2022 Lone Pine Film Festival Program Book

Ifirst came to this festival in the mid-nineties while working for Republic Pictures. Republic was being honored that year and a bunch of the executives were invited. However; one VP couldn’t make it, so Republic’s President, Robert Sigman, invited me to take their place. So, depending on your perspective, you can either thank or blame Robert, because, nearly 20 years later, I am still here and still volunteering for this amazing celebration. And I am pleased to announce— with the deepest gratitude: Mr. Robert Sigman is back on the board of the museum.

I’d like to recognize the following members of the festival committee, all these dedicated individuals who’ve worked the better part of the year getting this festival into shape —and most of whom are hooked as badly as I am... Don Kelsen, Tour Coordinator; Greg Parker, Tour CoCoordinator; Ross Schnioffsky & Warren Davey, the two guys who come all the way from Australia; and Steve Latshaw, our projectionist and one of our moderators.

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Sadly, we lost our dear friend and committee member, Ken Harrison of KIBS Radio this past July, and he is surely missed.

A nd another big “thank you” goes out to all the celebrities attending this year! Our festival is so grateful for your taking the time to help us celebrate the films you’ve been a part of. Your being here brings the magic of the motion picture experience off the silver screen and into our lives – a special gift… we thank you!

Don’t miss this year’s autograph signing, held in the banquet room of the Lone Pine Smokehouse and A Word on Westerns at the Forum Theatre.

I also must offer sincere thanks and acknowledge the hard work of Museum Operations Manager, Peggy Ray and staff and our box office Manager, Barbara Bahl, who answers all of your phone calls and all of your questions.

Even if you’ve ‘been there, done that’ before: get yourself out and into the hills. Experience first-hand why filmmakers have been coming here for over a century to make their movies.

We put this festival together with sweat, tears, and an awful lot of blue words behindthe-scenes, all the while hoping to preserve the history of this place and westerns in general, while encouraging new filmmaking in this unique and glorious area.

PHOTO: Don Kelsen

Lizzie Gulick, Director The 32nd Lone Pine Film Festival

And please... Enjoy the show!

Tours

Rod Cameron

In Memorium

Ken Harrison

Early Women in Westerns

2022 Festival Committee

Lizzie Gulick, Director Don Kelsen, Tour Coordinator Greg Parker, Co-Coordinator

Harrison

Schnioffsky

Ross Steve Latshaw

2022 Main Street Parade

Sheyanne Quilter, Coordinator

Operations

Ray

Sponsorships & Advertising

Jaque Hickman

Star Wrangler

Holland Ogburn

Promotions

Robert Sigman

Lacey

Woody Wise

Projection

Latshaw

Office

Bahl

Berry

Gracey Barbara Jo Kurt Pauer

Program

Gulick

Caporale

Bowen

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Crowl

Sanchez

Berry

Stampanoni

The Schedule m Films & Presentations

TIME EXTRAS HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM MUSEUM THEATRE THURSDAY

THURS. 6:30 PM COSTUME CONTEST

THURS. 7:00 PM

The Cowboys (1972) 2:14 MIN with Q&A FRIDAY

FRI. 8:00 AM DANGEROUS VENTURE (1949) 59 MIN

THE GAY CABALLERO (1940) 58 MIN FRI. 9:00 AM AUTOGRAPHS UNTIL 12 PM FRI. 9:30 AM YELLOW SKY (1948) 1:38 MIN

3-STRIP TECHNICOLOR CAMERA PRESENTATION - 60 MIN FRI. 10:30 AM

FRI. 11:00 AM

ANSEL ADAMS PRESENTATION - 60 MIN FRI. 11:30 AM THE TALL T (1957) 1:18 MIN FRI. 12:00 PM FRI. 12:30 PM

BAR 20 RANCH PRESENTATION - 60 MIN + FRI. 1:00 PM FRI. 1:30 PM AUTOGRAPHS UNTIL 3 PM PANHANDLE (1948) 1:25 MIN. WITH Q&A FRI. 2:00 PM FRI. 2:30 PM

SHOOTING PIECES OF GAMBLERS AND SPORTIN' GALS PRES. - 90 MIN FRI. 3:00 PM

DINNER BREAK 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM FRI. 7:00 PM Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969) with Q&A FRI. 9:30 PM

SATURDAY

SAT. 6:00 AM SAT. 8:00 AM SAT. 9:00 AM AUTOGRAPHS TIL 10:30 AM HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL S3:E10 (1959) 26 MIN STAR TREK VOYAGER S2:E26 (1996) 46 MIN SAT. 9:45 AM STAR TREK VOYAGER S3:E1 (1996) 46 MIN with Q&A SAT. 10:00 AM SLOW BURN (2000) 1:37 MIN SAT. 10:30 AM PANEL - 60 MIN SAT. 11:00 AM SAT. 11:30 AM

TOP 10 CHASE SCENES PRESENTATION - 90 MIN SAT. 12:00 PM AUTOGRAPHS UNTIL 4:00 PM JUST TONY (1922) 1:20 MIN 100TH ANNIVERSARY with Live Music by Jay C. Munns SAT. 12:30 PM SAT. 1:00 PM

SAT. 1:30 PM

WOMEN IN WESTERNS PRESENTATION - 60 MIN SAT. 2:00 PM SAT. 2:30 PM Roughshod (1949) 1:28 MIN WITH Q&A SAT. 3:00 PM POLECATS, SQUIRTS, AND THUGS: The Heavies of Lone Pine - 90 MIN

DINNER BREAK 4:30 PM - 7:00 PM SAT. 7:00 PM Big Jake (1971) 1:50 MIN with Q&A

SAT. 9:30 PM

SUN. 6:00 AM

SUNDAY

SUN. 9:00 AM COWBOY CHURCH 45 MIN catch bus behind museum at 9AM - Church starts 9:30AM

SUN. 10:30 AM Mackintosh & T.J. (1975) 1:36 MIN with Q&A

PARADE 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

SUN. 2:30 PM Unforgiven (1992) 2:10 MIN. 30TH

MON. 10:00 AM

MONDAY

HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL S2:E2. (1958) 26 MIN

ROD CAMERON

A Two-Fisted, No-Nonsense Lone Pine Hero

By Ross Schnioffsky

Akey focus of the 2022 Lone Pine Film Festival will be the acknowledgement of the fine Hollywood career of the versatile and virile Rod Cameron. Panhandle (1948) and Stage to Tucson (1950) are two of his best films and both contain significant scenes shot in the vicinity of Lone Pine.

