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Sadly...More Smiley
I thought I’d discovered all evidence of Smiley at the Autry. I was wrong. Beware potential visitors.… more →
Charles Starrett - One Fan's Journey
Sadly...More Smiley
stevesomething wrote 2 months ago: I thought I’d discovered all evidence of Smiley at the Autry. I was wrong. Beware potential v … more →
Every little bit of Smiley
stevesomething wrote 2 months ago: I spend a lot of time at the Autry Museum, especially in the summer (as should be apparent from my l … more →
A Special Breed
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stevesomething wrote 2 months ago: The Autry National Center of the American West (aka, the Autry Museum) has a series of short films … more →
Gene Autry Collection, Leading Lady Gail Davis, Vol. 1
munlit wrote 10 months ago: This special collection includes: Cow Town, Whirlwind, The Old West and Sons of New Mexico Cow Town: … more →
"Kid From Broken Gun"
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stevesomething wrote 11 months ago: Courtesy of Columbia Pictures It was with high hopes that I prepared to watch the last Durango Kid f … more →
"Frontier Outpost"
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stevesomething wrote 11 months ago: Over lunch with my friend Rodney Ascher the other day, I was complaining, as I often do during our l … more →
"Challenge Of The Range"
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stevesomething wrote 1 year ago: “Challenge Of The Range” begins with a couple of cowboys retrieving a note from beneath … more →
"Prairie Raiders"
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stevesomething wrote 1 year ago: After a two minute history lesson that could be titled “Horses Of The West,” this 1949 f … more →
Other Cowboy Stars - Gene Autry in '35
stevesomething wrote 1 year ago: We all know what Charles Starrett was doing in 1935. He was climbing onto a horse for his first wes … more →
Grave Sites of Charles' Contemporaries
stevesomething wrote 1 year ago: Dick Curtis Holy Cross Cemetery Culver City Russell Hayden Oakwood Memorial Park Chatsworth Dub Tayl … more →
"Smoky Canyon"
stevesomething wrote 1 year ago: It’s 1952 and only 5 more films to go for the Durango Kid and for Charles Starrett (both retir … more →
"Six Gun Law"
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stevesomething wrote 1 year ago: 1948 film starts with a rare Steve V.0.: “There’s an old saying in the West that there … more →
"Riders Of The Lone Star"
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stevesomething wrote 1 year ago: Smiley and Steve ride into town together (this happens a lot less often than you’d think.) Ste … more →
"Roaring Rangers"
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stevesomething wrote 1 year ago: Courtesy of Les Adams Lawlessness has run amok in Powder River. Everyone wants Sheriff Collins to qu … more →
"Prairie Roundup"
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stevesomething wrote 1 year ago: Very strange opening credit sequence — different/grander music, different font and lay-out on … more →
"Lone Hand Texan"
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stevesomething wrote 1 year ago: A first! I’ve seen 56 Starrett Westerns so far and I’ve seen something for the very fir … more →
"Last Days of Boot Hill"
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stevesomething wrote 1 year ago: Courtesy of Bruce Hickey Great title. Great opening — a gravestone marker reads “Here li … more →
"Blazing Trail"
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stevesomething wrote 1 year ago: Opening narration (read by Charles): “Sooner or later, a man rides a one-way trail he can … more →
"Bandits of El Dorado"
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stevesomething wrote 1 year ago: At last! A title which actually relates to the film. I mean, beyond giving us a general geographic l … more →
