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Bob Baker (actor)
Bob Baker (born Stanley Leland Weed, November 8, 1910 – August 29, 1975) was a singer who had several starring roles as a singing cowboy in the late 1930s. Early years The son of Guy Weed and Ethel Leland Weed, Baker was born in Forest City, Iowa. He spent part of his childhood and youth in Colorado and Arizona. Unlike most movie cowboys, Baker really worked as a cowboy in his youth, and was a rodeo champion when he was sixteen. He joined the army at the age of 18, where he learned to play the guitar. Early career Baker began singing professionally at the age of twenty, for the KTSM radio station in El Paso, Texas. In Chicago he spent several months with WLS. As a professional rodeo roper and rider, he competed in Cheyenne, Wyoming, Pendleton, Oregon, and Salinas, California, among other sites. In 1935 he married Evelyn. They were to have four children. Film career Baker won a Universal Studios screen test in 1937 in competition against Leonard Slye (Roy Rogers), and became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forest City, Iowa
Forest City is a city in Hancock and Winnebago counties in the U.S. state of Iowa, and the county seat of Winnebago County. The population was 4,285 in the 2020 census, a decline from the 4,362 population in 2000. History Forest City was officially founded in 1855. Formerly known as “Puckerbrush”, Robert Clark the official founder/surveyor deemed it “Forest City” because it was cut right out of the trees. It was then platted in 1856, and later incorporated on June 14, 1878. The population started to grow when immigrants from Sweden and Norway settled in the Forest City because of the similar topography. Its growth continued when city leaders convinced Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad to come to Forest City. Although the Civil War stunted the city’s growth, many immigrants found the city attractive. Later on churches, banks, a college (Waldorf University), electricity, and the telephone turned Forest City into an ideal country town. Then in 1960, investors took over a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gene Autry
Orvon Grover "Gene" Autry (September 29, 1907 – October 2, 1998), nicknamed the Singing Cowboy, was an American singer, songwriter, actor, musician, rodeo performer, and baseball owner who gained fame largely by singing in a crooning style on radio, in films, and on television for more than three decades beginning in the early 1930s. Autry was the owner of a television station, several radio stations in Southern California, and the Los Angeles/Anaheim/California Angels Major League Baseball team from 1961 to 1997. From 1934 to 1953, Autry appeared in 93 films, and between 1950 and 1956 hosted '' The Gene Autry Show'' television series. During the 1930s and 1940s, he personified the straight-shooting hero—honest, brave, and true. Autry was also one of the most important pioneering figures in the history of country music, considered the second major influential artist of the genre's development after Jimmie Rodgers. His singing cowboy films were the first vehicle to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Bandit
''Black Bandit'' is a 1938 American Western (genre), Western film written and directed by George Waggner. The film stars Bob Baker (actor), Bob Baker, Marjorie Reynolds, Wally Wales, Jack Rockwell, Forrest Taylor and Glenn Strange. The film was released on September 16, 1938, by Universal Pictures. Plot Bob and Don Ramsay are twin brothers in opposite sides of the law since Bob is the Sheriff and Don is an outlaw that goes by the name Black Bandit, one time the Black Bandit strikes and is seen, but the blame goes to his identical brother Bob. Cast *Bob Baker (actor), Bob Baker as Sheriff Bob Ramsay / Don Ramsay *Marjorie Reynolds as Jane Allen *Wally Wales as Weepy *Jack Rockwell as Boyd Allen *Forrest Taylor as Sheriff Robert Warner *Glenn Strange as Luke Johnson *Arthur Van Slyke as Dad Ramsay *Carleton Young as Cash *Dick Dickinson as Clint Evans *Schuyler Standish as Bob Ramsay *Rex Downing as Young Don References External links * {{George Waggner 1938 f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outlaw Express
