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The No-Nonsense Cowboy

12 Monday Mar 2018

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This month we celebrate our No-Nonsense Cowboy, Tim Holt. Join us at 6:45 PM on Thursday, March 15, 2018.

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Lobby Poster for Western Heritage

Our first feature will be Western Heritage (RKO, 1948) Starring Tim Holt, Nan Leslie, Richard Martin and Tony Barrett and directed by Wallace Grissell. The working title for this film was “Under Arizona Skies” and some scenes were filmed on location in Lone Pine, CA.

Our second feature will be Brand of Fear (Monogram, 1949) Starring Jimmy Wakely, Dub Taylor, Gail Davis and Tom London. Oliver Drake directed this film.

Finally, we’ll watch Episode 2: “The Bat’s Cave”  from our new serial Batman (Columbia, 1943) Starring Lewis Wilson, Douglas Croft, J. Carrol Naish and Shirley Patterson. Directed by Lambert Hillyer.

See you there!

Hoppy Reboot!

15 Thursday Feb 2018

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Since the January meeting was cancelled because of bad weather, we will see the January program tonight. . .

It’s time once again to ride over to the ol’ Bar-M (NCSU McKimmon Center) for a really big B-Western Film night. Plan to join us on Thursday, February 15 at 6:45PM

Our film line-up will surely keep you warm on this long winter’s night:

Hopalong Cassidy with George “Gabby” Hayes (Art © Jim Sanders)

The first feature is Mystery Man (United Artists, 1944) Starring William “Hopalong Cassidy” Boyd, Andy Clyde, Jimmy Rogers and Don Costello. Directed by George Archainbaud.

We’ll follow Mystery Man with The Texas Kid (Monogram, 1943) Starring Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Shirley Patterson and Marshall Reed and directed by Lambert Hillyer.

We will FINALLY see the last chapter of “Valley of Vanishing Men” starring Wild Bill Elliott, and we’ll view the first chapter of a new serial “Batman”. Produced in 1943, the series stars Lewis Wilson, Douglas Croft, and J. Carrol Nash as “?”.