Episode 9497: Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Hopalong Cassidy" - Hoppy And The Iron Horse (09-24-50)

Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Hopalong Cassidy" - Hoppy And The Iron Horse (Aired September 24, 1950)

Hopalong Cassidy is a cowboy hero, created in 1904 by Clarence E. Mulford, who wrote a series of popular stories and twenty-eight novels. (At the time Mulford invented the character, the name of the historical American outlaw Butch Cassidy had been before readers of newspapers in recent years.) In his early print appearances, the character appears as a rude, dangerous and rough-talking "galoot". Beginning in 1935, the character, played by William Boyd, was transformed into the clean-cut hero of a series of 66 immensely popular films, only a few of which relied on Mulford's works for more than the character. Mulford actually rewrote his earlier stories to fit the movie conception; these led in turn to a comic book series modeled after the films.


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September 24, 1950. Program #39. Commodore syndication. "Hoppy and The Iron Horse". Commercials added locally. Lee Garvin introduces Hoppy to foul play on the railroad. William Boyd, Joseph Du Val, Walter White Jr. (transcriber, producer), Tom Shirley (writer). 25:28. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.