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Roy Rogers: Roll on Texas Moon

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The King of the Cowboys remains the King to this day in my opinion. I had the pleasure and honor to meet Roy Rogers and I was so impressed with my childhood hero he was as genteel and genuine as his screen persona. I purchased this gem and for Western fans it doesn't get any better. The great William Witney directs and the mix of music ,action and comedy relief, provided by Gabby Hayes make this a stand out. A note on Roy Roger films each one was different in theme not as formula as one would assume. The villains ran the gamut from Nazi spies to corrupt developers that remind us of the Fannie Mae corruption today. In some of Roys films even child abuse is discussed!Government bureacrats visit Roy's West as well and are often painted as Bernie Madoff thugs. Enjoy a piece of American pop history and for you NRA guntoters in real life Roy could handle those six-shooters like a hellion! and his membership in the NRA ended only when he left this range for that big one in the sky.

Republic Pictures presents "ROLL ON TEXAS MOON" (12 September 1946) (68 mins/B&W) (Fully Restored/Dolby Digitally Remastered) --- Roy Rogers (born Leonard Slye) moved to California in 1930, at the age of 18 --- played in such musical groups as The Hollywood Hillbillies, Rocky Mountaineers, Texas Outlaws and his own group, the International Cowboys --- In 1934 he formed a group with Bob Nolan and Tim Spencer called "Sons of the Pioneers" --- While in that group he was known as Leonard Slye, then Dick Weston and finally Roy Rogers --- Their songs included "Cool Water" and "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" --- They first appeared in the western "Rhythm on the Range" (1936), starring Bing Crosby --- In 1937 Roy went solo and made his first starring film in 1938, "Under Western Stars" (1938) --- He made almost 100 films --- then came television, "The Roy Rogers Show" (1951) ran on CBS from October 1951 through September 1964.

Under William Witney (Director), Edward J. White (Producer), Paul Gangelin (Screenwriter), Mauri Grashin (Screenwriter), Jean Murray (Short Story Author), William Bradford (Cinematographer), R. Dale Butts (Composer (Music Score), Morton Scott (Musical Direction/Supervision), Les Orlebeck (Editor), Paul Youngblood (Art Director) - - - - Our story line and plot, William Witney directs his first of twenty seven Roy Rogers Westerns --- In this action packed thriller, Roy is a trouble shooter for a cattle combine and tries to prevent a range war between cattle herders and sheep herders --- plenty of action and humor with Roy's invaluable sidekick, the legendary Gabby Hayes, proves indispensable to the film: not only is he accused of murder, he also provides the comic relief, as an adorable lost lamb develops a fixation and dependence on Gabby that the grizzled cattleman desperately tries to hide from his pals --- some wonderful tunes, WHAT'S DOIN TONIGHT IN DREAMLAND -- ROLL ON TEXAS MOON -- WON'T CHA BE A FRIEND OF MINE? -- THE JUMPING BEAN.

the cast includes
Roy Rogers ... Roy Rogers
Trigger ... "Smartest Horse in the Movies"
George 'Gabby' Hayes ... Gabby Whittaker
Dale Evans ... Jill Delaney
Dennis Hoey ... Cole Gregory
Elisabeth Risdon ... Cactus Kate Taylor
Francis McDonald ... Steve Anders
Edward Keane ... Frank Wilson
Kenne Duncan ... Henchman Brannigan
Tom London ... Sheriff
Harry Strang ... Williams
Ed Cassidy ... Prescott (as Edward Cassidy)
Lee Shumway ... Barnes
Steve Darrell ... Cummings
Pierce Lyden ... Henchman Stuhler
Bob Nolan ... Bob Nolan - Leader, Sons of the Pioneers
Sons of the Pioneers ... Musicians, ranch hands
Pat Brady ... Pat, Sons of the Pioneers
Tommy Coats ... Henchman truck driver
Hugh Farr ... Hugh (Sons of the Pioneers)
Karl Farr ... Karl (Sons of the Pioneers)
Shug Fisher ... Ranch hand (Sons of the Pioneers)
Chick Hannon ... Henchman
John Ince ... Old-timer
Rose Mary Lopez ... Dancer
Lloyd Perryman ... Ranch hand (Sons of the Pioneers)

BIOS:
1. Roy Rogers (aka: Leonard Franklin Slye)
Date of Birth: 5 November 1911 - Cincinnati, Ohio
Date of Death: 6 July 1998 - Apple Valley, California

2. Dale Evans (aka: Frances Octavia Smith)
Date of Birth: 31 October 1912, Uvalde, Texas
Date of Death: 7 February 2001, Apple Valley, California

3. George 'Gabby' Hayes (aka: George Francis Hayes)
Date of Birth: 7 May 1885 - Wellsville, New York
Date of Death: 9 February 1969 - Burbank, California

Check out a new book from Empire Publishing - "THE ROY ROGERS BOOK: A REFERENCE TRIVIA SCRAPBOOK" (Paperback) --- reference trivia scrapbook of Roy Rogers written by Western film historian David Rothel whose accounts of thrilling adventures of B-Western heroes during the Saturday matinees of yesteryear takes us back to our childhood, family and friends --- this is a wish come true, reliving those wonderful years from the past through the pen of David Rothel --- Roy was a top box office draw for Republic Pictures when you went to see him on the big screen, you got exactly what the marquee said --- plenty of thrills, action and hard riding with a song or two thrown in for good measure --- Elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1980 as a member of the "Sons of the Pioneers" and elected again in 1988 as Roy Rogers "King of the Cowboys" --- Roy got his horse "Trigger" in 1938 and rode him in every one of his films and TV shows after that --- "Trigger" died in 1965 age of thirty-three --- Roy's dog's name was "Bullet" and appeared in almost as many of his films as "Trigger" did --- Roy's theme song, "Happy Trails", was written by Queen of the West and his wife Dale Evans --- inducted (with his wife Dale Evans) into the "Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum" in 1976 --- inducted as a member of the "Sons of the Pioneers into the "Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum" in 1995 just three years before his death --- Don't miss this one --- now appearing on Amazon and Empire Publishing --- Don't hesitate - rush out and pick up your copy today --- Great reading in the days and weeks to come --- I guarantee it!

Hats off and thanks to Les Adams (collector/guideslines for character identification), Chuck Anderson (Webmaster: The Old Corral/B-Westerns.Com), Boyd Magers (Western Clippings), Bobby J. Copeland (author of "Trail Talk"), Rhonda Lemons (Empire Publishing Inc), Bob Nareau (author of "The Real Bob Steele") and Trevor Scott (Down Under DVD Com) as they have rekindled my interest once again for Film Noir, B-Westerns and Serials --- looking forward to more high quality releases from the vintage serial era of the '20s, '30s & '40s and B-Westerns ... order your copy now from Amazon where there are plenty of copies available on DVD --- stay tuned once again for top notch action mixed with musical adventure --- if you enjoyed this title, why not check out Amazon where they are experts in releasing B-Westerns --- all my heroes have been cowboys!

Total Time: 68 min on VHS/DVD ~ Republic Pictures ~ (5/30/2006)

I especially like Roy Roger's movies when he has Bob Nolan and The Sons Of The Pioneers included in the film. Roy Roger's has always been a role model for young children, clean, honest and his films were decent viewing for the entire family. His kind of clean type image in the movies will be greatly missed. As now most of what Hollywood puts out are R-rated. Is it because our mature Producers and Directors are replaced by Kids?