NOTE: Salome, Where She Danced (1945) although often listed as a Lone Pine film, only contains a snippet of Alabama Hills scenery.

Occasionally films shot in the Alabama Hills, near Lone Pine, refer to the glorious landscape to emphasis a key point in the film’s plot or back story. In Panhandle (1948) one of Rod Cameron’s (John Sands) best films his murdered brother’s fiancé (played by Cathy Downs) shows him his brother’s grave. This excellent film directed by master Lone Pine director Lesley Selander is one of Rod Cameron’s best films. The brother, a newspaper man, was gunned down by a gang of nasty characters led by chief villain Reed Hadley, who has Napoleonic aspirations to control the territory. In the film Cameron plays a reformed gunman who is compelled to strap back on his guns and find the killers of his brother.

For folks like me who have become obsessed with the films of Lone Pine film moments like this one from Panhandle are very moving — particularly when rendered with Cameron’s sensitive performance under the superb direction by Selander, working closely with experienced Western cinematographer Harry Neumann. Also interesting to note: future top-flight director Blake Edwards (The Pink Panther, The Great Race, etc.) co-authored, co-produced and co-stars in this motion

Buck Rainey succinctly described Rod Cameron as follows:

His mere screen presence practically fulfilled the Zane Grey ideal—and it was so effortlessly convincing. Cameron, exuding virility, succeeded in making a two-fisted hero plausible and likeable, and he was every inch the symbol of probity, courage, and wholesomeness that his parts usually demanded.

— Heroes of the Range: Yesteryear’s Saturday Matinee Movie Cowboys, 1987.

Bor n Roderick Cox on December 7, 1910 in Calgary, Alberta, Rod was the son of a strict and religious mechanical engineer who forced young Rod to learn Bible verses. He spent his pre-teen years in Toronto, attending public schools and, like a lot of kids, worked as a delivery boy and sold newspapers on the street corner.

His father died when he was 12, leaving his mother, younger sister, Catherine and himself in financial difficulties. This resulted in a move to an uncle’s in New York City. The family eventually settled in White Plains, New York, where Rod finished high school. Times were tough for Rod and his family. He later often said that he didn’t have a childhood, as he was always working after school to support the family. On numerous occasions in later life, he was spotted giving generously to the street corner Salvation Army Father Christmases. As well, Cameron made many personal appearances for a variety of charitable organizations such the Boys Club of America and groups aimed to treat alcoholism.

Because of his height, Rod was a natural for basketball and played both center on his school basketball team and tackle with the White Plains semi-pro football squad. He was also an accomplished swimmer and high diver. He dabbled in amateur theatrics, but since boyhood was impressed by the heroics and glamor of joining Canada’s distinguished redcoats. Unfortunately, due to a youthful injury, he failed the physical examination. The Mounties, in this case, didn’t get their man.

Spurred by the Mounties’ rejection, Rod set out to prove he was in top physical condition. The hardest job he could find was

Dialogue:

Dusty Stewart: This was our valley.

John Sands: Man could do a lot of thinking here.

Dusty Stewart: This is Will’s favourite spot. He’s down there.

Dusty Stewart (Cathy Downs) takes John Sands (Rod Cameron) to his brother gravesite.

that of a sand hog (caisson laborer) in tunnels being constructed under the Hudson River. Caisson laboring is difficult manual work in a large watertight chamber, open at the bottom, from which the water is kept out by air pressure, with construction work being carried out under water. The construction work is often dangerous and requires the pouring of tons of concrete.

The Depression had Rod working many different jobs of the few that were available and he was always grateful for the opportunity to work. Now an expert concrete man, Rod ultimately went to work for the Metropolitan Water District in California to build a tunnel near Palm Springs.

Rod, like everyone else in California, became interested in working in the movie business. Executives at Paramount saw his potential and signed him to a stock contract. His surname was changed to Cameron which was a family name on his mother’s side. He landed some assorted bits and small parts at Paramount, including a very small part in Stagecoach War, a Hopalong Cassidy Western. Despite what was later circulated by studio publicity departments, he was never a stunt man or double for well-known actors such as Fred MacMurray. His contract required that he do lot of tests wherein he would throw lines at the actors or actresses being tested. This experience and his many roles as a stock player contributed significantly to his acting education.

Rod left Paramount and was picked up by Republic, Hollywood’s top serial studio of the era. He was selected to play Rex Bennett, American undercover agent, in two serials, G-Men vs. the Black Dragon and Secret Service in Darkest Africa, both filmed in 1943. These were two of the slugging-est Republic serials ever made – and they were extremely popular, particularly with Rod was a robust and believable screen hero. As a result, not only did Rod’s take-home pay increase, but he began winning fairly good roles from Universal, United Artists and MGM. After his performance in Gung Ho (1943) he signed a long-term contract with Universal.

Universal now saw the “tall in the saddle” Rod Cameron as ideal for their series Westerns. When it was announced in 1944 that he would replace Tex Ritter as Universal’s new cowboy star, fans were delighted. Fuzzy Knight provided the comic interludes, Jennifer Holt filled the necessary female role in three of the six films, while

Ray Whitley and his Bar-6 Cowboys did the musical segments. Vivian Austin who starred in the first two said of Rod: “Rod was the exact opposite of Don Barry. Rod never lost his temper, very quiet. I liked him a lot.”

Overall the series was relatively successful. But it was still wartime and leading men were at a premium. Cameron was soon tapped to star opposite Yvonne De Carlo in two biggies - Salome, Where She Danced (1945), and Frontier Gal (1945), with Rod and Yvonne spending time outside of office hours.

