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  Virginian Suites
Television: #''The Virginian (TV series)'' – ran on NBC from 1962 to 1971 and starred James Drury, Doug McClure and Lee J. Cobb; #''The Virginian (2000 TV movie)'' – directed by Bill Pullman and starred himself and Diane Lane.
Loosely based on the Owen Wister novel, the series revolved around a ranch hand, played by James Drury, who went by the name ''The Virginian''; his real name was never revealed in the nine years the show was on the air.
The series took place in Medicine Bow, Wyoming, and revolved around The Virginian's quest to maintain an orderly lifestyle for the ranch he worked on, which was called ''Shiloh Ranch''.
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 Western Television   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
While the series' title referred to Lucas's skill with a rifle (he had a specially modified Winchester with a large ring which allowed him to cock it as he grew), action was not the only focus of the series.
For the most part, the Western TV series of the Seventies were mediocre affairs despite any differences they might have from their predecessors.
In the Fifties and Sixties the networks usually contracted a series for one season and it was rare that a show was cancelled before that season was up; hence the vast majority of TV shows in the Fifties and Sixties lasted at least one year.
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 The Virginian   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Virginian was the first regular series to break the one hour convention and appear as a long-form 90 minute drama.
The Virginian was much closer in feel to an anthology of western films rather than a regular western TV series.
In 1970, the series became The Men From Shiloh and the year was advanced to 1890.
www.public.asu.edu /~kheenan/west/virginiantv.htm   (253 words)

  
 Mike Shiloh -TheLatest.Net Independent News and comment. MarketCreative.com
Nobody did a better job putting together controversial TV shows; he spoke often of the blank looks and panicked expressions on the faces of TV executives when he proposed a series in which the hero would be a man convicted of murdering his wife who then escaped on the way to his execution.
Making the lead characters in a TV series peripheral to the spotlighted guest-character in each episode was pioneered in previous series such as Naked City and Route 66, but the characters on those series were cool and usually somewhat detached.
Until, when the series was cancelled, it was decided to try the basic format again -- a conscientious, intense but eccentrically independent cop who has sources among the underworld -- but eliminating the wife, recasting and moving the location from New York.
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 Rawhide TV series
From its premiere episode on January 9th,1959-to the last and final episode of the series on January 4th,1966,ran on the CBS network for eight seasons and from there producing an astounding 217 episodes,all filmed and broadcast in fl and white.
The year 1959,the peak year for the genre,the networks were producing over 23 shows,mostly Westerns and most of them were in the top ten of the Nielsen ratings,and despite what the critics said about this series and whatever else,the show stood shoulder to shoulder behind some of the best Westerns of their day.
It was destined to become the fourth longest-running TV western,beaten only by nine years of "The Virginian",fourteen years of "Bonanza",and twenty years of "Gunsmoke".
www.40smovies.us /rawhide.htm   (220 words)

  
 Lower Merion Historical Society - David Schmidt Collection
The Virginian is so popular and important to the West that the town of Medicine Bow, Wyo., made a museum of a general store where Wister once spent the night on the store's counter.
The first was The Virginian, which was published in 1902, describing the culture of the West in what became the most-read novel in the beginning of the 20th century.
Molly is horrified, and Judge Henry, the Virginian's employer, explains to her the code of the West.
www.lowermerionhistory.org /texts/schmidtd/new/wister.html   (1349 words)

  
 The Virginian / The Men From Shilo
(Molly Wood was the Virginian's girlfriend and subsequent wife in the novel).
Pippa Scott was the first to depart in 1963 followed by Gary Clarke in 1964, who resurfaced in the short-lived Western series Hondo in 1967, Roberta Shore in 1965, following her wedding at Shiloh Ranch and subsequent move to Pennsylvania and Lee J. Cobb in 1966.
McClure's portrayal of Trampas was one of the highlights of the series and served as a perfect counterpoint to Drury's rather stolid and taciturn characterization.
www.tvparty.com /recvirginian.html   (830 words)

