Roy Rogers (1) (1911–1998)
Autore di Happy Trails: The Story of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans
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Sull'Autore
Fonte dell'immagine: Roy Rogers (1911-1998) and Dale Evans (1912-2001)
Photo by Alan Light, March 29, 1989, 61st Academy Awards
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Opere di Roy Rogers
Dakota American Adventures: 10 Movies — Regista — 38 copie
Bells of San Angelo [and] Under California Stars (Double Feature Video) — Regista; Actor — 4 copie
Roy Rogers' Album of Cowboy Songs. 25 Old and New Favorites of the Prairie and Range. Collected by Republic Pictures'… (1941) 4 copie
The Roy Rogers Show Vol 3 2 copie
Cowboys and Bandits - 50 Movie Collection: Boothill Brigade - Dawn of the Great Divide - Frontier Town - I Killed Wild… (2011) 2 copie
The Bible Tells Me So 2 copie
Roy Rogers - Cowboy Classics 2 copie
Sheriff Of Tombstone 1 copia
Roy Rogers 4 Video Set (Carson City Kid, The Yellow Rose of Texas, The Cowboy and The Senorita, & Home In Oklahoma)… (1994) 1 copia
Roy Rogers Favorite Cowboy Songs 1 copia
Legends of the West Vol 1 1 copia
Errol Flynn & Roy Rogers [VHS] 1 copia
Opere correlate
The Great American Western, Vol. 6: Roy Rogers — Actor — 4 copie
The Great American Western — Actor — 3 copie
Murder Ballads: 15 Original Tracks That Inspired Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (2017) — Collaboratore — 3 copie
Pecos Bill [1948 short film] — Actor — 2 copie
Happy trails 2 copie
American Heroes: Paul Bunyan and Pecos Bill [1983 film] — Narratore — 1 copia
All Star Westerns: Sagebrush Trail/King of the Cowboys/Bandit King of Texas/Wagon Wheels Westward 1 copia
Singing Cowboys Collection (VHS) 1 copia
Shine on Harvest Moon [1938 film] — Actor — 1 copia
The Great American Western: Volume 27 (4 movies) — Actor — 1 copia
Trigger, Jr. [1950 film] 1 copia
The Golden Stallion [1949 film] — Actor — 1 copia
Roy Rogers King of Cowboys 5 Feature Films — Actor — 1 copia
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Altri nomi
- Slye, Leonard Franklin (birth name)
- Data di nascita
- 1911-11-05
- Data di morte
- 1998-07-06
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Ohio, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Apple Valley, California, USA
- Causa della morte
- congestive heart failure
- Attività lavorative
- actor (film|television)
- Relazioni
- Rogers, Dale Evans (wife)
Utenti
Recensioni
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 56
- Opere correlate
- 80
- Utenti
- 389
- Popolarità
- #62,204
- Voto
- 3.5
- Recensioni
- 4
- ISBN
- 30
Roy Rogers was one of the greatest of American cowboys, and apparently one of the nicest of men. In a world where idols often let us down, Roy never did. Until he rode off into his final sunset, he was King of the Cowboys. This lush, beautiful book full of fabulous pictures is augmented by commentary from Roy himself, cherry-picked by documentary filmmaker Georgia Morris and editor Mark Pollard. The reader gets a sense of the man behind the legend, and realizes they are the same man. What young fans saw onscreen was the genuine Roy Rogers.
Roy’s comments about his life, his fans, his humble beginning, his mother and father, and Dale, are revealing, giving the reader a portrait of the real man. For fans of Roy, it's marvelous, a nostalgic look at an American icon we already adored. For those who know little of him, it will be a revelation, and they will understand why he is so revered. Quotes about Roy from Clint Black, Jane Russell, and Johnny Cash are among those on the back cover. My favorite is the quote from Emmylou Harris: "Thanks to Roy Rogers, a part of me will always be a 10 year old cowgirl." Dale Evans remarks in the book how she never got fan mail from the girls, because they all wanted to grow up and marry Roy themselves.
Between the covers are rare and glossy photos of Roy, and his films. The large and easy to read text reveals an unassuming man who loved his family and adored kids. His Christian faith, his sense of right and wrong, and his compassion for kids, come through loud and clear. These things were a big part of Roy and Dale's marriage as well, and she comments on them in the book. But perhaps 'loud and clear' is misleading. Roy’s greatness isn't shouted, it's whispered, and shown by his actions both in front of, and behind the camera. He was a caring man, with deep loyalties. He talks about his horse Trigger in such a way that no one can doubt how he felt about his old friend.
There are surprises here concerning Roy’s original aspirations, which I won’t reveal. The tragedy surrounding his wife Arlene, who doesn’t often get mentioned, is dealt with, as is his adopted and fostered children. The children were of various nationalities, and one had Down’s Syndrome, and Dale’s book, Angel Unaware, helped begin a discussion of it once the child passed. Suffice it to say, Roy and Dale loved them all, but tragedy would continue to throw this cowboy from his horse time and again in his private life, in a way it never happened in the movies.
It was behind the scenes, behind the camera, behind the tragedies, that the real hero emerged. Roy tirelessly visited hospital wards and orphanages, trying to bring a smile and give something back. Trigger went too, right up the elevator with old Roy. When the studio didn't think the fans were important, he hired four people out of his own pocket, to help sort through fan mail and answer it all. Just how big a star Roy Rogers was is covered in the book as well, between the wonderful pictures. Reader will find the numbers and statistics staggering.
This picture book with commentary from King of the Cowboys is a nice way to remember him. When Roy Rogers rode off into the sunset for that final time in Apple Valley, in 1998, we lost something that can never be replaced. Our loss, was heaven's gain.… (altro)