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Shelley Winters – Boxing Champ

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What’s this?! … Shelley Winters in the boxing ring … ready to give that ol’ one-two punch? …
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Nope … just publicity stills for Tennessee Champ, 1954 …
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… with Keenan Wynn and Dewey Martin …
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Shelley … the winnah …
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… and still champeen of publicity stills! …
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Tennessee Champ (from MGM) shows up every once in a while on TCM … here’s the trailer …

Dadgumit!

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November 3, 2014 — In real life, he was an intelligent, well groomed and articulate man, but cast as a grizzled codger who sputtered phrases like “consarn it,” “yer durn tootin,” “dadgumit,” “durn persnickety female,” and “young whippersnapper.” … Who is it? … Gabby Hayes, 1885-1969!
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Transcribing my 1977 list of Likes, Dislikes, Quotes, & Miscellanea … there he was on the 4th page, a major like, even if his last name is misspelled …
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Gabby was the best gol’durn sidekick a feller could have … most frequently with Roy Rogers, 41 teamings from 1939-1946 … Below, Sunset in El Dorado, 1945 …
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He consorted with a high-class feller, name of Gary Cooper … The Plainsman, 1936 … James Ellison on left …
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Hey, kids! … Let’s all go to the Gabby Hayes Ranch! … 1952-1953 … Funny thing, twern’t out West at all … but back in East Jewett, New York … Gabby was a New York born and raised feller … Now, that’s gol’durn good actin’, I tell ya!
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Left- Gabby and his wife, Olive, were married 1914-1957 …  Right- George Hayes, before he was Gabby … and before the beard …
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Takin’ us out with a song in 1946 … Gabby was a regular on radio’s The Roy Rogers Show …
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But wait … there’s more! …dagnabbit! Yes siree, Bob!

  • In the 1950s, Gabby had his own NBC TV program, appropriately titled THE GABBY HAYES SHOW, in which he’d introduce/moderate old B westerns that were cut down to about a half-hour length.  Gabby’s show was nominated for an Emmy award in 1952, but the winner was the BEANY AND CECIL show.
  • Circa 1954, Gabby also did a stint as the host of THE HOWDY DOODY TV show (when Buffalo Bob Smith was recuperating from a heart attack).  Hayes even had his own comic book series.
  • See Saddle Pals & Sidekicks – George Francis Hayes for more info and links
  • And don’t forget my Gabby Hayes board in Pinterest!

Love In the Stacks

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July 16, 2014 — Well … Maybe not at first sight … but he sure was appreciating her glorious gams, library style! … My favorite, favorite, FAVORITE librarian movie! … I’ll say it again … FAVORITE!!
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No Man of Her Own, 1932 … Carole Lombard, Clark Gable … She was married to William Powell at the time … Lombard and Gable eventually tied the knot in 1939 …

My first full-time job, post-MLS. Early 1990s. U of Portland.  HAD to share this scene with my new colleagues. Lugged my VCR, portable black and white tv to the library staff room … They liked it, but, of course, only I loved it!!

News Flash! … I’ve started using Pinterest … Never thought I would, but now I see the value … Find interesting images on the web (or my own files) and pin ’em to a “board” of my own creation … This was the first photo I pinned to my Hollywood Librarians! The First 50 Years.