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	Broncho Billy Anderson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Broncho Billy Anderson (March 21, 1880 – January 20, 1971) was an American actor, writer, director, and producer, who is best-known as the first star of the Western film genre.
		Using the stage name Gilbert M. Anderson, he began to write, direct, and act in his own Westerns.
		Anderson was honored posthumously in 1998 with his image on a U.S. postage stamp.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bronco_Billy_Anderson (617 words)

	Movie cowboy gets name cleared
		Bronco Billy Park is set to ride into the sunset.
		As "Broncho Billy,'' a John Wayne-like character, Anderson starred in hundreds of silent films in the early 20th Century produced by the company he co-founded, the Chicago-based Essanay Studios.
		Anderson was honored with a special Oscar as a "motion picture pioneer" in 1957 and appeared in his last film, "The Bounty Killer,'' in 1965.
	www.suntimes.com /output/news/cst-nws-billy14.html (296 words)

	bronco
		Bronco Layne is appointed marshal of a Texas town and tries to clear the town of the killers who control it.
		Bronco Layne, an ex-Confederate captain, returns to his home town and learns that the residents blame him for the death of his sweetheart's brother while Layne and the brother were held as Union prisoners.
		Bronco is hired by a beautiful girl to guide her to a ghost town in the mountains.
	home.att.net /~dadmug/bronco.html (2906 words)

	Silver Screen Heroes - Movie Changed Course Of Industry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Broncho Billy, the outlaw, discovers and injured child and returns it to its parents; the parents introduce him to the Bible, and Broncho Billy is reformed.
		Anderson was born Max Aronson maybe in Pine Bluff, but according to biographer David Kiehn probably in Little Rock.
		Gilbert suggests stringing together a thin story and padding it out with "lots of riding and shooting and plenty of excitement," thus creating the immutable paradigm of American commercial cinema.
	www.jcs-group.com /oldwest/cinema/changed.html (1344 words)

	Broncho Billy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The Broncho Billy mural is on the east side of Main between 2nd and 3rd Streets.
		Anderson was also sued several times by various people and in one case, also in 1925, Anderson claimed he was broke and couldn't pay after he lost in court, another reasonto keep a low profile."
		Anderson made Broncho Billy's Redemption in 1910 before Kyne wrote any western stories, and the story Anderson claimed he stole it from, Broncho Billy and the Baby, was never written by Kyne, but was produced by Anderson in Niles in 1915.
	users.aristotle.net /~russjohn/art/broncho.html (1687 words)

	Niles Tower
		In October of that year, Gilbert M. Anderson and George K. Spoor unceremoniuosly detrained without forewarning at SP's Niles depot - along with the other 50 members of their Essanay Film Manufacturing Company - and the California film industry was born.
		Anderson both starred and played bit parts in the movie, so not only did he conceive of the narrative film, he also was the first movie star.
		As things turned out, this was the end of Bronco Billy, but he again created a film tradition: that of the has-been.
	wx4.org /to/foam/sp/niles/tower.html (1588 words)

	Gilbert M. Anderson
		Gilbert Anderson is best remembered as the first western movie hero, "Bronco Billy" (originally spelled Broncho Billy).
		He directed and starred in almost 400 Bronco Billy films over a seven year period, but Anderson was also a key figure in the development of American films as entertainment.
		Among the illustrious stars that worked for Essanay was Charlie Chaplin who, during his one year with Essanay, was able to perfect his Little Tramp character, imbuing him with more pathos than he was able to do at his previous studio, Keystone.
	www.djangomusic.com /actor_bio.asp?pid=P+79612 (416 words)

	Broncho Billy's Sentence (1915) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The body of his enormous output is lost or inaccessible but in isolation this one reeler is impressive.
		On top of this, Anderson proves to be a better actor than Hart, Tom Mix or his other contemporaries.
		Anderson proved uneasy about offering himself in sustained characters.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0005026 (320 words)

	Metroactive Features \| Charlie Chaplin in Niles
		As Bronco Billy, Anderson starred in nearly 157 films, almost all shot in Niles.
		This year it's on June 6, with a dress-up contest, town tour and screenings of Chaplin and Bronco Billy films.
		There is a new bronze plaque that tells a brief history of the studio, and the actors like Chaplin, Anderson and Ben Turpin who worked in Niles.
	www.metroactive.com /papers/metro/06.04.98/slices-9822.html (794 words)

	Wrestling Encyclopedia
		One of the sport’s foremost territories, the Georgia region was managed by Fred Ward, Paul Jones and Ray Gunkel until legendary promoter Jim Barnett took control of the company in 1974 and initiated a nationally syndicated broadcast on Ted Turner’s fledgling WTCG cable network (a precursor to today’s TBS Superstation on UHF).
		After Frank’s death in 1983, it was inherited by his nephew, Jack Tunney, who withdrew from the NWA in July 1984 to join the WWF, where he served as on-air President between 1984-95.
		Operated under the authority of Col. Harry J. Landry, it was one of the industry’s first true governing bodies prior to the ultimate formation of the National Wrestling Alliance in 1948.
	www.wrestlingencyclopedia.com /dictpromotions.html (4433 words)