Salome prompted a deluge of fan mail which alerted the suits at Universal that their Rod was possible box-office magic. The following film, Frontier Gal, a lusty, glorified Western produced for mass audience appeal, saw his fan mail sky-rocket, impressing studio heads enough to give Cameron the lead as detective in screwball comedy, The Runaround (1946) with Ella Raines and Broderick Crawford. This was another boxoffice success and the film was one of Rod’s personal favorites, saying he’d had the most fun on this film. Pirates of Monterey (1947) with Maria Montez was next and, in this film, he successfully breaks away from “type” and does some fine swashbuckling complete with riding, swordplay, more action and a dose of lovemaking. The film established Rod as a star of real importance. His name was starting to appear on top box-office lists and his fan mail jumped to over 2500 letters a month.

Next for Ron was a screen reunion with Yvonne De Carlo in River Lady (1948), boasting he made as much money on this one as he would have in a year as a contract player at Universal.

Rod’s career was now going places. And, fortunately for Lone Pine Western fans, he goes to Allied Artists where he makes the aforementioned sepia-toned Panhandle (1948).

Cameron did not often talk about the directors and producers he had worked with. His reminisces were more often about stuntmen, leading ladies and wrap parties. Yet, Cameron’s positive Panhandle experience with Blake Edwards led to the also well-received Stampede released in 1949. Rod thought very highly of Blake Edwards, later reflecting that because Edwards was an actor first, as a director, he could give actors direction from the actor perspective. Rod believed that it was obvious Blake Edwards would do well –which, of course, he did, becoming a major force in Hollywood. Classics like Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961), Days of Wine and Roses (1962)

and was the triple-threat writer/director/ producer of the Pink Panther series of movies are just a fraction of his oeuvre.

Panhandle has a lot going for it. Besides the glorious Lone Pine vistas, it has some clever plot touches, with a gang of nasty heavies led by a reptilian Reed Hadley. Also included is a romantic triangle, featuring both Anne Gwynne and Cathy Downs vying for the hero. “It was an action-packed picture, filmed in Sepia Tone and perhaps the last really good film I made.” Also unusual in a Western is a delightful scene early in the story when Rod and Anne are engaged in a little frisky but innocent horse-play wrestling on the floor.

The ten years from 1945 to 1954 were probably the virile star’s most successful and he certainly was at the peak of his popularity. He was signed to lucrative contracts with Allied Artists, Republic and Twentieth Century-Fox. His better westerns included Belle Starr’s Daughter (1948) The Plunderers (1948), Brimstone (1949), Yaqui Drums (1956), and Stage to Tucson (1950). There were usually abundant quantities of shootin’, fightin’, chases, and climatic confrontations between Cameron and the bad guys and the films most likely ended with the hero victorious and the good-looking girl in his arms.

ROD CAMERON

This was not quite the case with Stage to Tucson, Rod’s other Lone Pine adventure. At the film’s end, it’s younger co-star Wayne Morris who gets to embrace attractive Kay Buckley. A battle of the ages sub-plot running throughout the film has the older Cameron and Morris slugging it out for the affections of fresh-faced Buckley. At the end, Rod does get a peck on the lips from the older Sally Eilers.

The creative team behind Stage to Tucson made very clever use of the magnificent Alabama Hills. Set during the Civil War, a stagecoach is hijacked by an outlaw gang posing as Confederate sympathizers. The stolen coaches are then sold to the Southern forces. The whole operation causes a great deal of fuss to Union communications. The bad guys have constructed an invincible iron-cladded coach which they use to ram and corral the good-guy coaches in tight and rocky canyons – marvelous use of the Alabama Hills - greatly enhancing the film’s plot. This action was filmed near the Lone Ranger Canyon.

On the family side, Rod married Angela Alves-Lico in 1950. He had met the 24-yearold film hopeful when he went to her rescue earlier that year after a minor car accident. They had a son, Anthony Roderick, however the marriage was not a lasting one, ending in divorce in 1954. The tabloid papers made a lot of the fact that Rod “went home to mother”— his wife’s mother, that is—after the breakup. It developed that he had more in common with his mother-in-law than with his wife and married Dorothy Alves-Lico in 1960. This prompted one of his former directors, William Witney to publicly state that Cameron was “the bravest man that he had ever seen!” The marriage to Dorothy was a happy one and the two remained married until Rod’s death, more than twenty years later.

Rod Cameron was one of the first motion picture stars to make the move to television and starred in a total of three syndicated series. City Detective (1953-1955), playing the part of police lieutenant Bart Grant of the New York City Police Department. State Trooper (1956-1959) found him in Nevada as Rod Blake, chief of the Nevada State Troopers. This series was the most popular and Rod’s favorite but he believed the best scripts were those written for City Detective. The third and least popular of the trio was Coronado 9 (1960-

1961). The background for this series was the San Diego-Coronado Peninsula. Cameron played Dan Adams, a retired naval officer turned private investigator.

For over twenty years Cameron guest starred in various television programs as Pepsi Cola Playhouse, Studio 57, Fireside Theatre, Loretta Young Show, Star Stage, Crossroads, Laramie, Tales of Wells Fargo, Burke’s Law, Perry Mason, Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre, Bonanza, Iron Horse, Name of the Game, Alias Smith and Jones, Adam-12, and Hondo. This is a formidable list of quality TV shows and reflects that Rod was in high demand right up to his retirement in 1978.

Whether wearing a detective’s trench coat or a cowboy’s Stetson, Rod Cameron was a unique performer. He always conveyed a quiet, rock steady calm combined with subtle virility. Whether on television or in the movies, he was always greatly admired by his co-workers. Stampede leading lady Gale Storm said: “Rod was a wonderful fellow. He and his wife were friends of ours.” He would always strive to be professional, do his best and give his best performance even if he found himself in a shonky production or with a lousy script, as with the The Last Movie (1976) or in unfamiliar locations, as with his spaghetti Westerns. He took his work very seriously but was frustrated to never fully

escape the “cowboy” tag. Later he did enjoy playing the detective as he felt that offered him more dramatic range and for this reason he particularly enjoyed the opportunity to play the heavy. To some he may have appeared dour but in real life he had a great sense of humor and probably would have enjoyed acting in comedies.

