| ”Hopalong Cassidy was the success story of
1950, a commercial juggernaut that defied all reason to become the radio and TV triumph of
its day. On radio, it was the making of Commodore Productions, the shoestring syndicate
founded by Walter & Shirley White. It was the Whites who first became convinced that a
radio show built around the Hopalong Cassidy character, as played by William Boyd in the
1930’s B-western films, would be a solid winner. Boyd had a unique voice, radiating
power and authority. There was simply no other cowboy hero quite like him.” |