	CTVA Western - "Bronco" (WB/Wm T. Orr) (1958-62) starring Ty Hardin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Bronco, injured by an escaped convict, is nursed back to health by a man
		Bronco assumes a false identity in a deperate attempt to
		Bronco Layne is working as a secret agent for the US Army.
	aa.1asphost.com /CTVA/US/Western/Bronco.htm (1320 words)

	Kansas Silent Film Festival 2003, Schedule
		BRONCO BILLY and THE WESTERN GIRLS (1915 / starring Bronco Billy Anderson) - One of the most popular movie stars of his time, G.M. (Bronco) Billy Anderson is considered the first movie cowboy star.
		His short film adventures were a staple at nickelodeons and movie theaters across the country and he produced, wrote and directed most of these films himself.
		Sex goddess Greta Garbo comes between pals John Gilbert and Lars Hanson in a complex plot of love, lust and friendship.
	www.kssilentfilmfest.org /kssff2003/notes.html (883 words)

	An - Real Names of Famous Folk - An
		Bill Anderson, Country Singer; James William Anderson III (Columbia, South Carolina 1 November 1937).
		Gilbert "Bronco Billy" Anderson, Entertainer; Max H. Aronson (Little Rock, Arkansas 21 March 1880 - 20 January 1971).
		Pamela Anderson, Actor, model; Pamela Denise Anderson (British Columbia, 1 July 1967).
	www.famousfolk.com /real/names-a/an.shtml (487 words)

	The Movies Discover California (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The first major motion picture to be produced in the United States was filmed in the New Jersey countryside in 1903.
		The Great Train Robbery was an eight-minute, one-reel western, produced by the film company of Thomas Edison and starring an ex-vaudevillian named Gilbert Anderson as Bronco Billy.
		In 1908 Anderson began scouting the country for a location to launch his own film company; he wanted to be as far away as possible from Edison's patent attorneys.
	www.californiahistory.net /8_pages/industry_movies.htm (243 words)

	Ryan's Rhetoric of Indians Page
		As the 19-teens rolled around, a new prototypical cowboy hero emerged in the form of Gilbert M, aka 'Bronco Billy' Anderson.
		In the 1914 film Bronco Billy and the Greaser, the protagonist faces "the combined villainy of Mexican and Native American cultures bent on the unprovoked eradication of white settlers."
		Like Anderson, the films of D.W. Griffith were more than adamant in their vilification of Indians.
	www.cwrl.utexas.edu /~schacht/rhe309k/RyanParker/badindian.htm (464 words)

	Gilbert M Anderson Biography :: Hollywood.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Anderson appeared in Edwin S. Porter's ground-breaking 1903 thirteen-minute short, "The Great Train Robbery".
		He later co-founded Essanay, where he starred in, wrote and directed over 375 Westerns in the enormously popular "Broncho Billy" series.
		After selling his interest in the company and taking an unsuccessful stab at producing for and investing in the legitimate theater, Anderson attempted a comeback only to find he had been supplanted in popularity by new cowboy actor William S. Hart.
	www.hollywood.com /celebs/fulldetail/id/186163 (362 words)

	Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Broncho Billy and the Settler's Daughter (1914) (unconfirmed)
		Broncho Billy and the Settler's Daughter (1914) (producer)
		Broncho Billy and the Squatter's Daughter (1913) (producer)
	us.imdb.com /Name?Anderson,+Gilbert+M.+'Broncho+Billy' (655 words)

	Gilbert M Anderson
		A film pioneer and one of the first recognizable film stars.
		Gilbert M. Anderson appeared in Edwin S. Porter's ground-breaking 1903 thirteen-minute short, "The Great Train Robbery" and later co-founded Essanay, where he starred in, wrote and directed over 375 Westerns in the enormously popular "Broncho Billy" series.
		After selling his interest in the company and taking an unsuccessful stab at producing for and investing in the legitmate theater, Anderson attempted a comeback only to find he had been supplanted in popularity by new cowboy actor William S....
	www.hollywood.com /celebs/detail/id/186163 (121 words)

	Film History Before 1920
		Essanay Studios - formed in 1907 in Chicago, Illinois by George K. Spoor and Gilbert A. "Bronco Billy" Anderson (known as the first western movie star).
		This is where Tom Mix and G.M. "Broncho Billy" Anderson gained fame before going on to other studios.
		Some of its earliest stars were 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, Annette Kellerman, Florence E. Turner (the "Vitagraph Girl"), Norma Talmadge, Alice Calhoun, and Clara Kimball Young.
	www.filmsite.org /pre20sintro2.html (3331 words)