Rod Cameron was an intelligent, active and vital man who was well-read and possessed an enormous lust for life. His interests and passions reveal a full life away from filmmaking and show that he saw himself as more than a matinee movie cowboy hero. At the end of Panhandle we hear Rod singing in fine voice as he walks off into the rain. He was, indeed, an accomplished musician who taught himself to play piano, accordion, guitar and the lute. He was also an excellent artist who taught himself to carve wood and create intricate metal sculptures, some which were kinetic in nature and required a good basic understanding of engineering principles. Later in life, he moved away from Hollywood and his final home was a lakeside residence on Lake Lanier in Georgia. There he built a boat to sail on the lake. He named the boat “Dorothy” after his wife.

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Rod with his first wife, Angela Alves-Lico

ROD

Sailing on the Deux Rex.

I am very grateful for the assistance of Tony Cameron, Rod’s son — who pro vided the personal family information and family photos used in this article.

Thanks, Tony!

— Ross Schnioffsky

Rod projected a powerhouse image on screen and he was like that in real life. He had a great love for sports both as an athlete and as a fan. He was a champion skeet shooter and trained in judo and boxing. He enjoyed playing golf and was a member of the Los Angeles Country Club. And being a Canadian he loved ice hockey. He developed a strong appreciation for the foreign (to him) game of baseball as his son, Tony, grew into a fine professional player. He loved the outdoors especially fishing, skiing and camping but his great passion, other than his family, was sailing one of his very trim yachts.

Rugged Rod Cameron, who was never overly flamboyant, has proved to be a durable screen cowboy. His best movies have not dated and they are still enjoyed by Western fans whose movie taste runs to action and adventure, with an extra dose of romance. His manly screen characterizations alongside his impressive athletic physique make him a prominent member of that great posse that includes Randolph Scott, Joel McCrea and Audie Murphy who made wonderful movies in the Lone Pine area and helped keep the medium-budget Western film alive.

Dorothy and Rod.

Some of Rod’s artwork.

ANSEL ADAMS AND MANZANAR

By Thomas Kelsey

With the onset of World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 on March 21, 1942 evicting JapaneseAmerican men, women & children from the West Coast “for their mutual safety” and hastily placing them in 10 camps across the country-many in arid, isolated locations where they would be “protected” by the military. Manzanar, which is Spanish for “Apple Orchard” was the first camp to be established and during its first two months was known as the Owens Valley Reception Center.

Ansel Adams had expressed a desire to serve his country after he became “outraged over the deeds of the hideous Hitler regime” and was eager to enlist and make a contribution to the war effort but the married 40-year old with three dependents was turned down by the military.

He later expressed his views to an old friend from the Sierra Club, Ralph Merritt, who had been appointed Director of the Manzanar War Relocation Center who then proposed to Adams that he photograph the camp and it’s people, their daily life and their relationship to their community and the arid land near the town of Lone Pine. Adams accepted the offer to document Manzanar.

When Ansel Adams first visited Manzanar late in 1943, it had already been in existence for 18 months.

At its peak Manzanar held 10,000 incarcerated JapaneseAmericans, many from Southern California. Adams eventually visited Manzanar on four separate occasions. The images he produced in 1943-44 became the basis for his book Born Free And Equal

“I was profoundly affected by Manzanar,” Adams later said in his autobiography. “As my work progressed, I began to grasp the problems of the relocation and the remarkable adjustment these people had made.” He was amazed at their patient acceptance of their new lives despite the fact they were behind barbed wire and in constant sight of guard towers.

The restrictions given to Adams while at Manzanar included not being allowed to photograph barbed wire fences and the eight guard towers. All photos had to be approved by the Relocation Center’s Director Merritt. Adams focused on the people taking many portraits of the camps residents while mixing in landscapes of them working, playing and going about their daily lives, many with a backdrop of the picturesque Sierra Nevada in the background. It must be noted that

during his stay at Manzanar he recorded two of his most enduring images, “Winter Sunrise, Sierra Nevada from Lone Pine-1944” and “Mt. Williamson, Sierra Nevada from Manzanar-1944”.

While Adams considered the resulting book to be patriotic, others considered it treasonous.

With World War II still raging, many Americans had hateful feelings toward Americans of Japanese decent. Some praised his book while others burnt it. The book is now considered one of his rarest works as it only had one printing when it was published in 1944.

When offering the Manzanar collection to the Library of Congress in 1965, Adams said in a letter, “The purpose of my work was to show how these people, suffering under a great injustice, and loss of property, businesses and professions, had overcome the sense of defeat and despair by building for themselves a vital community in an arid (but magnificent) environment… All in all, I think this collection is an important historical document, and I trust it can be put to good use.”

Ansel Adams, despite his restrictions considered his photography at Manzanar his finest photo documentary work, but there was controversy as he didn’t cast a critical eye towards his subjects as did Dorothea Lange, Francis Stewart, Toyo Miyatake (who was interned at Manzanar) and others who photographed the camp. Some thought his photos didn’t address the injustice forced upon the thousands of Japanese Americans who were taken from their homes and held under military guard.

Congressman Mel Levine (D-CA) who served in congress from 1983-1993 said the site should “serve as a reminder of the grievous errors and inhumane policies we pursued domestically during World War II and a reminder that we must never again allow such actions to occur in this country.”

With help from the non-profit Manzanar committee and Congressman Levine, Manzanar became a National Historic Site in 1992, signed into law by President George H. W. Bush.

Ansel Adams in Yosemite Valley-1981, Courtesy of Thomas Kelsey.

‘ Leaving Manzanar’ by Ansel Adams-1944, Courtesy Library of Congress.

