Above - 1920s era photo of Buck Jones courtesy of Betty Richards.
Below are links to hundreds of websites on cowboy films, cliffhangers, movie databases, movie locations, radio programs, lobby cards, posters, comic books, Big Little Books, The Lone Ranger, old TV shows, the reel west, the real west, and more.
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• Remember actress and dancer June Preisser? She did some films at MGM, but is best known as one of the stars of Monogram's "Teen Agers" series in the late 1940s. Here's June doing her dancing and acrobatic craziness in a clip from the Judy Garland/Mickey Rooney BABES IN ARMS (1939): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-n_DzFFTm4
• Director William Witney's son John (Jay Dee) Witney has a website on his father and mother, Maxine Doyle: http://www.williamwitney.com Jay Dee also has many videos online of his dad talking about Nat Levine and Mascot, stuntwork, Yakima Canutt, Dave Sharpe, work at Republic Pictures, the making of the Captain Marvel serial, directing Roy Rogers westerns, more: https://vimeo.com/channels/knothead
• Television's New Frontier: The 1960s blog has lots on westerns and other TV shows ... and on the right side of the homepage, there's a clickable listing of actors and actresses that appeared in shows, many with images: http://tvnewfrontier.blogspot.com/
• Movie historian Rob Word has dozens of interviews of western movie and TV performers, production people, stunt folks, etc. And many of these events were held at the Autry Museum in Los Angeles: https://www.youtube.com/user/AlgonquinCowboy/videos
• There's always questions about the status of Roy Rogers' Trucolor westerns and why many full length (uncut) features aren't available ... or only 53 1/2 minute TV versions exist ... or only B&W versions are around. Bob Furmanek (and others) have talked about this for years at the Home Theater Forum: https://www.hometheaterforum.com/community/threads/roy-rogers-in-trucolor-and-uncut.300366/page-8
• Wheeler Winston Dixon is the Film Studies professor at University of Nebraska - Lincoln. He has a series of videos on YouTube titled "Frame by Frame" with comments and perspective on various movie topics. This link is for his three minute video which summarizes why so many early films are lost: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnRsn89471U
• Mashable has an article with many large photos of Buster Crabbe titled "1936 - 1940, Flash Gordon, An Olympic swimmer conquers the universe": https://mashable.com/2016/04/15/flash-gordon/
• Not a movie or B western website, the Collectors Weekly has some interesting articles on our past and the good ol' days: http://www.collectorsweekly.com/
• Entertainers Lulu Belle and Scotty took a bunch of home movies and their collection is archived at the Moving Image Research Collections Digital Video Repository at the University of South Carolina. Here's a six minute movie filmed circa 1938 showing Roy Rogers, Republic Pictures, Universal Pictures, cowboy hero Bob Baker, and lots of trains and scenery: http://mirc.sc.edu/islandora/object/usc%3a1470
• MeTV has a website with bunches of articles on old TV shows and performers, and it includes death notices on TV performers: https://www.metv.com/stories/
• John McElwee's Greenbriar Picture Shows website has a bunch of photos and text (and is updated often) about old Hollywood. Not much western stuff, but lots of great material at: https://greenbriarpictureshows.blogspot.com/
• Daniel Neyer's "The Files of Jerry Blake" website is all about serials and the people who worked in them: https://filesofjerryblake.com/
• You can learn more about the cliffhangers of the silent and sound eras, including a complete listing of silent/sound chapterplays, at Maverick's Serial site. When I checked in early 2025, his website was no longer working. But the Internet Archive has a saved copy of his serials listing at: https://web.archive.org/web/20130614010947/http://www.themaverick.us/home/serial.html
• Hans Wollstein has a "Meanwhile ... Back At The Ranch" blog about westerns and serials ... and there's lots of info and photos of leading ladies: http://hjwollstein.blogspot.com/
• Ivan G. Shreve, Jr.'s Thrilling Days of Yesteryear has classic movies, television, DVD releases, and old time radio. Plus there's commentary and critiques on films, etc.: https://thrillingdaysofyesteryear.wordpress.com/
• Clifford Weimer (alias "Laughing Gravy") and his In the Balcony website concentrates on old films and series, DVD releases, and there's even a very busy message board with comments and questions about serials, westerns, and more. Website is at: http://www.inthebalcony.com/ Message board is at: https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/in_the_balcony/
