Cowboy Heros

Meanderer said:
Where did the Old Time Radio Western Go?

"Scholars agree that the Western Genre reflects American sensibilities and values. Of course there will always be debate over just what those values and sensibilities are".

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Well, one of the things that always happened in early Westerns was that the good guys always won in the end and evil got it's just deserts.
 
Bea, I never knew of Sheb, but found this spoof of "I walk The Line" by him.

"This is the B side of Talk Back Blubberin' Lips - Released in 1963 on MGM 13191. Ben Colder was a persona created by Sheb Wooley, Ben Colder was used mainly to record parody songs like this one for example".
 
Meanderer, watching Clint Eastwood walk through that meadow reminded me of a scene at the end of the movie, The Shepherd of the Hills, John Wayne's first color movie, and one of my oldie favorites. I was always drawn to some of the character actors in westerns, more than the stars---Ward Bond, Ben Johnson, Walter Brennan, Edgar Buchanan, Walter Huston. So the person I liked best in that movie was Harry Carey Sr. Most of his movies were B-westerns, overlapping Silents and Talkies.

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The theme song was pretty. Don't want to give away the ending.

The Shepherd of the Hills, 1941 - Trailer


Tribute by John Wayne

Full Movie - Part 1 (of 9)
 
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NancyNGA said:
Meanderer, watching Clint Eastwood walk through that meadow reminded me of a scene at the end of the movie, The Shepherd of the Hills, John Wayne's first color movie, and one of my oldie favorites. I was always drawn to some of the character actors in westerns, more than the stars---Ward Bond, Ben Johnson, Walter Brennan, Edgar Buchanan, Walter Huston. So the person I liked best in that movie was Harry Carey Sr. Most of his movies were B-westerns, overlapping Silents and Talkies.

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The theme song was pretty. Don't want to give away the ending.

The Shepherd of the Hills, 1941 - Trailer


Tribute by John Wayne

Full Movie - Part 1 (of 9)
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Thanks, Nancy....I could almost smell the popcorn!
 
Twilight on the Trail - Nat King Cole
(tribute to James Arness)


Factoid: Twilight on the Trail (Sidney D. Mitchell and Louis Alter, 1936) was a great favorite with President Franklin D. Roosevelt; the manuscript and a copy of the Bing Crosby recording can be found in the Roosevelt Memorial Library in Hyde Park, New York. [I prefer a faster tempo, like the Gene Autry or the Johnny Bond version. ;)]
 
In the early '80's, I lived in Apple Valley, CA working at a construction equipment rental yard. Behind me I heard a familiar voice trying to get my attention, when I turned around, there was my childhood hero, Roy Rogers! His museum was in Victorville and we ended up providing all his needs for there and his ranch in Adelanto. We ended up on a first name basis over the years and I always handed him my cards where he signed "Happy Trails, Roy Rogers and Trigger" that ended up dispensed to my family. I asked him once, Roy, you have Trigger Jr stuffed, Dales horse stuffed and Bullet the dog stuffed over there at the museum.... He interrupted me saying, Ken, I know what you're asking and I sleep with one eye open. Our local car club would build and raffle off hotrods for Roy and Dale's Cooper Home for Abused Kids. They were great, God loving folks who positively touched the lives of all they met. Happens rarely today......sadly.
 
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