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celebrity guests

BRUCE BOXLEITNER

starred on Broadway in Status Quo Vadis with Ted Danson and in Los Angeles, after notable roles in films and TV, Bruce endeared himself to fans everywhere in a four-year run for CBS TV’s SCARECROW AND MRS. KING. Boxleitner is also internationally known for his science fiction roles - in both the TRON franchise as well as his reoccuring work in the hit series BABYLON 5. A skilled horseman, Bruce was inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma.

TONY CAMERON

Son of actor Rod Cameron, Tony grew up in Hollywood attending Buckley High School and then Pepperdine University. He now resides in Atlanta with his wife Meghan. We are showing his dad's film PANHANDLE at this year's festival. Tony has donated some of his father's memorabilia for the new Rod Cameron exhibit in the museum.

ROBERT CARRADINE

Carradine’s first film role was in the 1972 film THE COWBOYS, which starred John Wayne and Roscoe Lee Browne. He also portrayed fraternity president “Lewis Skolnick” in the REVENGE OF THE NERDS comedy film series. In one of the most unusual casting arrangements in movie history, David, Keith, and Robert Carradine played the Younger brothers in THE LONG RIDERS with three other sets of acting brothers: Stacy and James Keach, Dennis and Randy Quaid, and Christopher and Nicholas Guest.

DIAMOND FARNSWORTH is an accomplished stuntman, serving as stunt coordinator on the show NCIS, and before that working on JAG and QUANTUM LEAP. Diamond is the son of Academy Award® winning actor/ stuntman Richard Farnsworth. He began his stunt career in 1968 and has been serving as a stunt coordinator since 1980. He began with PAINT YOUR WAGON and served as a stunt double for Sylvester Stallone in FIRST BLOOD, RAMBO and RHINESTONE. He has also doubled Kevin Costner, Dennis Quaid and Jeff Bridges.

DARBY HINTON

Just before he turned 6, actor/ producer/writer Darby Hinton accidentally stood in the wrong line at Twentieth Century Fox and landed the part of Israel Boone with Fess Park on DANIEL BOONE which ran from 1964-1970 - and still works today in many TV and film projects. Hinton considers some of his most important work to be with the SAG/AFTRA Young Performers Committee, geared to helping the creative youth of today.

CLAUDE JARMAN JR.

starred with Gregory Peck and Jane Wyman in the classic film, THE YEARLING, for which he received a special Academy Award® for his performance as “Jody”. He went on to act in ten additional films including John Ford’s epic western, RIO GRANDE, where he played the son of John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara. He capped his acting career with a starring role in INTRUDER IN THE DUST, based on William Faulkner’s 1949 controversial book. We are screening his ROUGHSHOD

STEVE LATSHAW

Steve began his film career in a distinctly Corman-esque style, directing a string of successful B movies in Florida in the early 90s. These included the home video/ cable hits DARK UNIVERSE and JACK-O, as well as the cult classic VAMPIRE TRAILER PARK. Relocating to Los Angeles, Steve has continued his career as both writer and director. His screenwriting credits have include the family adventure AMERICAN BLACK BEAUTY, starring Dean Stockwell and the Sci Fi Channel superhero adventure, Stan Lee's LIGHTSPEED

MONTE MARKHAM

While enjoying a substantial career as a versatile, award winning actor/director/writer in feature motion pictures, television, and on Broadway, in 1992, Monte, with his son Jason Markham and wife Klaire Markham, founded their independent production company, “Perpetual Motion Films”. Producing 10 premiere

“Epic” Biographies he inaugurated A&E’s landmark Biography series. Today, with over 2,000 biographies on Amazon, his MICHELANGELO remains among the all time best sellers.

celebrity guests

WYATT McCREA

is the oldest grandchild of actors Joel McCrea and Frances Dee and he is deeply involved in the ongoing historical preservation of his film making grandparents. He has worked both as a producer and actor in television and film productions such as BIG HISTORY, CANYON TRAIL, the award winning documentary FLOATING HORSES–THE STORY OF CASEY TIBBS. He has also doubled Kevin Costner, Dennis Quaid and Jeff Bridges.

CHRISTOPHER MITCHUM

is the second son of actor Robert Mitchum and followed in the footsteps of his famous dad. He began as an extra while at the University of Arizona working in westerns at Old Tucson. He auditioned for John Wayne and won a small role in the western CHISUM as Billy the Kid’s sidekick. Duke introduced him to director Howard Hawks, who screen-tested Chris and gave him a starring roles in Hawks’ last film, RIO LOBO. Chris saddled up one more time with the Duke in BIG JAKE which we are screening at this year’s festival.

LOUIS RACE

Second Unit Director / First Assistant Director Louis Race was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He is known for INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM, MAJOR LEAGUE II and YESTERDAY WAS A LIE. Louis directed the episodes of STAR TREK: VOYAGER we are screening at the festival. He has been married to Judy Race since June 3, 1989.

RUDY RAMOS

With only one television credit on his resume, Rudy was cast in the hit TV western, THE HIGH CHAPARRAL (1967), as “Wind”, the half-breed Indian boy. Fortyseven years later, his career is still going strong. Along with numerous recurring television and stage roles— inlcuding his one man show GERONIMO—his many film credits include THE ENFORCER with Clint Eastwood, and COLORS directed by Dennis Hopper and staring Sean Penn. Catch Rudy currently on YELLOWSTONE.

CHERYL ROGERS-BARNETT is the adopted daughter of Roy Rogers and his first wife, Arline. She is the author of Cowboy Princess and Cowboy Princess Rides Again. Cheryl and her husband Larry are the co-producers of two documentaries, ROY ROGERS: IN HIS OWN WORDS and DALE EVANS: A MOST REMARKABLE WOMAN, which are available on a DVD set. She attends various filmrelated events around the Western U.S. giving presentations on her famous family.

Patrick made his film debut in bit part at age 11 in his father classic western RIO GRANDE and proceeded to appear in five more John Ford films—some with and some without his father’s name above the title credits. Making over 40 films including AN EYE FOR AN EYE here in the Alabama Hills, he is probably best known for SINBAD AND THE EYE OF THE TIGER. He is now the chairman of the John Wayne Cancer Foundation.

