This documentary traces the history of the B-Western from it's silent movie origins to its demise in the early 1950s. The film contains a large number of scenes from early silents and seldom seen films, as well as old photographs of the stars and one-sheet advertisements for lost films.
Cast
Dave Mann
Narrator (voice)
Wally Albright
(archive footage)
Rex Allen
(archive footage)
Gilbert M. Anderson
(archive footage)
Gene Autry
(archive footage)
Bob Baker
(archive footage)
Smith Ballew
(archive footage)
Ward Bond
(archive footage)
William Boyd
(archive footage)
Pat Brady
(archive footage)
Walter Brennan
(archive footage)
Johnny Mack Brown
(archive footage)
Smiley Burnette
(archive footage)
Yakima Canutt
(archive footage)
Harry Carey
(archive footage)
Horace B. Carpenter
(archive footage)
Louise Carver
(archive footage)
Andy Clyde
(archive footage)
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