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  Thom28 November 17, 2018 at 12:42pm

  Hi,

  Wondering if anyone has an audio copy of Louis L'Amour's book

  "The Man from the Broken Hills" that they would be willing to post and share.

  Thanks for any help, Greatly Appreciated.

  Thom
• Mike Newton May 2, 2010 at 10:55am

  Added footnotes to the James Arness Interview. The interviewer obviously hadn't done too much homework on the Gunsmoke show because he might have gotten more interesting answers from Arness. For example, who was the gunfighter at the end of the street ready to draw on Matt Dillon. The answer Arvo Ojala, who was a sixgun expert who showed many of the TV western stars how to quick draw on camera. Also Melody Ranch then owned by Gene Autry had been the Monogram Pictures movie ranch where many westerns of the Thirties and Forties were shot (i.e. Johnny Mack Brown, Rough Riders, Range Busters). This movie location meant something to Autry because that was where his first feature film was shot (Tumbling Tumbleweeds) in 1935. At that time Monogram was part of Republic Pictures which had just been organized by Herbert Yates. Duke Wayne had been making westerns at Monogram including his famous Singing Sandy films. When Republic merged with Monogram, Duke's contract was bought up so now he was working for Republic. The company Arness refers to as the one where he was working was BatJac, which was owned by Wayne when he was producing through Warner Brothers because Yates would not let him produce films at Republic.
• Mike Newton May 2, 2010 at 8:22am

  Hi there pardners...Jest call me the Front Row Kid...I used to sit in the front row of the theater cheering on my cowboy heroes, while not sharing my popcorn with my sister. Got in on the tail end of the B western Saturday double feature before television. Have met and corresponded with different western actors and directors (Bill Witney). Will be glad to play cowboy trivia with anyone who wants to challenge me. I used to contribute articles to Classic Images on western film festivals and had my own column. Please send your questions.
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  mplshowie July 17, 2009 at 12:34am

  Hi all, I'm looking for an old western series named Chief Grey Wolf.Would anyone like to share there collection with me.
  Thanks
  Howie
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  mplshowie January 29, 2009 at 12:08am

  Does anyone out there have the 6 Shooter collection.
  Thanks....................mplshowie
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  Thom28 July 24, 2008 at 7:33pm

  Wally,
  Thanks for the Roy Rogers show. I remeber listening to these when I was growing up. Also, watched them on TV.
  Thom
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  Gyongi Fekete May 15, 2008 at 9:03pm

  Thank you so much for the interview with James Arness, please look up the Archive of American Television Interview with him on video.google it is very good also
  Cheers