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Hop Along:
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Hop Along:
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#HopAlong
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My ★★★★ review of Hop-a-long Cassidy on @letterboxd.social: boxd.it/d59MRf
My ★★★★ review of Hop-a-long Cassidy on @letterboxd.social: boxd.it/d59MRf
The right circumstances, of course, are hard to create consistently
The right circumstances, of course, are hard to create consistently
«only 2 simple controls»
«only 2 simple controls»
In 1950 $70 million of Hopalong Cassidy products were manufactured
The series spawned the western fad of the 1950s
If curious the series is on YouTube including tonight’s episode
But “colourised” 🤢
In 1950 $70 million of Hopalong Cassidy products were manufactured
The series spawned the western fad of the 1950s
If curious the series is on YouTube including tonight’s episode
But “colourised” 🤢
Boyd pulls together a crew
In June 1949 Boyd beats “The Lone Ranger” (itself commissioned as a reaction to the Hopalong film success) to air
In it’s first year alone Boyd earns $800,000
Almost $11m to you and me
Boyd pulls together a crew
In June 1949 Boyd beats “The Lone Ranger” (itself commissioned as a reaction to the Hopalong film success) to air
In it’s first year alone Boyd earns $800,000
Almost $11m to you and me
NBC rent Boyd’s entire library
Variety notes in 1950 that the cost of a single showing of a western in Los Angeles "ranges from $80 to $250 Hopalong Cassidy films are the exception, bringing $1,000 per showing"
NBC are desperate for a tv series
NBC rent Boyd’s entire library
Variety notes in 1950 that the cost of a single showing of a western in Los Angeles "ranges from $80 to $250 Hopalong Cassidy films are the exception, bringing $1,000 per showing"
NBC are desperate for a tv series
Hollywood believed the “Hopalong” film series was on its last legs ..
William Boyd sold everything he had to buy up all the rights - for film, tv, the lot
Including the physical film prints
He persuades NBC in Los Angeles to broadcast one film as a trial, for $200
Hollywood believed the “Hopalong” film series was on its last legs ..
William Boyd sold everything he had to buy up all the rights - for film, tv, the lot
Including the physical film prints
He persuades NBC in Los Angeles to broadcast one film as a trial, for $200
S1 E13 Guns Across the Border
A fast shooting woman marshal and her ranch foreman make plenty of trouble for Hopalong Cassidy as he tries to track down the bandits who have stolen the army rifles
Starring William Boyd
Produced by William Boyd Productions
S1 E13 Guns Across the Border
A fast shooting woman marshal and her ranch foreman make plenty of trouble for Hopalong Cassidy as he tries to track down the bandits who have stolen the army rifles
Starring William Boyd
Produced by William Boyd Productions
«only 2 simple controls»
«only 2 simple controls»
Then it temporarily retracted it. trib.al/65uuWXS