''Outlaw Express'' is a 1938 American Western film directed by George Waggner and written by Norton S. Parker. The film stars Bob Baker, Cecilia Callejo, Don Barclay, LeRoy Mason, Nina Campana and Martin Garralaga. The film was released on June 17, 1938, by Universal Pictures. Plot Cast * Bob Baker as Bob Bradley * Cecilia Callejo as Lorita Hernandez * Don Barclay as Andy Sharpe *LeRoy Mason as Jack Sommers *Nina Campana as Lupe *Martin Garralaga as Don Ricardo Hernandez *Forrest Taylor as John F. Ferguson *Carlyle Moore Jr. as Bill Cody *Julian Rivero as Don Francisco Diego *Jack Kirk as Phelps *Carleton Young Captain Carleton Scott Young (October 21, 1905 – November 7, 1994) was an American character actor who was known for his deep voice. Early years Born in Fulton, Oswego, New York, Young was the second and only surviving child of Sta ... as Ramon *Apache as Bob's Horse References External links * {{George Waggner 1938 films American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Trails
''Western Trails'' is a 1938 American Western film directed by George Waggner and written by Norton S. Parker. The film stars Bob Baker, Marjorie Reynolds, John Ridgely, Carlyle Moore Jr., Forrest Taylor, Franco Corsaro and Bob Burns. The film was released on June 1, 1938, by Universal Pictures. Plot While pursuing his father's killers, Bob Mason gets a gunshot wound, while recovering he is assisted by nurse Alice with whom his friend Ben is in love with. Bob discovers that the killer is Alice's brother Rudd and confronts him, however Rudd convinces Ben that Bob is stealing Alice for himself, so Ben removes the bullets from Bob's gun right before he faces off against Rudd. Cast * Bob Baker as Bob Mason *Marjorie Reynolds as Alice Gordon *John Ridgely as Ben McClure *Carlyle Moore Jr. as Rudd Gordon *Forrest Taylor as Williams *Franco Corsaro as Indian Joe *Bob Burns as Dan 'Dad' Mason *Jack Rockwell Jack Rockwell Trowbridge (October 6, 1890 – November 10, 194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Stand (1938 Film)
''The Last Stand'' is a 1938 American Western film directed by Joseph H. Lewis. It is an early example of the western detective story.Gary D. Rhodes ''The Films of Joseph H. Lewis'' 0814334628 2012 - Page 66 "However, Lewis predated these efforts in his B movies The Last Stand (1938) and Blazing Six Shooters (1940), both of which featured cowboys who solved mysteries. His detective films, whether set in the Old West or modern day, are notable ....." Cast * Bob Baker, Tip Douglas the Laredo Kid *Constance Moore, Nancy Drake *Fuzzy Knight, Pepper *Earle Hodgins, Thorn Evans *Forrest Taylor, Turner *Glenn Strange, Henchman Joe *Sam Flint, as Calhourn *Jimmy Phillips, Henchman Tom *Jack Kirk Jack Kirk (February 19, 1895 – September 13, 1948) was an American film actor from Missoula, Montana who had roles in over 300 films, mostly B-westerns, from 1926 and 1954. Selected filmography * '' The Stolen Ranch'' (1926) * '' Dames Ahoy ... Henchman Ed References 1938 film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Border Wolves
''Border Wolves'' is a 1938 American Western film directed by Joseph H. Lewis and written by Norton S. Parker. The film stars Bob Baker, Constance Moore, Fuzzy Knight, Dick Jones, Willie Fung, Oscar O'Shea and Frank Campeau. The film was released on February 25, 1938, by Universal Pictures. Plot Rusty Reynolds and his partner Clem Barrett are heading to California, but then come upon a wagon train massacre and arrested by mistake. They are sentenced to hang, but on the night before the execution, they are released by the Judge that gave them their sentence since he knows they are innocent and that the real culprit is his son. Cast * Bob Baker as Rusty Reynolds *Constance Moore as Mary Jo Benton *Fuzzy Knight as Clem Barrett * Dick Jones as Jimmie Benton *Willie Fung as Ling Wong *Oscar O'Shea as Judge Coleman *Frank Campeau as Tom Dawson *Glenn Strange George Glenn Strange (August 16, 1899 – September 20, 1973) was an American actor who mostly appeared i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Singing Outlaw