WILLIAM WELLMAN JR.

Bill Jr.’s career has managed longevity and durability in a very difficult business. He is credited with nearly 200 movies, television shows, and 17 stage productions. He had featured roles in LAFAYETTE ESCADRILLE and DARBY’S RANGERS, both of which directed by his father, Bill Sr. Some of the teen exploitation films he found himself in have since attained cult status, including HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL!

JAY DEE WITNEY

was born in Los Angeles, the only child of director William Witney and actress Maxine Doyle. His film & television work ranged from bit parts to minor stunts and background acting in shows such as ROOM 222, THE LUCY SHOW, GOMER PYLE USMC, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE, and THE FUGITIVE. Now after a career outshide the industry which included being a fire captain, he has returned to acting, screenwriting, photography, videography editing and publishing. He is proprietor of KnotHead Productions.

PATRICK WAYNE

tour guides

DON KELSEN Tour Coordinator, Festival Committee Member, Photographer

Don has been attending and learning about Alabama Hills film locations since our first Festival in 1990. Inspiration for pinpointing filming locations comes from Kelsen’s association with Festival co-founder Dave Holland and their work together on Dave’s first video, On Location in Lone Pine.

Greg has been a dedicated Lone Pine movie location hunter since meeting late film festival board member, Ray Powell, in 1999. Greg’s found over 2000 Lone Pine scene locations — his first: finding the chase scene locations in High Sierra with Humphrey Bogart on Whitney Portal Rd. A graduate of USC and silent movie buff, Greg has lived in Reno, NV since 1978 and now serves on the Lone Pine Film Festival Committee.

KATIE VON SYDOW Tour Guide, Museum Board Member, Geologist

Katie is a field geologist and a member of the Board of Directors of the Museum of Western Film History. She has a B.S. in Geology, a G.I.T. Certification from the State of California and her Master of Science, Earth and Environmental Science (M.S.E.E.S.) in Geology from Cal State San Bernardino. She lives with her partner, Justin, and their dog, Buddy, in Lone Pine.

THE DELGAUDIO BROTHERS: JOHN & MIKE - Tour Guides

The DelGaudio Brothers grew up in Huntington, Long Island and enjoyed watching old westerns on TV with their Dad. They’ve been traveling out to California to attend the Lone Pine Film Festival since 1996 and have been searching out and visiting film locations ever since. Mike still lives in Huntington and is a computer programmer. John lives in Fredericksburg, VA and is retired from the NY State Police.

PAGE WILLIAMS Tour Guide, Historian, Photographer

Page is a California Historian, and a fifth generation native of California. Page spent over 40 years working in the film industry until her retirement five years ago. She is an avid photographer and horsewoman.

Tyler is a writer, professor, and film location hunter. He lives in Los Angeles and writes film, literature, and art criticism for the Los Angeles Times, the LA Review of Books, Poetry, Cineaste, Literary Hub, RogerEbert.com, Artforum, and elsewhere.

LARRY MAURICE Tour Guide, Cowboy Poet MC and Host

Larry’s spent the last 36 years as a cowboy, horse wrangler and packer in the Eastern Sierra and the high deserts of Nevada. You’re likely to find him on a horse when he is not performing his brand of Cowboy Poetry. He received the Lifetime Achievement in Cowboy Poetry Award from the National Cowboy Symposium, and the Academy of Western Artists’ coveted Will Rogers Cowboy Award for Cowboy Poet of the Year. Maurice has been a Lone Pine regular since the Festival’s beginning in 1989.

www.larrymaurice.com

MEMBERS OF THE CHINA LAKE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

The Society is a place for people who want to learn about, participate in, and share astronomy activities and education. They’re based in Ridgecrest and China Lake, California, in the Indian Wells Valley of the Mojave Desert — just over the mountains from Death Valley and some of the darkest skies in the United States.

www.chinalakeastro.org

GREG PARKER Tour Guide, Festival Committee Member

TYLER MALONE Tour Guide, Writer, Professor

tour guide - presenters

presenters

RICHARD W. BANN Tour Guide, Presenter, Historian, Author

is a film historian and author of books on Laurel and Hardy, Our Gang, W.C. Fields, Hal Roach, and John Wayne. Bann was Vice President of Blackhawk Films, and served as consultant to CMG Worldwide agency, which represents the estates of Marilyn Monroe, Mark Twain, Babe Ruth, James Dean, Jackie Robinson, and others. Bann is a library consultant to European film and TV company Kirch Media GmbH, responsible for restoring and preserving the Hal Roach Studios 35mm nitrate film collection.

THOMAS KELSEY Tour Guide, Presenter, Photojournalist, Author

Thomas Kelsey’s connection to the Eastern Sierra runs deep as he has skied, fished, hiked and photographed the area since the 1970’s. During his career, he has worked as a staff photographer at nine different newspapers including 12 years at the Los Angeles Times. In 1981, Kelsey was chosen to attend the Ansel Adams Workshop. He has published two books, The Spirit of the West and 75 Years Later-Warbirds, Airman & Veterans of World War II, a tribute that honors the Greatest Generation in 2020.

WARREN DAVEY Presenter

has been a fan of westerns since a young whippersnapper in county Victoria, Australia. In his Davy Crockett coonskin hat, he nightly rode the range with Bonanza, Have Gun Will Travel, The Virginian and with that debonair Gene Barry in Bat Masterson. With partner in crime Ross Schnioffsky, he fell under the spell of the glorious Alabama Hills and the Lone Pine Film Festival and has made the long haul from the Southern Hemisphere a number of times. If you love westerns Lone Pine is the only place to be and it is full of friendly critters.

