 (Courtesy of Les Adams) Above is the title lobby card from LIGHTS OF OLD SANTA FE (Republic, 1944). By this time, the billing had changed to: and BOB NOLAN and THE SONS OF THE PIONEERS   (Courtesy of Les Adams) Lobby card from DON'T FENCE ME IN (Republic, 1945). Nolan is center with the dark green shirt.  (Courtesy of Les Adams) Blowup of the Sons of the Pioneers members from the above DON'T FENCE ME IN (Republic, 1945) lobby card. Sitting atop the stagecoach are, from L-to-R, Karl Farr (guitar), George "Shug" Fisher (bass) and Hugh Farr (fiddle). Bottom row from L-to-R are Ken Carson (guitar), Bob Nolan and Tim Spencer.  (Courtesy of Les Adams) Above from L-to-R are Andy Devine, Roy Rogers on the original Trigger, and Bob Nolan in a scene cropped from a lobby card from the Trucolor UNDER CALIFORNIA STARS (Republic, 1948). Devine is riding "Banner" (easy to recognize because of the face blaze). Earlier, Don Barry rode Banner in his Republic series --- click HERE. John Wayne and Allan Lane also rode Banner. Does the horse that Nolan is riding look familiar? Think Monte Hale and click HERE.  (Courtesy of Les Adams) Lobby card from the Trucolor UNDER CALIFORNIA STARS (Republic, 1948). From L-to-R are Lloyd Perryman, Bob Nolan, Doye O'Dell, Karl Farr (guitar), Hugh Farr, and Pat Brady (bass). Andy Devine, one of Roy's later sidekicks, is on the piano. This Roy Rogers film was among the 1947-48 releases which marked the "end of the trail" for Nolan and the Sons of the Pioneers at Republic Pictures and in series westerns. Their last B-western was NIGHTTIME IN NEVADA (Republic, 1948) another Trucolor oater starring Rogers which was released in September, 1948. (The group (sans Nolan) did appear in a few other films such as the cavalry regimental singers in RIO GRANDE (1950) which starred John Wayne and was directed by John Ford.) |