	CMIL-mainframe
		Relates the history of the Essanay Film Co. from 1909 to 1916, when Gilbert M. Anderson produced and starred in hundreds of "Bronco Billy" westerns near San Jose, Calif., and established the format of the classic western and the cowboy movie hero.
		The artists and technicians who create today's movie special effects take the viewer behind the scenes and show how movie magic is created in such blockbusters as The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, Blade Runner, and The Right Stuff.
		Recounts the technological developments that culminated in motion pictures and re-creates the first momentous public showing of Eadweard Muybridge's moving pictures at the San Francisco Art Association on May 4, 1880.
	ucmedia.berkeley.edu /sales/artshum02/ahmain4.html (334 words)

	MTV Movies \| Gilbert M. Anderson
		He directed and starred in almost 400 Bronco Billy films over a seven year period, but Anderson was also a key figure in the...
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	www.mtv.com /movies/person/70003/personmain.jhtml (121 words)

	Arkansas history - Arkansas heritage
		Fascinating Facts - Here are intriguing facts about The Natural State's geography, natural resources, industry, agriculture, tourism, climate, population, early Arkansas history, and how Arkansas got its name.
		Famous Arkansans - From Gilbert Maxwell "Bronco Billy" Anderson to Sam Walton, listed are several well-known people with their roots in Arkansas.
		Arkansas History Commission - Link to the Arkansas History Commission, whose mission is to keep and care for the official archives of this state, collect material bearing on the history of Arkansas from the earliest times, copy and edit official records and other historical material, and encourage historical work and research.
	www.arkansas.com /things-to-do/history-heritage (675 words)

	On the Media
		It's the first silent movie with a plot.
		Gilbert "Bronco Billy" Anderson played three parts in that movie and would have played a fourth, except Bronco Billy didn't know how to ride a horse.
		As breakthroughs in technology make for ever more convincing special effects and allow audiences to enter stories through ever more interactive video games, silent films are gaining ground in home video.
	www.onthemedia.org /transcripts/transcripts_121903_modern.html (1320 words)

	Fun Facts About Little Rock » Media
		Little Rock retired engineer Edgar C. Whisenhunt reportedly made a quarter million dollars from his best-selling book, "88 Reasons Why the Rapture Will Be in 1988".
		Gilbert "Bronco Billy Anderson" Aronson was born in Little Rock in 1882 before becoming the silver screen's first beloved cowboy.
		John Gould Fletcher, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, hails from Little Rock.
	www.littlerock.com /media/fun-facts.asp (980 words)

	Uptown Chicago Commission
		Chicago was poised to be the film capital of the country, and the Northeast Side neighborhood of Uptown was a parading-ground for silent film stars Gloria Swanson, Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford.
		Essanay Studios---run by filmmaker George K. Spoor and Gilbert "Billy Bronco" Anderson, the first cowboy star---had its headquarters on Argyle between Magnolia and Clark.
		Eventually the sunny Southern California climate, more conducive to year-round filming, drove filmmakers west.
	www.uptownchicagocommission.org /jul_03.html (1654 words)

	Silent Short Subjects
		Cast: Gilbert Saroni, Mack Sennett, D.W. Griffith, Florence Auer, Edward Dillon.
		The Great Jewel Mystery (1905)-Film from cameramen Billy Bitzer and F. Dobson is intercut to form a fictional solution to an actual crime.
		Description: Contains examples of films from independent producers, including short subjects from special-effects wizard George Melies, British comedies produced by the Clarendon, Gaumont and Hepworth Companies, and some of Britain's first documentary dramas concerning social ills.
	www.ebonyshowcase.org /short.htm (2818 words)

	Bronco's Pitstop
		Menard’s triumph was anything but easy as the Eau Claire, Wisconsin native had to survive tough challenges from NASCAR Nextel Cup stars Kevin:: continue »
		Jimmy Anderson goes to the bottom to pass Mel Kenyon.
		Keep up with eNews and other info from Bronco.
	www.broncospitstop.com /index.php (4999 words)

	bountykiller
		They include Buster Crabbe, Johnny Mack Brown, Fuzzy Knight (without his beard), and Richard Arlen.
		Even Hollywood's first western star Bronco Billy Anderson has a cameo.
		Writers R. Alexander and Leon Gordon rely on a string of coincidences and the viewer's suspension of belief to make this message film about how violence is recycled when there's no alternative to fighting force with force.
	www.sover.net /~ozus/bountykiller.htm (697 words)

	VH1.com : Movies : Mud and Sand : Plot
		Obviously the plot wasn't much to speak of, and the gags were the thing, along with Stan's inimitable timing.
		This was one of a series of comedies he made for producer Gilbert M. "Bronco Billy" Anderson -- in 1923, the comedian would move over to Hal Roach's studio where, after a few years, he would team up with another comic actor by the name of Oliver Hardy.
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	www.vh1.com /movies/movie/182043/plot.jhtml (233 words)

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