnel that supposedly led across the street to the old Houdini mansion, although it had been blocked off. It was a fabulous place with an enormous fireplace where you could just imagine Mix sitting in front of on a chilly evening.
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The true story of the Laurel Canyon Houdini Estate link
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Tom Mix:
Don't Mess with the Myth link

"Before the world wide web, people used to say, “I read it in the newspaper, it must be true.” Now, the internet usually gets the credit for being an all-knowing source of reliable information."

"Google “Tom Mix Texas Ranger,” for instance, and you’ll find that the famous cowboy movie star served as a Texas Ranger before he took up acting in horse operas. As one columnist reported as recently as 1992, “While a member of the Texas Rangers, Mix was shot and carried three slugs in his body for the rest of his life.”

"That’s absolutely not true, but why ruin a good story?" MORE
 
Here's a time capsule of an important corner of cattle ranching and cowboying.

A lot of people forget that America is majority-German, not English.

 
I remember all those. My father used to talk about Tom Mix. More his era perhaps.

I got into a series some years ago called Lawman. A sheriff in Wyoming. Didn't say much. Didn't smile too often. Not the sort of person to be messed with.. Typical western TV character. But overall, I don't think any of them can beat John Wayne.
 

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