TEXAS MASQUERADE, Style A United Artists, 1944 SCARCE 1ST iss,1/2 Sheet Hopalong

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TEXAS MASQUERADE,
Style
A
United Artists, 1944.
1ST issue scarce Half Sheet (22" X 28"), Style A, (
dark TEXAS
template ).
FINE-:
Fold wear, a few pin holes; minor restoration especially at borders. Linen tape on back along the borders.
Formerly stored folded, but now stored flat. Will ship rolled.
TEXAS MASQUERADE
is a 1944 American
Western
film directed by
George Archainbaud
and written by Jack Lait Jr. and Norman Houston. The film stars
William Boyd (
HOPALONG CASSIDY
)
,
Andy Clyde
, Jimmy Rogers,
Don Costello
, Mady Correll and
Francis McDonald
. The film was released on February 8, 1944, by
United Artists
.
–WIKIPEDIA
A gang of outlaws are using force to become possessors of every ranch in the area. Hoppy, of course, is out to stop them.
A gang of outlaws is burning out ranchers and then their front man is buying out the settlers at bargain prices. But when a pal of Hopalong's is killed, Cassidy goes to investigate, disguising himself as foppish, milk-drinking Bostonian to do so in an amusing comic turn.
Boyd, a capable but bland actor was made for this sort of western, and given the series' start at Paramount, it had a level of gloss, both in the writing and production that almost all B westerns lacked. Veteran George Archimbaud directs and the cast includes the always excellent Andy Clyde, Russel Simpson as the lead villain, the almost forgotten J. Farrel MacDonald, and Mady Correll as the female lead -- not the love interest, since Hopalong never smoked, drank or paid attention to women.
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