Tag: Roy Rogers

Where Did Our Heroes Go?

 What became  of the stars of the Saturday Matinee Westerns after the emergence of television and the demise of the “B” Westerns?  Looking at the poll of “Top Ten Money Making Western Stars” in 1951, you find Roy Rogers in first place followed by Gene Autry.  They were the two biggest stars of the Saturday …

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Dale Tells Erskine Caldwell the Truth

I can’t help myself and will add comments about this story from time to time — they will be in italics.  In “Cowboy Princess Rides Again” I told about the interview Mom gave to Photoplay’s Erskine Caldwell and why she did it. Following is the whole interview. During the 1930’s and ’40s, Hollywood was ruled …

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