  
 The Virginian / The Men From Shilo
As Virginian fans viewed the opening title sequence of 'The Men From Shiloh', they knew that the old and much loved show had gone forever.
After a long absence from the screen, during which he pursued business interests in Texas, Drury made two appearances on 'Kung Fu, The Legend Continues' in the mid-nineties and was interviewed in a BBC documentary hosted by comic actor Richard Wilson of 'One Foot In The Grave' at his Texas ranch.
His last TV appearance was on an episode of 'One West Waikiki' and he could be seen with a host of TV Western favourites in the big screen version of Maverick.
www.tvparty.com /recvirginian2.html   (1147 words)

  
 Warren Stevens: TV - The Virginian
The Virginian (the title was changed to The Men From Shiloh in 1970) was a colour Western series starring James Drury, Ben Johnson, Doug McClure (Trampas), and Lee J. Cobb (Twelve Angry Men) as Judge Henry Garth.
As in the case of Bonanza and The High Chaparral a ranch (Shiloh Ranch) and a family (Garth) and their co-workers and friends took centre stage.
The series, which had 90-minute episodes, ran from 1962 to the end of the sixties, when it was cancelled.
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 Stars and Horse Stars
The location of hundreds of movies and silent screens to today's TV epics is Lake Los Angeles in north of Los Angeles County in the state of California, United States of America.
In the trivia section he stated that the Virginian's horse's name was "Joe." Mr.
Numerous westerns for TV and Movies have been filmed in the area through the years.
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 Age-defying 'Virginian' no problem for contemporary readers - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
In a letter "To the Reader" placed at the front of "The Virginian," first published in 1902, Owen Wister told his readers wistfully that the book they were about to read described "a vanished world," that of the cowboy in the Wyoming Territory between 1874 and 1890.
With "The Virginian," Wister created a country of mythic proportions, the West (he called it Cattle Land), and a character worthy of inhabiting it, the idealized cowboy.
Above all, Wister set the conventions that have been followed, with modifications, in everything from books to TV to comics for 100 years: the wandering hero, strong and silent, who defends the weak and helpless; honest and vital, independent and self-reliant, he is capable of gentleness but never unmanly.
www.pittsburghlive.com /x/pittsburghtrib/s_68307.html   (1094 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: The Virginian: Books: Owen Wister,St Charles Players   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Set in the vast Wyoming territory, The Virginian (1902) captures both the grandeur and the loneliness of the frontier experience, brilliantly evoking the tension between the romantic freedom of the great, untamed landscape and mankind's deep-seated desire for community and social order.
Wister brings to life the honesty and rough justice that ruled the range and the civilizing influence of determined women in frontier settlements that imposed a sense of society on an unruly population.
The Virginian has been filmed at least five times and was voted the greatest Western of all time.
www.amazon.ca /Virginian-Owen-Wister/dp/1569945268   (1811 words)

  
 Spin Offs: "Decision", "The Virginian", "Laredo" and "The Men From Shiloh"
Seriously, I stumbled upon the TV Party articles while researching these spin offs and realized I could not do a better job writing this stuff up.
One of those stories was a half hour take on The Virginian starring James Drury as the title character, a role he would go onto play for almost a decade on the actual series The Virginian.
The Virginian was lucky in that it had a cast that was constantly changing.
www.poobala.com /virginian.html   (1186 words)

  
 Paul Green Biography and Artwork   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
'The Virginian' was the first Western TV series to be broadcast in colour in the UK in 1964.
BBC 2 was a new channel that required a special TV aerial to receive it so it wasn't until 1967 when 'The Virginian' was transferred to BBC1 that it received a mass UK audience.
In the late eighties he worked on various animated TV series and commercials.
www.thevirginian.net /pgbio.html   (274 words)

  
 about sharon
As co-producer of the Trails Unlimited slide series on the subjects of horses and land use and trail development, the series was distributed throughout the US, Australia and Canada.
In 1982, 83, 84, she conducted a Nationwide seminar series re: Land Use and the Horse Industry, sponsored by Farnum Co and Millers.
In 1985 and 86, she conducted a Nationwide lecture series on wild horse behavior and capture methods sponsored by the Bureau of Land Management, US Dept. of Interior.
www.sharonsaaresaddles.com /aboutsharon.htm   (840 words)

