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You are here: Home / Archives for Hopalong Cassidy

Keep Your Bill Boyds Straight

October 16, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

William Stage Boyd

It was confusing when a second William Boyd arrived in Hollywood in 1929. The original “Movie” Boyd achieved later fame as Hopalong Cassidy, but who was the actor who became known as William “Stage” Boyd?

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: bill boyd, Hopalong Cassidy, William "Stage" Boyd

The Movies Come to Television: Poverty Row to Italian Film Theater to the Million Dollar Movie

September 8, 2010 By Cliff Aliperti 12 Comments

An attempt to trace the early history of Hollywood movies on television from the 1940s through WOR-TV’s Italian Film Theater and Million Dollar Movie in the mid-1950’s.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: David O Selznick, General Teleradio, Hopalong Cassidy, Italian Film Theater, Million Dollar Movie, National Telefilm Associates, Paramount Decision, RKO (Pathe), WOR-TV, WPIX

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