Posts from ethanedwards in thread „Hopalong Cassidy (1952-1954)“

Quote from colkid60

ethanedwards- I played the trailer on Hopalong's first movie, it was a little rough but I enjoyed I will have to look at getting a couple of movies of his.
Also listened to Roy Rodgers yodeling it was great, he sang and yodeled so good there, I really liked it.
How did you post that here?? Technically I mean?

Hopalong was my hero, before Duke.

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Quote from Stumpy

Maybe in some of his old Musketeer movies the countryside looked that bad but not in his later, greater movies. "Three Godfathers" and "The Searchers" are the only Duke movies I can think of that even come close.

You're right Jim,
Most of the LoneStar/Mongram, early Republic
Duke's movies were filmed in these locations.
Also some of the scenes from King Of the Pecos, Westward Ho!, Helltown,
3 Godfathers, How The West Was Won, North To Alaska
were filmed in the Lone Pine area

Quote from Stumpy

I'm curious, do you know where exactly in California, Arizona, Nevada or wherever it was those 40's films were photographed, what with those lofty, snow-covered peaks in the background and the desert-like terrain with huge granite boulders that the cattle drives and chase scenes were set. That was really some rugged-looking country. I looked up the filming locations but don't know where they are.

Jim,
I did a random search of the films, and it looks as if most were filmed
in Lone Pine, California, particularly, Alabama Hills, and Kernville.
Indeed many of Duke's movies were shot here,
and here is our thread with those locations highlighted
Duke's Movie Locations- California

Quote from Richard--W

Keith, in your list you forgot

1937 Borderland

Richard

Thanks Richard for pointing this out.
The way IMDb posts it's lists these days, makes for lots of editing
before it is presentable here.
It is obviously there as you say,
and can only assume I deleted it whilst editing.

Quote from Richard--W

Is the moderator certain he wants to lump the feature films together with the TV program? The features started life on the big screen 17 years before the TV program happened. Related but separate entities. My posts were about the feature films. I've never seen an episode of the TV program.

Richard

Yes, I think it is best that all things related to Hoppy
are better served by one thread.
It must be remembered, although there is life on the thread now,
this is not always the case, the last time being two years ago!!
In any case the conversation is better placed here,
rather than where it was in What Was The Last Western You Watched?
where the discussion had drifted off-topic from the subject,
to a discussion about the writer and Hoppy.

The feature films were:-

1952 The Greatest Show on Earth (uncredited)
1948 Strange Gamble
1948 False Paradise
1948 Borrowed Trouble
1948 Sinister Journey
1948 The Dead Don't Dream
1948 Silent Conflict
1947 Hoppy's Holiday
1947 The Marauders
1947 Dangerous Venture
1947 Unexpected Guest
1947 Fool's Gold
1946 The Devil's Playground
1944 Forty Thieves
1944 Mystery Man
1944 Lumberjack
1944 Texas Masquerade
1943 Riders of the Deadline
1943 False Colors
1943 Bar 20
1943 Colt Comrades
1943 Leather Burners
1943 Border Patrol
1943 Hoppy Serves a Writ
1942 Lost Canyon
1942 Undercover Man
1941 Secret of the Wastelands
1941 Outlaws of the Desert
1941 Twilight on the Trail
1941 Stick to Your Guns ..Hopalong Cassidy posing as Tex Riley
1941 Riders of the Timberline
1941 Wide Open Town
1941 Pirates on Horseback
1941 Border Vigilantes
1941 In Old Colorado
1941 Doomed Caravan
1940 Ranger Guns West
1940 Stagecoach War
1940 Hidden Gold
1940/I The Showdown
1940 Santa Fe Marshal
1939 Law of the Pampas
1939 Range War
1939 Renegade Trail
1939 Silver on the Sage
1939 Sunset Trail
1938 The Frontiersmen
1938 In Old Mexico
1938 Pride of the West
1938 Bar 20 Justice
1938 Heart of Arizona
1938 Cassidy of Bar 20
1938 Partners of the Plains
1937 Texas Trail
1937 Hopalong Rides Again
1937 Rustlers' Valley
1937 North of the Rio Grande
1937 Hills of Old Wyoming
1937 Borderland
1936 Trail Dust
1936 Hopalong Cassidy Returns
1936 Three on the Trail
1936 Call of the Prairie
1936 Heart of the West
1935 Bar 20 Rides Again
1935 The Eagle's Brood
1935 Hop-a-long Cassidy

Perhaps the last few posts would be better placed here.
Thanks for the contributions Jim and Richard

Wiilam Boyd with Gene Autry

with Roy Rogers

as Hopalong

Quote from dlw1953

can someone tell me where I could find this movie? I'd love to see it.

Dixie

Hi Dixie,
try

Amazon

Hopalong Cassidy is a fictional cowboy hero created in 1904 by the author Clarence E. Mulford,
who wrote a series of popular short stories and twenty-eight novels based on the character.

In his early writings, Mulford portrayed the character as rude, dangerous, and rough-talking.
Beginning in 1935, the character—as played by movie actor William Boyd
in films adapted from Mulford's books—was transformed into a clean-cut on-screen hero.
A total of sixty-six immensely popular films were released,
only a few of which relied on Mulford's original story lines.
Mulford later revised and republished his earlier works to be more consistent
with the character's new, polished on-screen persona.

Hoppy was one of my childhood favourites.
A staple diet at the Saturday Morning matinees.

Hoppy made many feature movies,
before realising the potential of TV, in the 50's.

Topper I guess,being one of the most remembered
and loved screen horses of all time!

In the movies, his sidekick was no other than
Gabby Hayes, replacing him with a couple of others,
before settling on Edgar Buchanan, for the TV show.

William Boyd, was clever and astute,
having his own production company,
produce the shows, and others as well

Information From IMDb

Plot Summary
Hopalong Cassidy, grey haired and clad in black,
and his horse Topper went round catching badguys.
Red Connors was his funny sidekick.
Written by ethanedwards

Series Cast
William Boyd ... Hopalong Cassidy (40 episodes, 1952-1954)
Edgar Buchanan ... Red Connors (40 episodes, 1952-1954)
George Wallace ... Brad Mason / ... (4 episodes, 1952-1954)
John Crawford ... Frank Dale / ... (3 episodes, 1952-1953)

Series Directed by
Derwin Abrahams,
Thomas Carr
and many others

Series Produced
Toby Auguist .... producer
William Boyd .... executive producer

Series Writing Credits
Clarence E. Mulford,Harrison Jacobs
and others

Trivia
* Hoppy rode Topper.

* William Boyd insisted on speaking grammatical English during this series, because he knew so many children would be watching and wanted to set a good example.

Filming Locations
Anchor Ranch, Lone Pine, California, USA
Corriganville, Ray Corrigan Ranch, Simi Valley, California, USA
Iverson Ranch, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA
Melody Ranch - 24715 Oak Creek Avenue, Newhall, California, USA
Sonora, California, USA