VHS002 - $10.00 - Collection of 3 Six-Gun Heroes:
1. HOLLYWOOD: OUT WEST ( 1980) B/W & C, 60 min. A look at the history of the Western, with emphasis on Tim Mix, William S. Hart, Art Acorn and Harry Carey. The focus is on the making of THE COVERED WAGON (1923) and THE IRON HORSE (1924). Clips include: TUMBLE WEEDS (1925), THE MASSACRE (1912), HELL'S HINGES, THE GREAT K & A TRAIN ROBBERY (1926). Narrated by James Mason. Interviews with John Wayne, Yakima Canutt, and others.
2. Cowboys of the Saturday Matinee (1984) B/W & C 75min. Narrated by James Coburn, features Gene Autry, Tex Ritter, Roy Rogers, Jimmy Wakely, John Wayne, and more
3. Wild Westerns - Back to the Saturday Matinee (1989) B/W & C 82min. Join host Tony Thomas as he takes a nostalgic trip back in time to consider some of the movies and the stars who lit up the lives of youngsters at the Saturday matinee including heroes Buck Jones, Randolph Scott and Ken Maynard. Also includes a complete version of the 1934 "In Old Santa Fe."
VHS003 - $15.00 - Collection of 3 Cowboy Artists:
1. Portrait of Charles M. Russell: Preserver of the Old West. Features paintings and rare photographs of the artist, storyteller, humorist, and cowboy, Charlie Russell (1864--1926). 23-minute video.
2. The Man They Call Will James (1990) B/W & C 29 min. An intimate view of an enigmatic and colorful man who created a life and lived it -- first on a horse and then, vicariously, through his art and writing.
3. Charles M. Russell: An American Artist (1982) Color, 20 min. - "Charles M. Russell was one of the foremost in documenting the American West. By the time he was 16 he followed his dreams to the mountains and plains of Montana, where he lived the life of a hunter and cowboy. Sketching and modeling were just a hobby for him, but he captured the West exactly as he saw it. Over the next 40 years, Russell created a treasure of American art-a record of the West so rich and personal that it remains as vivid for us today as it was for him at the turn of the century.
VHS006 - $10.00 - 2 Tributes to cowboy movie heroes:
1. Roy Rogers, King of the Cowboys (1992) B/W & C, 80 min. - A film tribute to Roy Rogers, Dale Evans and Trigger using archival film clips and contemporary interviews.
2. John Wayne the Duke Lives On: A Tribute (1980) B/W & C, 80 min. A tribute to the greatest box office attraction Hollywood has ever known. With rare early photographs and movie clips from some of John Wayne's most outstanding roles, this tribute traces the remarkable life and career of the man the world came to know as "The Duke".
VHS007 - $10.00 - Collection of 3 stories about the West... Real & Mythical:
1. The Legendary West (1976) B/W & C, 60 min. Ben Johnson shows us how the film industry glamorized the West and how real cowboys, believing the stories, modeled themselves after the image created by the movies.
2. America: A Look Back - The Real West 60 min. Hosted by Tom Brokaw of NBC News, the series uses vintage photographs to recall the places, faces and events that have illustrated American history. The first show covers the period from 1849-1900 when pioneers, gunslingers, 49ers and outlaws populated the west. This episode is narrated by Gary Cooper.
3. The West That Never Was (1989) B/W & C, 58 min. Narrated by writer Tony Thomas. Hollywood's Vision of the Cowboys and Gunfighters.
The above tapes were purchased from the original legal distribtor, and are in the original boxes. I have watched them only a few times, but they are used.
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