Truly a sad end for a lovely actress 
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itdo, we agree with you, she was perfectly cast in North to Alaska as "Frenchie" (if I remember correctly - it's been well over a year since we have watched it). Speaking of that, Roland, did you just happen to remember her line about jumping into the river/gold mine or have you watched North to Alaska recently? It's definitely one of our favorite Duke movies for "relaxing" and just having fun!
Chester 
QuoteOriginally posted by Hondo Duke Lane@Mar 9 2005, 08:15 PM
First time I responded on this topic. Really like it a lot, and miss it when you don't post for the day. Sorry you miss us today, hope to hear from you soon.
Cheers B)
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Ditto, ditto! Great job, Arthur! We concur with Hondo, and enjoy seeing all these little known facts appear, for the most part on a daily basis.
Just out of curiosity, is this information which you have already amassed in preparation for your book, or just how do you do it? 
Chester
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68 years ago the actor De Witt Jennings died aged 58 he appeared as Captain Dunn in The Deceiver (1931) a film that will live in infamy among all Duke Fans . . .[snapback]14950[/snapback]
I must admit, you had me on this one - for the life of me, I couldn't remember anything about this film. So I went to IMDb, and remembered why you would make this remark . . . 
Chester
Arthur and Chilibill,
Andy Devine has always been one of my favorite actors. Currently, we have a dozen of the old Roy Rogers westerns on DVD, where Andy is cast as Roy's sidekick Cookie Bullfincher. He rates right up there with Gabby Hayes for me 
. As a child, back in 1955, he used to have a TV show called Andy's Gang, which I enjoyed watching. Here's a comment from an IMDb poster, as to the show's content -
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"Andy's Gang" (1955)
I remember this show, 23 August 2004
Author: Robin Martinez ([email protected]) from Denver, Colorado
Andy's Gang was wild, something like a Saturday-morning Tonight Show for kids, with a rowdy audience howling with laughter or excitement -- although the kids weren't really there. The audience seen at the beginning was stock footage that was constantly reused.
I remember the audience singing a Buster Brown theme song to start the show.
I think it ended, "There's only one kind of gang for me, good old Andy's Gang!"
Andy Devine hollered "Hey kids!" and the crowd roared back. Froggy the Gremlin, a rubber toy, always said, "Hiya, kids, hiya hiya hiya!" He also brought on the film or cartoon when everyone yelled, "Plunk your magic twanger, Froggy!" There was usually a film episode of adventure with Gunga Ram, the mahout (Indian elephant wrangler) or the same actor as a Native American.
There was a black cat named Midnight who purred "Niiiiice" (voiced by June Foray) and a mouse named Squeaky who was played by a hamster. There were also comedy or variety sketches. Vito Scotti often appeared as some kind of "expert" who would do a demonstration for the audience. As Scotti narrated what he was doing Froggy would suggest wildly wrong things, which Scotti would repeat and do and then get upset about.
It was very low-budget, but hey, I was five or so and I loved it.
I was 7 at the time, and I loved it too! 
Chester
Arthur,
Thanks so much for taking the time to share these statistics! I, for one, find them interesting.
Mrs. C 
