Word: hopalong
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...hard-riding, straight-shooting cowboy, William ("Hopalong Cassidy") Boyd has been the star of dozens of B movies. Last week, as Cowboy Boyd strode into New Orleans' D. H. Holmes department store, the fanfare would have done justice to a Technicolored A production. He was there to plug his Hopalong Cassidy boots, spurs, shirts, toy guns and some 37 other cowboy items for moppets, and 50,000 fans and customers were on hand to say howdy...
...boss of Hopalong Cassidy Enterprises, which gets an average 5% royalty on all sales of Hopalong cowboy goods, Boyd is the latest rider in a rich new stampede. While other retail sales have slumped, cowboy clothes and gadgets have gone galloping ahead. In the first 45 days they were on the market, $1,000,000 in Hopalong Cassidy items were sold...
Rogues' Gallery. "It was eight of us the names is Earl Parks, who was known as Smiley because he would kill you with a smile on his face. The others: Herbert Liggins, known as" Hopalong because he was crippled; Charles Jones, known as Pretty Boy because he was a nice looking guy. Charles Hill was known as Colorado Kid. William Lee was known as Wild Bill. Clyde Bradford was known as Blue because he was so dark. Percy Bellmar was known as the Wheeler because he was a good driver. He really was my number one wheeler...