• The Nitrateville website includes silents and talkies (busy and active message board): http://nitrateville.com/
• Turner Classic Movies (TCM) had a busy forum devoted to various genres including westerns. Sadly, it was shut down in late 2022: http://forums.tcm.com/
• "Matinee At The Bijou" ran on PBS TV in the 1980s and featured ol' westerns, serial episodes, more. There were plans to bring the series back on TV with Debbie Reynolds as the host. Their website hasn't been updated since January, 2017: http://matineeatthebijou.blogspot.com/
• Tim Kirk has a blog entitled "Charles Starrett - One Fan's Journey" and he's working on reviews for all of Starrett's films. Included are many stills and lobby cards: http://stevesomething.wordpress.com/
• The Online Archive of California (OAC) is an initiative of the California Digital Library, and they have a few photos of our B-western heroes: http://www.oac.cdlib.org/search.image.html
• Jerry Murbach's Doctor Macro website has many large, high quality photo scans of actresses and actors from the silent era as well as sound films: http://www.doctormacro.com
• Steve Jensen, who has a website on Clayton Moore (see Lone Ranger links below), also has a page on John Hart, who portrayed the masked man for one season, was TV's Hawkeye, and star of the Jack Armstrong cliffhanger. The John Hart webpage is at: http://johnhart.tripod.com/index.html
• The Autry National Center, formed in 2003 by the merger of the Autry Museum of Western Heritage with the Southwest Museum of the American Indian and the Women of the West Museum, is at: http://theautry.org/
• Robert Callaghan's website on Jock Mahoney (stuntman, onetime Tarzan and star of TV's RANGE RIDER and YANCY DERRINGER), as well as Guy Madison and Andy Devine in WILD BILL HICKOK, more is at: http://www.dancebob.com/mahoney13/
• The Stunt Players Directory website had a memorial page on scores of stuntmen and women, birth and death dates, very brief filmographies, etc. When I checked in August, 2018, it appears the website is no longer working: http://stuntplayers.ws/memorial/index.html
• John Hagner's Hollywood Stuntmen's Hall Of Fame website was no longer running and the domain name was for sale when I checked in January, 2021: http://www.stuntmen.org/
• The Golden Boot awards ran from 1983 - 2007 and were sponsored by the the Motion Picture & Television Fund Foundation. There's a section on the Old Corral with a listing of the honorees by year - link is on the Old Corral homepage ... or you can click HERE and a separate window / tab will open.
• The Autry National Center, formed in 2003 by the merger of the Autry Museum of Western Heritage with the Southwest Museum of the American Indian and the Women of the West Museum, is at: https://theautry.org/
• The Texas Country Music Hall of Fame, Carthage, Texas, includes a Tex Ritter Museum: https://www.tcmhof.com/
• Want to see if your fav western hero is enshrined on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame? Search the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce / Walk Of Fame website at: https://walkoffame.com
• Check out Mark Largent's Lone Ranger website. There you will find the various Lone Rangers of TV, radio, serials, et al. I was pleased to provide the serial info and pictures: http://www.endeavorcomics.com/largent/lr1.html
• I've received some e-mails asking whether the two Lone Ranger serials are "lost" or available on videotape. I've looked into this matter for the past twenty years or so, and have put together a webpage outlining some facts and some scuttlebutt about those two cliffhangers. Click HERE.
• Fran Striker, Jr. also provided some info on the definition and use of the term 'kemo sabe' which is used in the Lone Ranger TV and radio shows: http://www.old-time.com/misc/kemo.html
• Jerry Murbach's Doctor Macro website has many large, high quality photo scans of actresses and actors from the silent era as well as sound films: http://www.doctormacro.com
• Of interest to cowboy film fans is the 'Silents are Golden' webpage of 1920s era photos of Johnny Mack Brown, Gilbert Roland, Grant Withers, William 'Hoppy' Boyd, Kenneth Harlan, Gary Cooper, Richard Dix and more at: http://www.silentsaregolden.com/photos/photos.html
• Fran Striker, Jr. provided some info on the definition and use of the term 'kemo sabe' which is used in the Lone Ranger TV and radio shows: http://www.old-time.com/misc/kemo.html
• Jerry Haendiges has an Old Time Radio (OTR) site which has a bunch of logs/listings of radio shows such as THE LONE RANGER and ROY ROGERS programs: https://www.otrsite.com/radiolog/
