• Was under a term player contract(s), guaranteeing 40 weeks of employment, and the agreement(s) ran from March 18, 1944 through July 15, 1946.
• Salary was $150 per week for year one, escalating to $200/week for year two and $250/weekly in year three.

The Motion Picture Herald and Boxoffice polls were conducted from about the mid 1930s through the mid 1950s.  With a few exceptions, the annual poll results would list the 'Top Ten' (or 'Top Five') cowboy film stars.  In most cases, the winners were what you would expect --- Autry, Rogers, Holt, Starrett, Hoppy, etc.  Sunset Carson was ranked among the 'Top Ten' western film stars in 1946.

(From Old Corral collection)

Carson tried lots of gunbelt variations - from a twin rig with butts facing forward, a twin holster belt with butts facing rearward, and a single holster with the gun butt facing to the rear. There's images on this webpage showing those variations.

In the photo on the left, Sunset is wearing Republic Pictures uniform number 1 - a light colored shirt with a twin holster rig with the gun butts facing forward (just like Wild Bill Elliott).

Above is Sunset with Peggy Stewart, and he's wearing the light colored shirt and gunbelt with the butt facing rearward.

Below is Sunset and his Republic Pictures uniform number 2 - a dark shirt with striping.

There was one consistency - at least in his Republic oaters - he always wore a white/light colored hat. When he did his later Astor films, he sometimes wore a dark/black hat.

(Courtesy of Ed Phillips)

Above is Sunset and the horse with "dots around its right eye" as well as the mark on the neck which can be seen directly under Sunset's right hand. This is Silver (Silver Chief) from the Hudkins Brothers stables. You'll find more on this horse - and Sunset's white hoss named Cactus - in the Trusty Steeds section of the Old Corral.

During Sunset's brief starring career, there were seven leading ladies in his films. But it was Peggy Stewart, Linda Stirling and Pat Starling that were the dominant heroines, appearing in sixteen of his westerns.

Peggy Stewart had the female lead in eight. Linda Stirling was the heroine in four. And in Sunset's later Astor films, Pat Starling was in four of the five.