LARRY FLOYD

Presenter

Larry Floyd is a native Virginian and resides in Chesapeake Virginia with his wife Nell. He had a 33 year career in law enforcement retiring as Deputy Asst. Director Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation. He is the former director of the Williamsburg Film and Nostalgia Festival in Williamsburg VA. As a lifetime collector of antique firearms and student of western history he has done presentation at Lone Pine in the past.

moderators, authors, presenters and a composer

PETER MASON Presenter, Photographer, Broadcast Engineer

had a 20 year career in Broadcast TV Systems Engineering with National TeleConsultants, Glendale, CA. His work with NTC included consulting and design projects for major broadcasters and film studios including ABC, ESPN, Fox, Fox Sports, Warner Bros, DirecTV, and Viacom. He is currently an active volunteer with Veterans-TV.org, a job training program designed to teach specific skills to Veterans who are seeking a career in Broadcast TV.

Presenter, Author

is a Western historian and modernday frontiersman. He has written extensively about the American West, and has spent his life experiencing frontier adventures. From breaking horses, prospecting the Sierra Nevada, performing in a Wild West show, riding with the mounted posse, buffalo hunting, to ranching, Matuszak has spent his entire life living and exploring in the West. He brings to any discussion of the West real-life frontier experiences along with an academic background.

JAY C. MUNNS

Composer, Musician has been entertaining audiences for nearly five decades, specializing in vintage American music from saloon piano to the great hits of the ‘20s, ‘30s and ‘40s. He has performed for two U.S. presidents and entertained countless celebrities including Bob Hope, Cary Grant, and Jimmy Stewart, as well as movie directors from Hal Roach and Mervyn Leroy to Steven Spielberg.

HENRY C. PARKE

Modertor, Screenwriter, Editor

Henry C. Parke is the Westerns film editor for True West Magazine and a screenwriter. A longtime Westerns aficionado he also writes for INSP TV and is he creator and writer of Henry’s Western RoundUp. He is a screenwriter having penned DOUBLE CROSS and SPEEDTRAP. Henry lives in Los Angeles with his wife of over 30 years, Stephanie.

LUIS I. REYES

Author, Scholar, Tours Reyes is a nationally renowned film scholar, journalist, publicist and lecturer who is an authority on the history of Latinx in the Hollywood film Industry. He is the author and or co -author of several books on film including his latest VIVA HOLLYWOOD for Turner Classic Movies and Hachette Press. The Hawaii Movie and TV Book, with Ed Rampell, and Made In Mexico: Hollywood South of The Border.

ROSS SCHNIOFFSKY

Presenter has been stumbling through the rocky mazes that crisscross the Alabama Hills since attending his first Festival in 2006. He sees himself as some sort of film time traveller who likes to wander in amongst the dusty trails and imagine that he is back with those creative filmmakers of the first half of the 20th Century. Ross, a retired university librarian, lives in Melbourne, Australia.

Through covid he has still continued to be actively involved with the Festival thanks to the wonders of modern technology.

MARC WANAMAKER

Presenter, Archivist, Author is a historian, archivist, and lecturer in film history. He founded Bison Archives in Los Angeles, a leading repository of research and photographs of motion picture history. He assisted in forming the American Film Institute facilities in Beverly Hills.His extensive list of publications includes over a dozen books as well as articles in the Los Angeles Times and interviews in numerous documentaries related to motion picture history.

ROB WORD

Moderator, Producer, Director

As one of the founding fathers and producer of the Motion Picture and Television Fund’s prestigious Golden Boot Awards (19832007), Emmy® nominated writer/ producer Rob Word’s love of the West best describes his work. He now hosts, produces, and directs YouTube’s long running interview series A WORD ON WESTERNS following a lengthy careet in the industry as a senior producer and creative consultant for Columbia TriStar, Lionsgate, MGM-UA, Universal Television, GetTV and Starz/Encore Media.

DAVID MATUSZAK

Screenings l thursday Oct. 6

THE COWBOYS 50TH ANNIVERSARY (1972) 2H 14 MIN THURS. 7:00 PM - AUDITORIUM Q&A WITH ROBERT CARRADINE MODERATOR HENRY C. PARKE Directed by Mark Rydell with John Wayne, Bruce Dern, Roscoe Lee Browne, Robert Carradine, Clay O’Brien.

When his cattle drivers abandon him for the gold fields rancher Will Andersen (Wayne) has no other choice than to hire young boys in order to get his cattle to market in time to avoid financial disaster.

Screenings l friday Oct. 7

DANGEROUS VENTURE (1947) 59 MIN FRI. 8 AM AUDITORIUM INTRO/TOUR

Directed by George Archainbaud with William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Rand Brooks

In this 58th Hopalong Cassidy feature, Sue Harmon (Alexander) and friends search for Native American artifacts. Unbeknownst to Harmon the expedition leader (Douglas Evans) makes a deal with corrupt Dan Morgan (Cording) to loot their treasure and sell it. Hopalong Cassidy (Boyd) and sidekicks (Clyde and Brooks) sort things out. Dramatic Alabama Hills locations include a cave entrance and sacrificial rock altar.

THE GAY CABALLERO (1940) 58 MIN

FRI. 8 AM MUSEUM THEATRE INTRO/TOUR WITH AUTHOR LUIS I. REYES

Directed by Otto Brower wtih Cesar Romero, Sheila Ryan, Robert Sterling and Chris-Pin Martin.

The Cisco Kid (Romero) and his faithful sidekick, Gordito (Martin) arrive in town to learn that Cisco is supposedly dead. He had been accused of attempting to steal land from Susan Wetherby (Ryan). Without revealing his identity he is then free to prove his innocence, restore what little reputation he had and, of course, get the girl before coming back from the dead.

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YELLOW SKY (1948) 1H 38 MIN FRI. 9:30 AM AUDITORIUM INTRO/TOUR

Directed by William A. Wellman with Gregory Peck, Anne Baxter, Richard Widmark, John Russell.

Gang leader “Stretch” Dawson (Peck) seeks refuge in the ghost town of Yellow Sky. Unbeknownst to the gang, Mike (Baxter) and her grandpa still work one of the mines, creating an atmosphere of greed, distrust, lust and personal redemption. An excellent character study by director Wellman.

