Leslie Hall joins us for the hour to talk about her great uncle, Nick C. Hall. He’s the guy who was instrumental is bringing Hollywood to Tucson and building Old Tucson in 1940. Nick was
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Leslie Hall, Grand Niece of Old Tucson Founder, 3/23/24
Leslie Hall joins us for the hour to talk about her great uncle, Nick C. Hall. He’s the guy who was instrumental is bringing Hollywood to Tucson and building Old Tucson in 1940. Nick was
Read moreMovie Saturday, Silent Movies, 2/25/23
On this edition of Emil Franzi’s Voices of the West we talk movies of the silent variety. It”s Movie Saturday and we’re doing silent westerns. https://voicesofthewest.net/MP3/Movie_Saturday_Silent_Westerns_022523.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS
Read moreAl Fleming, 6/18/22
Author Al Fleming joins us. His book, Following That Dream From Elvis To Hollywood, chronicles when Al met Elvis when the actor and singer was making a movie in Western Florida in 1961. They became
Read moreDan Gagliasso, 3/19/22
March 19th is the birthdate of American Western artist and sculptor Charlie Russell. Film maker and author Dan Gagliasso joins us to talk about Russell’s life and career. We also talk about why Russell is
Read moreAuthor & Columnist John Boston, 10/9/21
Author and columnist John Boston joins us. He writes for the Santa Clarita Valley Signal. He’s authored a couple of books and is a Will Rogers Lifetime Achievement Award recipient. https://voicesofthewest.net/MP3/John_Boston_100921.mp3Podcast: Play in new window
Read moreVoices of the West, actor Dick Powell, 4/17/24
On this edition we take a look at the career of actor Dick Powell. He did a fair share of westerns including producing Dick Powell’s Zane Grey Theatre. https://voicesofthewest.net/MP3/Dick_Powell_041721.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe:
Read moreVoices of the West, Butterfield Stage, guest Gerald T. Anhert, 2/6/21
We’re talkin’ about the Butterfield Stage Line–it’s freighting, the mail contracts and the passengers. Our guest is Gerald T. Anhert who is a recognized authority of the stage line. We also dispel the Hollywood rumors
Read moreVoices of the West, Movie Saturday with Stuart Rosebrook, 1/30/21
It’s Part Deux of our look at what makes a great screenplay. True West magazine editor Stuart Rosebrook joins us to continue our discussion. And, we know we’ll have to do another part to this
Read moreVoices of the West, Movie Saturday-Screenwriters with guest Stuart Rosebrook, 12/26/20
It’s our end-of-the-month show we call Movie Saturday. We streamed live from the White Stallion Ranch and our topic was screenplays and screenwriters–what makes a great story? Our guest is True West Magazine editor Stuart
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