Buster Crabbe
Buster Crabbe
George O'Brien
George O'Brien

Remembering the B-Western Movie, Heroes, Heroines, Sidekicks, Heavies and Henchmen.
Exclusively B-Westerns circa 1929-1954 or so ... no A-Westerns, no TV Westerns, no 'spaghetti' westerns.
May, 2009 - the Old Corral celebrates 11 years on the Internet ... and begins year 12.



Old Corral Menu
1. The Heroes (and 1 Heroine) - Click Below:
 Bob Allen
 Rex Allen
 Gene Autry, Roy & Hoppy
 Bob Baker
 Smith Ballew
 Jim Bannon
 Don Barry
 Buzz Barton
 Sammy Baugh
 Rex Bell
 William Boyd/Hopalong Cassidy
 Johnny Mack Brown
 Buffalo Bill, Jr. (Jay Wilsey)
 Rod Cameron
 Harry Carey
 John (Johnny) Carpenter
 Sunset Carson
 Lane Chandler
 Bill Cody
 Spade Cooley
 Ray 'Crash' Corrigan
 Buster Crabbe
 Ken Curtis
 Bob Custer
 Eddie Dean
 Eddie Dew
 'Wild Bill' Elliott
 James Ellison
 Tex Fletcher ... the Lonely Cowboy
 Dick Foran
 Hoot Gibson
 Kirby Grant
 Monte Hale
 Russell Hayden
 Tim Holt
 Hoppy, Roy & Gene
 George Houston ... The Lone Rider 
 Jack & Al Hoxie
 Herb Jeffries ... the Bronze Buckaroo
 Buck Jones
 Tom Keene
 John Kimbrough
 John 'Dusty' King
 Allan 'Rocky' Lane
 Lash LaRue
 Rex Lease
 Bob Livingston
 Jack Luden
 Ken Maynard
 Kermit Maynard
 Tim McCoy
 Tom Mix
 Clayton Moore
 George Montgomery
 Wayne Morris
 James Newill
 Dave 'Tex' O'Brien
 George O'Brien
 Dorothy Page ... the Singing Cowgirl
 Jack Perrin
 Lee 'Lone Ranger' Powell
 John Preston ... Morton of the Mounted
 Jack Randall
 Monte Rawlins ... the Masked Phantom
 Duncan Renaldo
 Tex Ritter
 Roy Rogers, Gene & Hoppy
 Buddy Roosevelt
 Reb Russell
 Fred Scott
 Robert Shayne
 Dave Sharpe
 Charles Starrett ... the Durango Kid
 Bob Steele
 Tom Tyler
 Jimmy Wakely
 Wally Wales (Hal Taliaferro)
 James Warren
 John Wayne ... in the 1930s
 Ray Whitley
 Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
 Tex Williams
 Jay Wilsey (Buffalo Bill, Jr.)
 Whip Wilson
2. Faces and Profiles of Heroines, Second Leads, Sidekicks, Kid Helpers, Villains, Henchies, Stage Drivers, Singers, Singing Groups - Click Below:
 Singers-Musicians-Groups
 Ray Whitley
 Bob Nolan (& the Sons of the Pioneers)
 The Indians
 Heroines/Leading Ladies
 Villains & Supporting Players 
 Saddle Pals-Sidekicks-Kids-2nd Leads 
 The Henchies (henchmen)
 At The Reins - The Drivers
 Republic's Stable of Bad Guys
3. Hollywood Families and Some Individuals - Click Below:
 Nat Levine & Mascot
 Producer Maurice Conn
 Director Noel Mason Smith
 Fred MacKaye, Violet Neitz & Alan James
 The Tansey Family in Hollywood
 Producer Jesse James Goldburg
 The Geraghty's of Hollywood
 Producer Robert J. Horner
 Producer Victor Adamson/Denver Dixon
 Harry S. Webb & Reliable Pictures
 Wild Bill Cody/Frederick Penniman 
4. Stunt Men & Women - Click Below:
 Dave Sharpe
 Yakima Canutt
 More Stunt Men & Women
 At The Reins - The Drivers
 Stunt Folks - A Day At The Office
5. Various Photos including some Faces to Identify - Click Below:
 Who's That Face? 
 Memories (snapshots from contributors)
 Behind the Scenes ...
 Photo Fun
6. Cowboy Trio Series - Click Below:
 Republic's Three Mesquiteers
 Monogram's Rough Riders
 Monogram's Range Busters
 Monogram's Trail Blazers
 PRC's Texas Rangers
 PRC's Frontier Marshals 
 Trios That Weren't Official Trios
 Dennis Landadio Reviews the 3 Mesquiteers
7. The Lone Ranger - Click Below:
 Republic's Lone Ranger Serials
 Clayton Moore
 Lee Powell
 Bob Livingston
 Chief Thunder Cloud (1st Tonto)
8. Other Series & Themes, Lost & Missing Westerns - Click Below:
 Lost and Missing Westerns 
 Republic's 3 Guest Star westerns
 Hopalong Cassidy/William Boyd
 Warners Santa Fe Trail shorts
 Lone Rider series at PRC
 Billy the Kid at PRC
 The Mountie Films
 Red Ryder in Films-TV-Radio-Comics
 Durango Kid/Charles Starrett
 Cisco Kid Films
 Duncan Renaldo - the Cisco Kid
 The B-Western Goes To War!
9. More Stuff - Click Below:
 Cowboy Vending Card Machine
 B-Western Boo Boos
 Dual Roles
 TV Westerns (external sites)
 Trusty Steeds - Movie Horses
 Big Little Books, etc.
 Cowboy Comic Books
 Golden Boot Awards
 Under The Big Top / Circus Days
 Tommy Scott's Wild West Show
 Gunbelt Trivia
 Cowboy Cliffhangers (Serials)
 The Bob Burns Museum
 In Search Of ... (Obits, Death Records, Soc Security, Burial Locations)

