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Roy Rogers, born Leonard Franklin Slye (November 5, 1911 – July 6, 1998), was an American singer and cowboy actor, one of the most heavily marketed and merchandised stars of his era, as well as being the namesake of the Roy Rogers Restaurants franchised chain. He and his wife Dale Evans, his golden palomino, Trigger, and his German Shepherd dog, Bullet, were featured in more than 100 movies and The Roy Rogers Show. The show ran on radio for nine years before moving to television from 1951 through 1957. His productions usually featured a sidekick, often either Pat Brady (who drove a Jeep called "Nellybelle"), Andy Devine, or the crotchety George "Gabby" Hayes. Rogers's nickname was "King of the Cowboys". Evans's nickname was "Queen of the West."
Leonard Franklin Slye was born to Andrew ("Andy") and Mattie (Womack) Slye in Cincinnati, Ohio, where his family lived in a tenement building on 2nd Street. (Riverfront Stadium was constructed at this location in 1970 and Leonard would later joke that he had been born at second base.) Dissatisfied with his job and city life, Andy Slye and his brother Will built a 12-by-50-foot houseboat from salvage lumber, and, in July 1912, the Slye family floated up the Ohio River towards Portsmouth, Ohio. Desiring a more stable existence in Portsmouth, the Slyes purchased land on which to build a home, but the flood of 1913 allowed them to move the houseboat to their property and continue living in it on dry land.
Actors: Joel Nagle (actor), Cody Gittings (writer), Cody Gittings (editor), Cody Gittings (director), Cody Gittings (producer), Stephen Heleker (producer), Stephen Heleker (writer), Stephen Heleker (director), Nick Garcia (actor), Danny Kerr (composer), Amadeus Serafini (actor), Jodi Dominick (actor), Alan Heathcock (producer),
Plot: SMOKE is a story of brutality, redemption, and the desolate landscape intrinsic to both. It is late summer in the rural community of Krafton, fire season, the air thick with heat and soot. Fifteen-year-old Vernon wakes in the early dawn to discover his father at his window; wounded, filthy, and blood-stained. He orders Vernon to dress quietly and quickly, then leads him miles into the woods where he has dragged the body of a stranger he confesses to killing in self-defense the night before. Together, father and son set out to dispose of the body, and to make sense of the violence that has occurred, and that which is yet to come.
Genres: Drama, Short, Western,Actors: Bjørn Sundquist (actor), Thomas Robsahm (miscellaneous crew), Pål Gengenbach (editor), Brit Elisabeth Haagensli (actress), Axel Hellstenius (writer), Eva Isaksen (writer), Eva Isaksen (director), Harald Ohrvik (producer), Terje Rangnes (actor), Petter Næss (actor), Christine Robsahm (actress), Tommy Karlsen (actor), Viggo Jønsberg (actor), Håvard Bakke (actor), Ingvar Ambjørnsen (writer),
Genres: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance,Actors: Paula Morton (actress), Bobby Astyr (actor), David Christopher (actor), Sharon Mitchell (actress), Victor Colicchio (actor), Peter Andrews (actor), Clea Carson (actress), J. Angel Martine (director), Susaye London (actress), Marcia Minor (actress), Bobby Niles (actor), Barry Lattermore (producer),
Genres: Adult,Actors: James Arness (actor), Richard Alexander (actor), Oliver Blake (actor), Ward Bond (actor), Wally Brown (actor), Gene Autry (actor), Iron Eyes Cody (actor), Gary Cooper (actor), Wendell Corey (actor), Bing Crosby (actor), Scatman Crothers (actor), Jim Davis (actor), James Burke (actor), James Garner (actor), Chuck Hamilton (actor),
Plot: Inept insurance salesman Milford Farnsworth sells a man a $100,000 policy. When his boss learns the man was Jesse James he sends Milford after him with money to buy back the policy. After a masked Jesse robs Milford of the money, Milford's boss heads out with more money. Jesse learns about it and plans to rob him, have Milford dressed as him get killed in the robbery, and then collect the $100,000.
Keywords: annie-oakley, bar, bar-fight, bartender, blue-dress, boyfriend-girlfriend-relationship, cameo, card-game, challenge, character-name-in-titleActors: Henry Rowland (actor), Ken Terrell (actor), Pat Brady (actor), Robert Bice (actor), Edmund Cobb (actor), Roy Rogers (actor), John Hamilton (actor), Rex Lease (actor), Eddie Lee (actor), Jack Low (actor), Post Park (actor), Stuart Randall (actor), Duke Green (actor), Lane Bradford (actor), Trigger (actor),
Plot: Mine owner George Perez, transporting a load of uranium, is ambushed and left for dead after a fall over a cliff. Badly hurt, he makes his way to town doctor Frank Harding (Leo Cleary), secretly the boss of the outlaw gang working with a foreign government to steal the uranium,who poisons him and passes his death off as the result of an accident. The mine passes into the hands of rancher/businessman Craig Bennett, who makes a claim for the Uranium loss and the company sends Roy Rogers (Roy Rogers) to investigate. He comes to Coronado posing as a cowhand looking for work and gets a job as a member of a line crew that includes Foy Willing (Foy Willing) and the Riders of the Purple Sage(Darol Rice, Al Sloey and George Bamby)working for Bennett's Coronado Power and Light Company. Roy also runs into an old friend, Sparrow Biffle (Pat Brady), who is a helper to Bennett's secretary Pam Reynolds (Dale Evans.) Just as Roy has uncovered evidence linking Dr. Harding, henchman Ross (Clifton Young) and his men succeed in hi-jacking the ore from a warehouse and on the trail to where their contact man is to pick it up by airplane and fly it out of the country.