7. POSTERS, LOBBY CARDS, BIG LITTLE BOOKS, BETTER LITTLE BOOKS, WHITMAN BOOKS, LUNCH BOXES, TOM MIX RALSTON STUFF, ETC.
• You may want to check eBay movie memorabilia: https://www.ebay.com/b/Movie-Memorabilia/196/bn_1865243
The internet has lots of websites on posters, lobby cards, Big Little books, Better Little books, Whitman books, lunch boxes, Tom Mix Ralston stuff, etc. Below are a few links to get you started:
• Just Kids Nostalgia in Huntington, Long Island, has a bunch of stuff available for sale ... along with their eBay auctions: http://www.justkidsnostalgia.com/
• The biglittlebooks.com website had a detailed history of the various books, variations and manufacturers as well as info on pricing and condition. But the website is no longer online. The Internet Archive Wayback Machine has a saved copy of the site: https://web.archive.org/web/20200615161127/http://www.biglittlebooks.com/
• If you're interested in old posters and lobby cards - and auctions of same - go to Bruce Hershenson's Vintage Movie Posters site: http://www.emovieposter.com/
8. COMIC BOOKS - HISTORY & REPRINTS
• Want to view a bunch of comic book covers in fairly large size? Go to GCD, the Grand Comic Book Database: https://www.comics.org/
9. HOLLYWOOD HISTORY, ACADEMY AWARDS, FILM PRESERVATION, OLD MOVIE THEATERS, CINECOLOR, MOVIE FILM SIZES, NITRATE FILM DECOMPOSITION, ETC.
• The Western Costume Company supplied costumes and props to the movie and TV industry for decades: http://www.westerncostume.com/
• Charles Starrett was one of many Hollywood performers who were involved in the formation of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) in the early 1930s: https://www.sagaftra.org/about/our-history/1930s
• The Library of Congress, American Memory archive concentrates on US history and culture. They do have a few Hollywood cowboy images. Use the search box in the upper right of this webpage: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
• The Barrymore Film Center website has writeups on various production companies that did silent films in and around Fort Lee, New Jersey. This was the film making "hub" before the studios migrated to Hollywood: https://www.barrymorefilmcenter.com/history
• The US Patent and Trademark Office has a trademark database where you can search and determine status on various trademarks, many of which are near and dear to our hearts. Go to their site and do a search on 'Gene Autry', 'Captain Marvel', 'Red Ryder', 'Hopalong Cassidy', 'Lone Ranger', and other cowboy and serial names that might be of interest to you. The database is at: http://www.uspto.gov/main/trademarks.htm, and when you get to this
page, click on the "search" function in the upper right corner of the page.
• Want to check out the Academy Award winners and nominees over the years. You can search the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) database for the Oscars award at: https://www.oscars.org/oscars/awards-databases-0
• In the old days, there were 'regional' film production companies in operation. The Handbook of Texas Online is a project of the Texas State Historical Association and the website has info on Texas-based companies: http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/ecf01
• Martin Hart's American Widescreen Museum has explanations of the color processes used in movies. Several were utilized in the B western - Republic Pictures had MagnaColor and TruColor, and PRC used Cinecolor. These two-strip processes were significantly cheaper than Technicolor, but there were problems. You can read more about Cinecolor at: http://www.widescreenmuseum.com/oldcolor/cinecolor2.htm
The following websites have sound files on old (and new) TV shows such as THE GABBY HAYES SHOW, THE RANGE RIDER, BUFFALO BILL JR., ADVENTURES OF RIN-TIN-TIN, and more:
• ClassicThemes.com is a website with references to a lot of old TV show themes (there are no sound files to download or listen to). But if you want to know about who created the theme for TVers like BOSTON BLACKIE, WILD BILL HICKOK, more, then take a trip to: http://www.classicthemes.com/
12. SATELLITE/CABLE TV CHANNEL SCHEDULES (AND SOME WEBSITES WILL EVEN SEND OUT REMINDER NOTICES TO YOU)
Many of 'Satellite/Cable/TV schedule' websites require you to do some work in order to deliver your particular schedule ... so you have to identify your zip code, the name of your cable or satellite dish company, etc. Some require you to 'register' (most are free) in order to access some content. • Schedule for AMC (American Movie Channel): https://www.amc.com/schedule • Schedule for TBS: https://www.tbs.com/schedule • Schedule for Turner Classics (TCM): https://www.tcm.com/schedule • Schedule for TNT: https://www.tntdrama.com/schedule
13. B FILMS AND SERIES, CHARLIE CHAN, TARZAN, JUNGLE JIM, BOMBA THE JUNGLE BOY, THREE STOOGES, LAUREL & HARDY, ABBOTT & COSTELLO, MORE ...
• The Bowery Boys and all their permutations (such as the East Side Kids, Dead End Kids, etc.): http://boweryboys.bobfinnan.com/
• Dick Curtis, Lynton Brent, Theodore Lorch, Kenneth McDonald, Christyne McIntyre, and lots of other cowboy and serial film performers worked in Columbia shorts, and in particular, the 3 Stooges series. You can do a search at the ThreeStooges.net website at: http://www.threestooges.net/
14. WESTERN MUSIC, COWBOY SINGIN' GROUPS, WLS BARN DANCE, ETC.
• Calin Coburn (Bob Nolan's grandson) and Elizabeth Drake McDonald had a fantastic website on Nolan with a filmography, biography ... and lots of great photos and images of posters and lobby cards. Sad to report that it is no longer running: http://bobnolan-sop.net/ A replacement website is being (slowly) re-built at: https://www.tumbleweedtrail.net
• Adrian DeBee had a website honoring the novelty singing group, The Hoosier Hotshots. But it was no longer working when checked in February, 2019: http://www.hoosierhotshots.com/
• Roger Hall's Cowboy Songs Corral website has info and photos on several cowboy movie performers and various western tunes: http://www.americanmusicpreservation.com/cowboysongs.htm. But when I checked in early 2023, the western movie performers and songs has been deleted.