 Boyd Magers' Best & Worst of the West Film Reviews (2000+ film reviews) 

 Bobby J. Copeland's Bunkhouse News (Film Festivals, Fan Clubs, more) 
10. Ramblings and Writings - Click Below:
 The Script for TRIGGER LAW
 Les Adams Remembers Buck Rainey
 Remembering Jack Mathis
 Geronimo Film & WW2 Paratrooper Yell
 Jed Buell Midgets-THE TERROR OF TINY TOWN
 Sunset, Ken & Tex in MARSHAL OF WINDY HOLLOW 
 Les Adams Remembers Alan G. Barbour
 End of the Trail (B-western bites the dust)
 Buck Jones & the Cocoanut Grove Fire
 Poverty Row & the B Western Producer
 Character Identification Guidelines
11. Spreadsheets, Statistics, Film Counts, Popularity Polls & other Nitty Gritty - Click Below:
 Film Company Logos
 The Western Film ... By The Numbers!
 Prolific Performers
 Cowboy Popularity Polls & Rankings
 Producers
 Script, Screenplay, Writers
 Heroines
 Character Actresses
 Directors
 Sagebrush Trivia
12. Movie Locations - Click Below:
 Movie Locations
 Monogram/Allied Artists Western Street
 Corriganville Movie Ranch
13. Film Festivals, Photos, DVDs, Videotapes, CDs, Books, Newsletters, Auctions, TV Schedules, Movie Databases, Posters, Comics, Big Little Books - Click Below:
 Videotapes/DVDs 
 Movie Databases to Search
 Satellite/Cable TV Schedules
 CDs/Audio Tapes/Records
 Auctions-Posters, Comics, Big Little Books, etc.
 Online Movies/Streaming Videos
 Books-Print Media-Newsletters-Photos
 Film Festivals & Nostalgia Conventions
14. Misc Stuff - Click Below:
 Search the Old Corral
 Message Boards (external websites)
 Old Corral Changes/Updates
 Links to other websites
 Acknowledgments & Thanks
 AOL Users - Read This
 Viruses/Trojans/Worms/Hoaxes/Chain E-mails
 Chuck Anderson's Biography
 About the Old Corral Website
 Trapped inside someone's frames? Click Here to break free!
 Question: any of you attend the Cinefest 2006 in Liverpool, New York? The program schedule mentions that the full length version of the Roy Rogers SILVER SPURS (Republic, 1943) was to be shown. Can anyone confirm that the long version was shown? Click HERE for the film schedule for the Cinefest 2006 event.

 A few months ago, Chicago artist Stephan Giannini contacted me and others about photos of Adrian Booth/Lorna Gray as "Vultura". He was preparing a 16 foot tall tribute to Adrian for the ArtPrize Contest in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Click HERE to see the completed tribute and a separate window will open.
Stephan was auctioning the tribute on eBay, but it appears that no one had room for a 16 foot tall Adrian Booth. Click HERE and a separate window will open.

 Ed Hulse came to the rescue with the answer to the trivia question about the film in which there's a scene with five heroes and good guys bulldogging five baddies. Click HERE for "Have You Seen This Scene?".

The US Post Office has issued the Early TV Memories set of stamps to commemorate the Golden Age of Television. Two westerns television programs are on the set - the Lone Ranger and Hopalong Cassidy. If you'd like to see the announcement at the Post Office website, click HERE and a separate window will open.

