This reddit community is for submitting your favourite classic screen beauties from movies and tv. Roy is mistaken for a bad guy expected by the local outlaw gang. According to a may 29, 1945 hr news item, this picture was partially filmed on. Roy rogers, trigger, george gabby hayes, dale evans, hardie albright, margaret dumont, roy barcroft, tom london, stanley price, robert j. Overview of sunset in wyoming, 1941, directed by william morgan, with gene autry, smiley burnette, george cleveland, at turner classic movies. Edward earl terry august 22, 1902 may 18, 1985, known professionally as tex terry, was an american film actor who often played a henchman in b movie westerns during the 1940s and 1950s. She dreams about her grandmothers adventures including a romance with a. Roy rogers, dale evans, george gabby hayes, hardie albright, roy barcroft, tom london, edmund cobb. Tour company worker lucille wiley tires of merely talking about the wild west and longs to go on an adventure. Nothing feels forced or hindered by pointless filler.
His early roles were uncredited parts in films by fellow cowboy singing star gene autry. Overview of sunset in eldorado, 1945, directed by frank mcdonald, with roy rogers, trigger, george gabby hayes, at turner classic movies. Modern sources include gino corrado, frank ellis, tex cooper and bob reeves in the cast. According to a may 29, 1945 hr news item, this picture was partially filmed on location in palmdale, california. She dreams about her grandmothers adventures including a romance with a cowboy who looks very much like roy. This is a chance to see dale in a part that at one time she would have had hopes of doing. The movie is obviously derivative of director howard hawks previous western with john wayne, rio bravo 1959, and its treatment of violence is lightweight, lacking the gravity of hawks austere and often grave red river 1948. It was directed by eric bibo bergeron and don paul. By using our website and our services, you agree to our use of cookies as described. After completing the eighth grade, rogers attended high school at mcdermott, ohio. Roy rogers and dale evans made a string of lowbudget features and a tv series which kept them famous for a couple of decades. Alt film guide remembering rogers unfairly neglected, subversive musical western. He goes undercover to pin the goods on the bad guys. In a dream sequence that takes up much of the film, evans sees herself as her famous ancestor and meets the various characters of her old west life.
In 1964, he married isabel draesemer, a hollywood agent. However, he drinks a magic potion and the story moves on. Roy rogers, gabby hayes in sunset on the desert by john smith. Mitchum brackets the film with remarks encapsulating these concerns. What does it mean to be a professional when you discover that you are growing old and your powers are waning. Will finn and david silverman directed additional sequences. Its not that audiences in 1945 didnt realize that the film was a. Roy, of course, also exists in the present for dale. Before meeting and marrying roy, dale wanted a career in musical comedy. Starring roy rogers dale evans as lucille wiley kansas kate gabby hayes as gabby margaret dumont. Written by leigh brackett and loosely based on the novel the stars in their courses by harry brown, the film is about a gunfighter who comes to the aid of an old frienda drunken sheriff struggling to defend a rancher.
The script was written especially for dale evans and it really is her movie, even though roy rogers gets top billing. Ken carson was born on november 14, 1914 in coalgate, oklahoma, usa as hubert paul flatt. Its true that the film is more in favour of dialogue over bravado action. Its really a dale evans movie all the way, told totally from her viewpoint and she appears in practically every scene. In june 1975 it was expanded with the addition of a second screen.
Cast roy rogers as himself trigger as roys horse dale evans. She dreams about her grandmothers adventures including a romance with a cowboy who. Calculated based on members top movie list and ratings. Top movies of 1945 list, best movies 1945 page 20 by.
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