PANHANDLE (1948) 1H 25 MIN

FRI. 1:30 PM AUDITORIUM Q&A WITH TONY CAMERON MODERATOR ROSS SCHNIOFFSKY INTRO/TOUR

Directed by Lesley Selander with Rod Cameron, Cathy Downs, Reed Hadley, Blake Edwards

Rancher John Sands (Cameron) - a former Texas marshal - learns his brother's been murdered. Sands straps on his guns and sets his sights on saloon and casino owner Matt Carson (Hadley). Filmed in sepia tone, this film features a young Blake Edwards who co-starred, co-wrote and co-produced.

THE TALL T (1956) 1H 18 MIN

FRI. 11:30 AM AUDITORIUM INTRO/TOUR

Directed by Budd Boetticher withRandolph Scott, Richard Boone, Maureen O’Sullivan, Henry Silva.

In Technicolor, with renown director/writer team Boetticher and Burt Kennedy. Cowboy Pat (Scott) hitches a ride on a stagecoach carrying Doretta (O’Sullivan), daughter of a wealthy mine owner. Kidnapped by the Frank Usher (Boone) gang, Doretta's held ransom - resulting in tension, deceit, threats and flirtation as hostages and criminals await their fate.

GUNS OF THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (1969) 1H 45 MIN FRIDAY, 7 PM AUDITORIUM Q&A WITH MONTE MARKHAM MODERATOR HENRY C. PARKE

Directed by Paul Wendkos with George Kennedy, James Whitmore, Monte Markham.

Soldiers of fortune led by Chris (Kennedy) are hired to rescue a Mexican revolutionary (Fernando Rey) from a prison run by vicious Colonel Diego (Michael Ansara). Can the outnumbered Magnificent Seven pull off a glorious victory?

Screenings l Saturday Oct. 8

HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL (1959) 29 MIN S3:E10 SAT. 9 AM AUDITORIUM "THE GOLDEN TOAD" INTRO/TOUR

Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen with Richard Boone, David White, Lorna Thayer.

Paladin (Boone) is hired by Bud Webster (White) to protect his newly discovered gold from Doris Gulovan (Thayer) and her three sons.

SLOW BURN (2000) 1H 37 MIN SAT. 10:00 AM AUDITORIUM

INTRO/TOUR

Directed by Christian Ford. Minnie Driver, James Spader, Josh Brolin, Stuart Wilson.

Three desperate characters (Driver, Spader and Brolin) struggle for survival in the Mexican desert - portrayed beautifully by the Alabama Hills. A distinguished explorer (Driver) finds herself stranded with two escaped convicts and a stash of diamonds. Manipulation and dangerous games ensue.

JUST TONY (1922) 1H 10 MIN

100TH ANNIVERSARY SAT. 12 NOON AUDITORIUM LIVE MUSIC ACCOMPANIMENT BY MAESTRO JAY C. MUNNS

Directed by Lynn Reynolds with Tom Mix, Claire Adams.

The first of four Tom Mix movies filmed in the Alabama Hills. Mix plays acowboy seeking to capture a wild stallion as well as take revenge on the man who shot him years earlier - and ends up in love with that man’s daughter.

STAR TREK: VOYAGER (1996) 1H 32 MIN SAT. 9 & 9:45 AM

MUSEUM THEATRE “BASICS” PARTS 1 & 2 INTRO/TOUR

Directed by Winrich Kolbe and Louis Race. Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran

Hijacked by Kazons, Starship Voyager is marooned on a desolate alien planet. In this exciting 2-part episode, we experience the starship’s heroic crew wrestling Voyager back from their enemy. Stunning Alabama Hills locations.

ROUGHSHOD (1949) 1H 28 MIN SAT. 2:30 PM AUDITORIUM Q&A WITH CLAUDE JARMAN JR. MODERATOR HENRY C. PARKE

Directed by Mark Robson with Robert Sterling, Gloria Grahame, John Ireland, Claude Jarman, Jr.

Sonoran Rancher Clay Phillips (Sterling) and his brother (Jarman, Jr.) rescue a group of dance hall girls in a broken down buggy while dodging the three escaped convicts who are trailing them.

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Saturday, Sunday & monday

MACKINTOSH AND T.J. (1975) 1H 36 MIN SUN. 10:30 AM AUDITORIUM Q&A WITH CHERYL ROGERS-BARNETT MODERATOR STEVE LATSHAW Directed by Marvin J. Chomsk with Roy Rogers, Clay O’Brien

A n old ranch hand (Rogers) befriends troubled young T.J. (O’Brien), living on his own. Their bond of friendship is tested and strengthened as they traverse the struggles of life in the Old West. Stand-out sound track features music by Waylon Jennings.

BIG JAKE (1971) 1H 50 MIN SAT. 7:00 PM AUDITORIUM

Q&A WITH PATRICK WAYNE & CHRISTOPHER MITCHUM MODERATOR ROB WORD "A WORD ON WESTERNS"

Directed by George Sherman with John Wayne, Richard Boone, Maureen O’Hara, Patrick Wayne, Christopher Mitchum, Ethan Wayne.

When a gang kidnaps the grandson of “Big” Jake McCandles (Wayne) — demanding a million dollars— McCandles decides to track them down and bring his grandson home. Though set in 1909, this film is still considered a traditional Western.

HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL (1958) 26 MIN S1:E2 "IN AN EVIL TIME" MON. 10 AM MUSEUM THEATRE INTRO/TOUR

Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen Richard Boone, Hank Patterson

While bringing elderly criminal Pappy French (Patterson) to justice, Paladin (Boone) must not only resist French’s attempts to bribe him -but also protect him from his ferocious former gang.

UNFORGIVEN

(1992) 2H 10 MIN 30TH ANNIVERSARY SUN. 2:30 PM AUDITORIUM

Directed by Clint Eastwood with Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman.

Ex-gunfighter Bill Munny (Eastwood), now a destitue farmer, straps on his guns one more time in pursuit of the $1000 reward for catching the cowboys who've disfigured a prostitute. As the story unfolds, Munny's challenges are magnified by the brutally sadistic sheriff, Little Bill Daggett (Hackman) as Munny seeks justice for his murdered friend, Ned Logan (Freeman).

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