 For 2010, the US Post Office will be issuing Cowboys of the Silver Screen stamps honoring Tom Mix, Roy Rogers, Gene Autry and William S. Hart. If you'd like to see the announcement at the Post Office website, click HERE and a separate window will open.

 UNDER WESTERN STARS with Roy Rogers is one of the latest batch of films to be added to the Library of Congress National Film Registry. Click HERE for the announcement at the Library of Congress website and a separate window will open.


The Old Corral was last updated on February 8, 2010. Click HERE to view the changes and updates.

Some folks have asked what we're working on. Click HERE to view "Coming Distractions".

If you find a page with a typo or an image or link that is "broken" ... want to communicate with Chuck Anderson, the Old Corral curator and webmaster? Click HERE and a separate window will open.

If you're looking for the California Death Records, Social Security Death Index, Burial Locations, etc., that info is on the In Search of ... page and you can click HERE.

You can do a search on the entire Old Corral website for names, movie titles, whatever. Click HERE for more info and instructions.

Click HERE for the OFFICIAL MONTE HALE WEBSITE where you can find info on Monte's films and TV appearances, comic books, more.

Click HERE for the OFFICIAL JOHN WAYNE WEBSITE which was launched in April, 2007 in commemoration of Wayne's 100th birthday.

Click HERE for the OFFICIAL ROY ROGERS AND DALE EVANS WEBSITE where you can find their biographies as well as info on their music, films, etc. You can also find music CDs and DVDs of their films. And you can learn more about the Roy and Dale Museum and Happy Trails Theater in Branson, Missouri and even join the Roy Rogers Riders Club.

Click HERE for the OFFICIAL GENE AUTRY WEBSITE where you can find info on Gene's music, films, biography, etc. as well as music CDs, DVDs of Gene's TV series, and the partnering between Gene Autry Entertainment and Starz Encore's Westerns Channel to restore all 89 of Gene's starring westerns. There's also lots of images and stories and some Windows and MAC desktop wallpaper that you can download.

Click HERE for the OFFICIAL HOPALONG CASSIDY/SAGEBRUSH ENTERTAINMENT WEBSITE where you can find info on William Boyd and the Hopalong Cassidy films, TV series and radio program, Hoppy books, DVDs of the films and TV shows, and audio cassettes of the Hoppy radio program.



For many years, Tinsley Yarbrough wrote about movie locations in Boyd Magers' Western Clippings. Tinsley has just authored a 365 page hardbound book titled Those Great Western Movie Locations. Click HERE for more info.


Larry Welch is readying his 2010 calendars on B-western heroes, cliffhangers, and more. All are large format and in full color. For more info, click HERE to go to Larry's website at: http://www.saturday-matinee-memories.com/ (and a separate window will open).


Bobby Copeland and Bill Russell have co-authored Tim McCoy - A Real Rough Rider. Click HERE for more info.

   

William Boyd and Hopalong Cassidy fans can rejoice as there are now two new books available: Hopalong Cassidy - An American Legend by Michael Cochran and Grace Bradley Boyd and Hopalong Cassidy: On the Page, On the Screen by Francis M. Nevins. Click HERE for more info.


Gabby Hayes - King of the Cowboy Comics is another fine read from Bobby Copeland and Richard B. Smith, III and has just been released by Empire Publishing. Click HERE for more info.


Stephen Lodge is an author and screen writer. His earlier Nickel-Plated Dream is fiction ... intertwined with his 1950s experiences and remembrances when he strapped on a six-shooter and worked as a performer at the Corriganville Movie Ranch. His newest is And .... Action (cover shown above) which is Steve's story of having a Mom that worked for Monogram Pictures circa 1950s ... and Steve and his brother get to visit movie and TV productions and exterior locations ... and meet many of our western film and TV heroes. Loaded with lots of memories and photos of Steve's early years as well as his later career. Click HERE for more info.




eMovieposter.com
Click HERE for Bruce Hershenson's website on vintage movie posters and movie posters books.
 
Click HERE for Boyd Magers' WESTERN CLIPPINGS website.
 Movie Making Locations Webguide
Click HERE for Jerry Schneider's Movie Making Locations Webguide.
 CowboyPal
Click HERE for Joe Konnyu's CowboyPal website.


PRIVACY STATEMENT - PERSONAL INFORMATION:  this site does NOT require or ask you for personal information, does NOT have any 'talkback' or 'chat boards', does NOT require registration, does NOT utilize browser 'cookies' ... and we don't sell anything nor do we have a charge/fee for accessing any of the info on the Old Corral. However, the Old Corral does contain links to many external websites (which are clearly identified as such), and those sites may require registration, utilize 'cookies', etc. If you e-mail me for any reason, I will not 'sell' or 'rent' your e-mail address to others, nor will I provide your e-mail address to others unless you give permission. The Old Corral is also safe viewing for kids of all ages.


