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A STORY OVER A HALF
CENTURY AGO -
That's bad guy Jack Elam pausing between takes during shooting of the
STORIES OF THE CENTURY episode,
Black Jack Ketchum, in 1954. Series' co-star, Mary Castle, and
supporting player, Michael Hall, standing next to legendary action
director, William Witney. STORIES OF THE
CENTURY blended highly fictionalized accounts of actual old
west outlaws around the central character of two-fisted, railroad
detective, Matt Clark (Jim Davis). Calling upon the studio's vast
library of well-staged action footage from its hundreds of westerns and
serials plus more mature screenplays from Republic's reliable roster of
scripters -- not to mention the studio's superb production staff and
facilities -- the series was superior to most of the competing oaters on
the tube at the time. Though the honor of being the "adult" western
series if usually bestowed of GUNSMOKE,
which debuted in 1955, an argument for that distinction could well be be
made in favor of STORIES OF THE CENTURY.
So popular and well-received was the series, that it was recognized with
an Emmy Award in 1955 as the "Best Western or Adventure Series." Sadly,
none of Republic's subsequent television efforts received such an
accolade.


Many Thanks for Your Kind Thoughts
So Long, Mitchell Schaperkotter
Captain Bijou Goes Digital
The Academy Finally Got It Right. Well,
Sort of...

THE
FINAL REEL 2008
So long to favorites who have
entertained and enlightened in the comfortable darkness of the
movie theatre, on
the stage through song and voice or in the comfort of our living room in the
glare of television or radio's intimate ether. They will be missed.

HAZEL COURT
1926-2008
OTHER PASSINGS IN 2008
LYNN COOPER HARVEY - 92 - Radio producer
- Wife of commentator Paul Harvey - May 3
BEVERLEE McKINSEY - 67 - TV soap opera
actress - May 3
JIM HAGER - 66 - Country singer - Member
of the Hager Twins - May 1
JACK HANRAHAN - 75 - Screenwriter - April
28
KAY LINAKER - 94 - Actress and
screenwriter - April 18
BEBE BARRON - 82 - Film composer - April
20
JOY PAGE - 83 - Actress - April 18
DANNY FEDERICI - 58 - Keyboardist - April
17
NICOLETTE GOULET - 52 - Actress - April
17
DICK ROSSI - 92 - Flying Tiger pilot -
April 17
JOE FEENEY - 76 - Singer - April 16
WERNER GROEBLI - 92 - "Frick" of Frick
and Frack - April 14
OLLIE JOHNSTON - 95 - Disney animator -
April 14
JUNE TRAVIS - 93 - Actress - April 14
BOB KAMES - 82 - Musician - April 9
STANLEY KAMEL - 65 Actor - April 8
CHARLTON HESTON - 84 - Actor - April 5
JOHNNY BYRNE - 73 - Author - April 3
MITCHELL SCHAPERKOTTER - 71 - Film
collector - April 2
JULES DASSIN - 96 - Director - March 31
JIM MOONEY - 88 - Comic book artist -
March 30
WALLY PHILLIPS - 82 - Radio talk show
pioneer - March 26
ROBERT SIDNEY - 98 - Choreographer -
March 26
ABBY MANN - 80 - Academy Award-winning
screenwriter - March 25
GENE PUERLING - 78 - Hi-Lo's quartet
leader -
NEIL ASPINAL- 66 - Beatles' road manager
- March 24
RICHARD WIDMARK - 93 - Actor - March 24
SIR ARTHUR C. CLARKE - 90 -
Science-fiction author - March 19
PAUL SCOFIELD - 86 - Actor - March 19
IVAN DIXON - 76 - Actor and director -
March 16
GARY HART - 66 - Pro wrestling manager -
March 16
G. DAVID LOW - 52 - Astronaut - March 15
CHUCK DAY - 65 - Blues guitarist - March
10
DAVE STEVENS - 52 - Illustrator/Rocketeer
creator - March 10
GLORIA SHAYNE BAKER - 84 - Songwriter -
March 6
MALVIN WALD - 90 - Screenwriter - March 6
LEONARD ROSENMANN - 83 - Oscar-winning
composer - March 5
MIKE SMITH - 64 - Dave Clark Five
keyboardist - February 28
WILLIAM F. BUCKLEY - 82 -
Author/commentator - February 27
RICHARD BAER - 79 - Screenwriter -
February 22
BEN CHAPMAN - 79 - Actor - February 21
ROBIN MOORE - 82 - Author - February 21
GRITS GRESHAM - 85 - Sportsman/actor -
February 18
BOBBY LORD - 74 - Musician - February 16
PERRY LOPEZ - 76 - Actor - February 14
KON ICHIKAWA - 92 - Film director - February
13
DAVID GROH - Actor - February 12
FREDDIE BELL - Blues/Rock singer -
February 11
STEVE GERBER - Comic book writer -
February 10
RON LEAVITT - Television producer -
February 10
PHYLLIS A. WITNEY - 104 - Author -
February 8
JOHN ALVIN - 60 - Movie poster artist -
February 6
MAHARISHI MAHESH YOGI - 91 -
Transcendental Meditation founder - February 5
AUGUSTA DABNEY - 89 - Actress - February
4
GUS ARRIOLA - 90 - Cartoonist - February
2
BARRY MORSE - 89 - Actor - February 2
ED VARGO - 79 - Baseball umpire -
February 2
SHELL KEPLER - 49 - Actress - February 1
HERBERT KENWITH - 90 - TV director -
January 30
MARGARET TRUMAN DANIEL - 83 - Author,
daughter of former U.S. President Harry S. Truman - January 29
MANUEL PADILLA JR. - 51 - Actor - January
29
CHRISTIAN BRANDO - 49 - Actor, Son of
Marlon Brando - January 26
HEATH LEDGER - 28 - Actor - January 22
ALLAN MELVIN - 84 - Actor - January 20
SUZANNE PLESHETTE - 70 - Actress -
January 19
JOHN STEWART - 68 - Kingston Trio member
- January 19
RICHARD KERR - 82 - Co-founder of Wham-O
toys - January 18
LOIS NETTLETON - 80 - Actress - January
18
BOBBY FISCHER - 64 - Chessmaster -
January 17
BRAD RENFRO - 25 - Actor - January 15
JOHNNY PODRES - 75 - Baseball player -
January 13
SIR EDMUND HILLARY - 88 - Mountaineer -
January 11
MAILA NURMI (VAMPIRA) - 86 - Actress/ TV
horror host - January 10
JOHNNY GRANT - 84 - Entertainer/ Honorary
Mayor of Hollywood - January 9
CLYDE OTIS - Record producer and
songwriter - 83 - January 8
BILL IDELSON - 88 - Actor/ TV
writer/Producer - January 7
CY LESLIE - 85 - Entertainment excecutive
- January 6
KEN NELSON - 96 - Record producer -
January 6
HERBERT SWOPE JR. - 92 - Film & Television
Producer/Director - January 4


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