''The Singing Outlaw'' is a 1938 American "B" movie Western film directed by Joseph H. Lewis and starring Bob Baker as a singing cowboy. Production The film was the third that Lewis had directed, after ''Navy Spy'' (1937), which he co-directed with Crane Wilbur and '' Courage of the West''. This was the second of four films in which Fuzzy Knight played the comic sidekick to Universal's new singing cowboy A singing cowboy was a subtype of the archetypal cowboy hero of early Western films. It references real-world campfire side ballads in the American frontier, the original cowboys sang of life on the trail with all the challenges, hardships, and ..., Bob Baker. Synopsis A singing outlaw named Cueball and a U.S. Marshal kill each other in a shoot-out. A bystander (Baker) decides to take over the Marshall's identity. To trap the local outlaw gang he pretends to be Cueball. He finds himself struggling to stop the cattle rustlers and win the love of the daughter of a rancher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camp Verde, Arizona
Camp Verde ( yuf-x-yav, ʼMatthi:wa; Western Apache: Gambúdih) is a town in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population of the town is 10,873. The town hosts an annual corn festival in July, sponsored and organized by Hauser and Hauser Farms. Other annual festivals include Fort Verde Days (October); the Pecan, Wine and Antiques Festival (February); and the Crawdad Festival (June). Geography The town is bisected by I-17, extending to the west and to the east of the interstate. Highway 260 connects Camp Verde with Payson to the east and Cottonwood to the west. Three freeway exits provide local access: Exits 285, 287, and 289. The town's historic downtown is approximately from I-17 and contains a grocery store, physician facilities, shopping, dining, historical museum, Fort Verde State Historic Park, chamber of commerce/visitor center and town offices. Camp Verde is located at (34.5667, -111.8562). According to the United States Census ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flagstaff, Arizona
Flagstaff ( ) is a city in, and the county seat of, Coconino County in northern Arizona, in the southwestern United States. In 2019, the city's estimated population was 75,038. Flagstaff's combined metropolitan area has an estimated population of 139,097. Flagstaff lies near the southwestern edge of the Colorado Plateau and within the San Francisco volcanic field, along the western side of the largest contiguous ponderosa pine forest in the continental United States. The city sits at about and is next to Mount Elden, just south of the San Francisco Peaks, the highest mountain range in the state of Arizona. Humphreys Peak, the highest point in Arizona at , is about north of Flagstaff in Kachina Peaks WildernessThe geology of the Flagstaff areaincludes abundant volcanic rocks associated with the San Francisco Volcanic Field that range in age from late Miocene to late Holocene. It also includes exposed rock from the Mesozoic and Paleozoic eras, with Moenkopi Formation re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II was a total war that directly involved more than 100 million Military personnel, personnel from more than 30 countries. The major participants in the war threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources. Air warfare of World War II, Aircraft played a major role in the conflict, enabling the strategic bombing of population centres and deploying the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, only two nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II was by far the List of wars by death toll, deadliest conflict in hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Baba And The Forty Thieves (1944 Film)
''Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves'' is a 1944 adventure film from Universal Pictures, directed by Arthur Lubin, and starring Maria Montez, Jon Hall, and Turhan Bey. The film is derived from ''The Book of One Thousand and One Nights'', but its storyline departs greatly from the tale of the same name and includes an actual historic event. The film is one of series of "exotic" tales released by Universal during the Second World War; others include '' Cobra Woman'', ''Arabian Nights'', and ''White Savage''. Plot In the immediate aftermath of the successful Mongolian conquest of Bagdad by Hulagu Khan ( Kurt Katch), the caliph Hassan (Moroni Olsen) escapes captivity, together with his young son Ali (Scotty Beckett), while he prepares to regroup the remnants of his troops. While staying at the mansion of Prince Cassim (Frank Puglia), Ali and Cassim's daughter Amara ( Yvette Duguay), fearing that they will not see each other again, betroth themselves via a blood-bond. As the caliph pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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