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AOL users may have some unique website and graphics problems - please click HERE for info and fixes.

This is a non-profit, non-commercial fan site, with nothing for sale and no profit in mind.  The Old Corral is NOT an online business or store.  We don't sell videos, DVDs, audio tapes, CDs, posters, lobby cards or photos.  There are no companies who sponsor or underwrite the Old Corral. And there are no banner advertisements, link exchange ads, pop-ups, pop-unders, nor are we part of any money-making 'associates' or 'referral' programs with click-thru icons and banners that take you to other websites to purchase books, CDs, videos, etc.  In other words, no remuneration of any kind is received in connection with the operation of this site. Ye Old Corral webmaster pays for the domain name and the website hosting/web server - that's my treat and I consider it a worthwhile expenditure in order to keep the B-western memories alive.

The text and graphics on the Old Corral are for your personal, non-commercial use only.

All rights reserved. Please do not 'steal' or take images and written material from the Old Corral to use on your website. If you'd like to use any of the written material or images, please have the courtesy to send me an e-mail and ask for permission.

The Old Corral website is a research project in progress and is dedicated to those wonderful cowboy heroes, heroines, sidekicks, heavies, and supporting players that rode the silver screen from the 1930s through the early 1950s in B westerns and cowboy cliffhangers. My goal is to simply rekindle memories of those great silver screen adventures, and to provide information, critique and education on the actors, actresses and films of the genre. As the Old Corral has expanded, it has been recognized as a comprehensive history and ongoing study of the B western, the western film performers, and the production companies and personnel.

The website design, as well as much of the notes and written material are ©1998-2010 by Chuck Anderson.  Some written material and personal/family photos are copyrighted/owned by others, including guest authors, commentators and relatives of B-western performers and production people, and that information is denoted on a specific webpage, section, photo or image.  All rights reserved.

Every attempt has been made to ensure the information on the Old Corral is correct. In some cases, references are made to books, articles, interviews, etc. And we do our best to identify conjecture and opinion vs. truth and history. But no one is perfect, and we do realize that errors can and do exist. We are always open to corrections and updates.

Applicable trademarks and copyrights to some material on the Old Corral are held by respective owners. Some images, names, likenesses, comic characters, et al are copyrighted or trademarked, and in particular, we acknowledge: Images of Roy Rogers, Dale Evans and Trigger are Copyright © Roy Rogers Enterprises, and the names Trigger, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans are trademarks of Roy Rogers.  Gene Autry, Champion, the Gene Autry Entertainment logo and the Flying A logo are registered trademarks of Gene Autry Entertainment.  The Lone Ranger and Tonto are trademarks and/or service marks of Classic Media, Inc.  The Hopalong Cassidy name, character, films, stories and likenesses are trademarked and copyrighted © U.S. Television Office, Inc.  Captain Marvel is owned and copyrighted © by DC Comics Inc., 1700 Broadway, 7th Fl., New York, NY.  The Phantom is a registered trademark of King Features Syndicate, Inc., 235 East 45th Street, New York, NY.  Red Ryder is a registered trademark of Red Ryder Enterprises, Inc., 1111 North Westshore Boulevard, Suite 604, Tampa, Florida.  Republic Pictures is a registered trademark of Republic Entertainment Inc.

This site is not intended to infringe on the copyrights or trademarks of any individual, company, trust, or corporation.  Pictures, movie artwork/advertisements and collectibles which are displayed are typical of what is advertised, sold and traded by collectors, auction houses, and other businesses that sell posters, lobby cards, pictures and cinema memorabilia.  And the sale of this western movie ad/artwork and images has been going on for decades.  The ad/artwork and pictures on this website are from the collections of myself and many contributors, including friends and relatives of western film performers and production people.  Much of this movie ad/artwork and photos are from "Poverty Row" and B film production companies that disappeared a half century ago or earlier.  When originally released, this material was considered as disposable publicity and advertising, and was distributed to theaters, newspapers, trade publications and movie reviewers, and was also freely given away to fan clubs and fans as well as to the production personnel and performers involved in the making of these old B-westerns and serials. My use on the Old Corral is consistent with that purpose.  Much of the material on this site is assumed to be public domain or allowed by the fair use provisions of the copyright law.  Any misuse of materials is unintentional and will be promptly removed upon notification.


Milestone: on May 1, 2006, the hit counter recorded 1,500,000 homepage visitors. In May, 2006, I also moved the Old Corral to a new, faster web server and established the b-westerns.com domain name.

The homepage URL for the Old Corral website is:  http://www.b-westerns.com
The webmaster/curator is:  Chuck Anderson
and the Old Corral went online in May, 1998