• Johnny Bond's daughter Sherry Bond had a website on her Dad. But as of early 2006, the site was no longer working (http://www.johnnybond.com/).
• Many of the cowboy performers such as Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Max Terhune, Rex Allen, Eddie Dean and others worked at the National Barn Dance radio show which originated from WLS radio in Chicago (and much later over Chicago's WGN radio). The Barn Dance began their broadcasts in 1924, one year before the Grand Ole Opry show started. You can read a bit of history about the Barn Dance at: https://www.otrsite.com/articles/artjf008.html
• The Nashville Songwriters Foundation Hall Of Fame includes Jimmy Wakely, Gene Autry, Johnny Bond, Smiley Burnette, Ray Whitley, Tex Ritter, Bob Nolan, Bob Wills, more. The link below will take you to their website and when you get there, click on 'Hall of Fame': http://www.nashvillesongwritersfoundation.com/
• The US Government copyright office has a database which can be searched. Be a bit cautious with this information as 'copyright ownership' is different than someone who has a license to utilize a character, name, etc. in a film, TV show, recording, et al. Go to: http://www.copyright.gov/
• The US Patent and Trademark Office has a trademark database where you can search and determine status on various trademarks, many of which are near and dear to our hearts. Go to their site and do a search on 'Gene Autry', 'Captain Marvel', 'Red Ryder', 'Hopalong Cassidy', 'Lone Ranger', and other cowboy and serial names that might be of interest to you. The database is at: http://www.uspto.gov/main/trademarks.htm, and when you get to this
page, click on the "search" function in the upper right corner of the page.
• If you're interested in old records and record labels - or want to find out what happened to a record company - go to the Album Discographies website at: https://www.bsnpubs.com/discog.html
• The Digital Scriptorium Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library at Duke University has a searchable database named Ad*Access which contains 1920s - 1950s advertising: http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/adaccess/browse.html
• Find A Grave site lists the interment location for many celebrities, and the main page is at: https://www.findagrave.com/
• The Circus World Museum in Baraboo, Wisconsin has a lot of old circus wagons, some of which were from circuses owned by the western film heroes: https://www.circusworldbaraboo.org
16. INTERNET DATABASES ON FILMS AND STARS
There are several movie databases available on the Internet. The main issue is that they are generally updated by folks like you or I, thus some of the data may be inaccurate or incomplete. But if you have a question about a movie title or a person associated with films, you should check these websites:
• The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) has a searchable database on actors, actresses, films, directors, studios, etc.: https://www.imdb.com/
• Trying to recall the name of a cliffhanger? This is not a searchable database, but Joseph Scoleri III's 'Maverick' website has listings of all silent and sound serials. When I checked in early 2025, his website was no longer working. But the Internet Archive has a saved copy of his serials listing at: https://web.archive.org/web/20130614010947/http://www.themaverick.us/home/serial.html
Please visit the 'Trusty Steeds' / Movie Horses section on the Old Corral. Link is on the Old Corral homepage ... or you can click HERE and a separate window / tab will open.
18. 1950s - 1960s TV SHOWS (mostly westerns)
Please visit the Old Corral pages on TV Westerns. Link is on the Old Corral homepage ... or you can click HERE and a separate window / tab will open.
19. MOVIE LOCATIONS
Please visit the Old Corral pages on Movie Locations. Link is on the Old Corral homepage ... or you can click HERE and a separate window / tab will open.
20. DVDs, VIDEOs
There's a large section on Videos and DVDs on the Old Corral, and the link is on the Old Corral homepage ... or you can click HERE and a separate window / tab will open.
21. BOOKS AND PRINT PUBLICATIONS
There's a large section on books and print publications on the Old Corral, and the link is on the Old Corral homepage ... or you can click HERE and a separate window / tab will open.
22. FILM FESTIVALS, EVENTS
The "Bunkhouse News" section on the Old Corral lists various film fests and events, and the link is on the Old Corral homepage ... or you can click HERE and a separate window / tab will open.
The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) has a searchable database on actors, actresses, films, directors, studios, etc.: https://www.imdb.com/
