HELLO AGAIN IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN....FOR THE SATURDAY MATINEE....

This is our
third week and each week we grow. I want top welcome all the new
subscribers. Let's crank it up, its matinee time.
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LIT'L BIT OF MOVIE HISTORY:
Originally the  sign on Mt. Lee overlooking Hollywood read Hollywoodland.
The sign was first designed to advertise a real estate development. Years
after its construction the last 4 letters were removed. Ever since, it has
become a landmark, as a symbol representing the movie capital. The white,
blocked letter sign dates back to the 1920's.
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AN OLD RADIO FACT:
SAM SPADE, the series came to radio, on CBS, July 12, 1946. Based on the
detective character created by Dashiell Hammett in the 1930 novel, " The
Maltese Falcon". On radio the role was played by Howard Duff and Steve
Dunne. The classic portrayal of Spade was in 1941. Humphrey Bogart played
the part in the feature film version of the novel.
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IT'S TRIVIAL:
Fans of Tom Mix, the great movie cowboy, know he is most often associated
with Tony, The Wonder Horse, he rode to fame on in many an early western.
But the first horse Tom rode on the celluloid range was Old Blue.
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CLASSIC TV:
Ok Kids What Time is it??? It's Howdy Doody Time---the show began its long
television run on December 27, 1947. The series left the air in 1960. .
Buffalo Bob Smith was the voice of Howdy and Bob Keeshan (Captain Kangaroo)
was at one time Clarabell The Clown.
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A PICTURE IS WORTH A 1,000 WORDS: Check out this weeks graphic on Rex Allen,
Last Of The Singing Cowboys who passed away in 1999. Visit
http://www.memorylanemagazine.com/satmatinee.htm
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COMING NEXT WEEK:
A new feature in the newsletter next week, we'll begin a feature on mini
biographies and for the B Western Fans, we feature Rex Allen, so the above
graphic is just an advance sample for next week.
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DEVOTEES OF THE B WESTERN:
Remember the egroup that exchanges and shares information about the 'silver
screen cowboys' join the group and share some memories. Easy to join and its
growing, just send an e-mail to Alan Davis, group founder at
roy-rogers-subscribe@egroups.com
KEEP THE E-MAILS COMING, love to hear from you and diligently try to cover
subjects requested in the e-mails I receive, which is why next week we focus
on Rex Allen, The Last Of The Singing Cowboys.
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For a stroll 'down memory lane, visit Memory Lane Magazine The Web Site at
http://www.memorylanemagazine.com
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