“Home in Oklahoma” (Republic Pictures, B&W film, 1946) starring Roy Rogers, Dale Evans and George “Gabby” Hayes. Original U.S. Lobby Card No. 1
Directed by William Witney, with songs by Bob Nolan and “The Sons of the Pioneers.”
In this Roy Rogers entry, featuring a song written by Oklahoma Governor Roy J. Turner (making him and Louisiana's Jimmie Davis and Texas' W.E. "Pappy" O'Daniel possibly the only state governors to write songs used in a western), Flying T ranch owner Sam Talbot is killed by a fall from a horse. St. Louis reporter Connie Edwards (Dale Evans) comes to check a rumor that he might have been murdered. She goes to Roy Rogers, editor of the local newspaper, and he takes her to the reading of Talbot's will. The ranch is left to Talbot's 12-year-old ward, Duke Lowery (Lanny Rees), much to the dismay of Talbot's niece, Jan Holloway (Carol Hughes). After some attempts on the boy’s life, Roy uncovers a conspiracy and brings the killers to justice. [Storyline by Les Adams on IMDb at www.imdb.com/title/tt0038611/]
Full movie: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCkHHMVpqxc
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Hard to reconcile my fond childhood memories of Oklahoma with atrocities committed there in the 1920s. I refer, of course, to the Tulsa race massacre in the Greenwood District and the equally despicable murder of Osage Indians. Dozens of members of the Osage Indian nation in Oklahoma in the 1920s were shot, poisoned or blown to bits by rapacious whites who coveted the oil under their land. We shouldn’t blame all Oklahomans for these crimes, nor should we abide the whitewashing of history.
“Home in Oklahoma” (Republic Pictures, B&W film, 1946) starring Roy Rogers, Dale Evans and George “Gabby” Hayes. Original U.S. Lobby Card No. 1
Directed by William Witney, with songs by Bob Nolan and “The Sons of the Pioneers.”
In this Roy Rogers entry, featuring a song written by Oklahoma Governor Roy J. Turner (making him and Louisiana's Jimmie Davis and Texas' W.E. "Pappy" O'Daniel possibly the only state governors to write songs used in a western), Flying T ranch owner Sam Talbot is killed by a fall from a horse. St. Louis reporter Connie Edwards (Dale Evans) comes to check a rumor that he might have been murdered. She goes to Roy Rogers, editor of the local newspaper, and he takes her to the reading of Talbot's will. The ranch is left to Talbot's 12-year-old ward, Duke Lowery (Lanny Rees), much to the dismay of Talbot's niece, Jan Holloway (Carol Hughes). After some attempts on the boy’s life, Roy uncovers a conspiracy and brings the killers to justice. [Storyline by Les Adams on IMDb at www.imdb.com/title/tt0038611/]
Full movie: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCkHHMVpqxc
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Hard to reconcile my fond childhood memories of Oklahoma with atrocities committed there in the 1920s. I refer, of course, to the Tulsa race massacre in the Greenwood District and the equally despicable murder of Osage Indians. Dozens of members of the Osage Indian nation in Oklahoma in the 1920s were shot, poisoned or blown to bits by rapacious whites who coveted the oil under their land. We shouldn’t blame all Oklahomans for these crimes, nor should we abide the whitewashing of history.