Keywords: horse, insurance-agent, physician, smuggler, thief, trucolor, uraniumActors: Tim Spencer (actor), Hugh Farr (actor), Harry A. Bailey (actor), Terry Frost (actor), Martin Garralaga (actor), Olin Howland (actor), Karl Farr (actor), Pat Brady (actor), LeRoy Mason (actor), George Meeker (actor), Bob Nolan (actor), Lloyd Perryman (actor), Sons of the Pioneers (actor), Roy Rogers (actor), Ken Terrell (actor),
Plot: The Vegas own an oil rich ranch and Calhoun is after the mineral rights. He gets Carlos Vega to run huge gambling debts. When Carlos' sister who is half owner arrives, Calhoun tries to have her killed. Roy finds a clue and this leads him to Calhoun's offshore gambling ship.
Keywords: actor-playing-himself, animal-actor, b-movie, b-western, beach, boat, brawl, chase, colt-45, contemporary-westActors: Kansas Moehring (actor), John McGuire (actor), Eddie Acuff (actor), Ralph Bucko (actor), Roy Bucko (actor), Fritz Leiber (actor), Olaf Hytten (actor), Victor Cox (actor), Andy Devine (actor), Art Dillard (actor), Hugh Farr (actor), Karl Farr (actor), Fred Graham (actor), Pat Brady (actor), Bob Nolan (actor),
Plot: Gridley is mining silver from an old Mexican mine and bringing it into the USA thru a passage into his worthless mine. Border guard Rogers suspects Gridley and finally finds the secret entrance to the Mexican mine. He sends Lee Madison for help only to have her captured by Gridley. Trigger brings help that takes care of Gridley's men and now Roy has to rescue Madison.
Keywords: 1940s, actor-shares-first-and-last-name-with-character, actor-shares-first-name-with-character, actor-shares-last-name-with-character, b-movie, b-western, badge, border-patrol, cave, church-bellActors: Roy Barcroft (actor), George Morrell (actor), Hank Bell (actor), Ed Cassidy (actor), Budd Buster (actor), Hugh Farr (actor), Karl Farr (actor), Shug Fisher (actor), Sam Flint (actor), Douglas Fowley (actor), Kit Guard (actor), George 'Gabby' Hayes (actor), Eddie Kane (actor), Bert Moorhouse (actor), Bob Nolan (actor),
Genres: Romance, Western,Actors: Shug Fisher (actor), Bill Elliott (actor), Karl Farr (actor), Hugh Farr (actor), Bobby Barber (actor), Ted Adams (actor), Roy Barcroft (actor), Sam Ash (actor), Don 'Red' Barry (actor), Bill Cartledge (actor), Ed Cassidy (actor), Roger Creed (actor), Hank Bell (actor), Kenne Duncan (actor), Jesse Graves (actor),
Plot: Sue Farnum inherits a circus, but her dead father's partner is trying to take it away from her. Roy and Bob Nolan are filming a movie on location at the circus. They and a number of other western movie stars come to Sue's aid, putting on a show and catching the bad guys.
Keywords: b-western, barbecue, boys'-choir, bullwhip, character-name-in-title, church-bell, circus, circus-parade, circus-performer, death-of-petActors: Silver Tip Baker (actor), Wade Boteler (actor), Smiley Burnette (actor), Bob Burns (actor), Fred Burns (actor), Bob Card (actor), Jim Corey (actor), Joseph Crehan (actor), Art Dillard (actor), Ralph Dunn (actor), Jack Evans (actor), Oscar Gahan (actor), Al Haskell (actor), Lloyd Ingraham (actor), Chris Allen (actor),
Plot: After Pat Garrett kills Billy the Kid, Billy's look-alike Roy Rogers arrives and is mistaken for him. Although a murderer, Billy was on the side of the homesteaders against the large ranchers. As Billy's death is unknown, Roy gets Garrett to let him pose as Billy to continue the fight, but without the killing.
Keywords: 1880s, accordion, actor-shares-first-name-with-character, ambush, arson, billy-the-kid, brother-sister-relationship, capture, cattle, cattlemanWhat a day was yesterday
Oh, yesterday gave me you
All my schemes and golden dreams
At last it seems have come true
Until I found you, the skies were always gray
Then like a sunshine you drove the clouds away
You'll never guess my happiness
When you said yes, yesterday
Days may come and go but one day you'll know
We'll live as the day of days
It was yesterday that I heard you say
I'll love you dear always
What a day was yesterday
Oh, yesterday gave me you
All my schemes and golden dreams
At last it seems have come true
Until I found you, the skies were always gray
Then like a sunshine you drove the clouds away
You'll never guess my happiness