tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post5590683884526668589..comments2024-03-29T01:33:22.669-07:00Comments on Buddies in the Saddle: Book: Bar-20Ron Scheerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-32948851866242367372010-08-02T20:55:51.847-07:002010-08-02T20:55:51.847-07:00Rich, from what I can tell, the Hopalong Cassidy m...Rich, from what I can tell, the Hopalong Cassidy movies starting in 1935 starred William Boyd, and many of the early titles were the same as Mulford's novels. How closely they followed them, however, I don't know. Good question.Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-48397771055199868872010-08-02T17:34:01.039-07:002010-08-02T17:34:01.039-07:00Were any of movies or TV episodes with William Boy...Were any of movies or TV episodes with William Boyd direct adaptations of Mulford?Richard Proschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08314680709014254183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-12291762750635080112010-08-02T11:29:46.542-07:002010-08-02T11:29:46.542-07:00James, that makes sense. Mulford seems to get the ...James, that makes sense. Mulford seems to get the rest of the geography right in that whole sequence.<br /><br />Cheyenne, yeah, stand back.<br /><br />Charles, I'm still getting around to the L'Amour books, but from what I've read, he was pretty faithful to Mulford, and the editorial changes were mostly cleaning up his language and any references to drinking and smoking.Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-11560177352670071972010-08-02T08:00:09.928-07:002010-08-02T08:00:09.928-07:00I'm going to try some of mumford's Hopalon...I'm going to try some of mumford's Hopalong stories at some point. I've now read the ones that L'Amour wrote much later, but which were changed without his agreement.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-1632478827247562192010-08-02T07:28:07.438-07:002010-08-02T07:28:07.438-07:00Phew!!!!!That was some train wreck!Phew!!!!!That was some train wreck!cheyenne joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16957462106844413179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-33307818779558399782010-08-02T07:16:30.456-07:002010-08-02T07:16:30.456-07:00It's possible that Hopalong passed through the...It's possible that Hopalong passed through the Monahans Sand Hills, a sort of mini-version of White Sands, that lies between the Pecos region and the Staked Plains.<br /><br />Or Mulford just made it up, who knows.<br /><br />I love those epic battles he comes up with.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.com