Noticed a new, “The
Virginian,” is out, this one with country music star Trace Adkins playing the lead role. This follows the, made
for TV, Bill Pullman
version a few years ago. I know of four other versions of this classic western
tail.
Dustin Furman in
the first version in 1914
Kenneth Harlan –
1923
Garry Cooper – 1929
Joel McCrea – 1946
There were also two
television series based on the Owen Wister novel of cowboying in early Wyoming.
The first with James Drury ran for many episodes over eight years in the sixties.
The second only made it for a year, 1970, with Stuart Granger as the lead.
2 comments:
Quite a brand. Thank you, Owen Wister.
Read it again not long ago. Nice start to the western.
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