  
 The Virginian - The TV IV
The Virginian - The TV IV And the Nominees Are...
Nominees have been announced for The TV IV's own television awards for the 2005–06 season.
The Virginian is a western that aired on NBC.
tviv.org /The_Virginian   (119 words)

  
 Bernard Herrmann Music - Television music
When the pilot 'failed', the music became part of the CBS music library and was later used in the Have Gun, Will Travel TV series.
"The Virginian" (TV series; Sept. 1962 - Sept. 1971)
This music became part of the CBS music library and was used as stock music for other TV series.
www.uib.no /herrmann/m_tel_al.html   (430 words)

  
 The Virginian Hotel - 307-379-2377   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Since 1911 "The Historic Virginian Hotel" has been the gathering place in southern Wyoming for over 75 years.
The Virginian is located midway between Laramie, Wyoming and Rawlins, Wyoming on the Old Lincoln Highway (U.S. 30) - It became a "headquarters" for all to meet and eat - it has been the setting for business dealings, a few shootings, and many a romance.
The historic Virginian Hotel derives its name from the classic novel by Owen Wister - First published in 1902, The Virginian has been made into 3 movies, a TV series, and has established the prototype for all westerns to this day.
www.wyomingcarboncounty.com /virginia.htm   (164 words)

  
 Peter Brown in Virginian Return a Stranger
Virginian fans might not be as happy because there's no Trampas, the Virginian was off to Kansas City on business and Ryker [Clu Gulager] comes by only to serve the injunction and to tell Craig at the end that Sam was not poisoned.
Some of us liked Betsy even if she was something of a mouseketeer visits the old West.
Whit Bissell was one of the most familiar faces in TV and movie Westerns, as well as in other genres.
www.peterbrown.tv /return.html   (1081 words)

  
 Owen Wister
In The Virginian Wister created the image of the West that was heroic as well exotic.
Virginian is set in the Wyoming territory during the late 1870s and 1880s.
Trampas (Doug McClure) appears in the series as an impulsive and vigorous cowboy, not a villain.
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 Stars and Horse Stars
The location of hundreds of movies and silent screens to today's TV epics is Lake Los Angeles in north of Los Angeles County in the state of California, United States of America.There is an original natural lake fed by spring water.
Other stars that made an appearance were actors Ken Curtis "Festus" and Milburn Stone "Doc" of the Gunsmoke series.
I was reminded about the terrible news (when the original series was prime time and new) on the early evening news in Los Angeles, California.
www.angelfire.com /film/horsefame/actors.html   (1292 words)

  
 History of The Virginian
James Drury and Doug McClure became something of a double-act through their joint success on The Virginian.
In 1968 they both made cameo appearances on the pilot film of 'It Takes A Thief', followed by an appearance on 'Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In', bemused by the antics of singer Tiny Tim.
In 1983 they were reunited in an episode of 'The Fall Guy' dressed as The Virginian and Trampas, but playing themselves, and in 1991 they appeared as 'Doug' and 'Jim' in The Gambler - The Luck of the Draw, with Kenny Rogers.
www.thevirginian.net /history.html   (879 words)

  
 The Virginian eBooks - Owen Wister - Visit eBookMall Today!
Dedicated to Theodore Roosevelt, The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains is the story of a foreman on a Wyoming cattle ranch.
The novel on which the TV series was based, The Virginian is set in the Wyoming territory during the late 1870s and 1880s.
In the end the Virginian marries Molly and rides off with her into the mountains.
www.ebookmall.com /ebooks/virginian-wister-ebooks.htm   (483 words)

  
 History of Medicine Bow Page 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
"The Historic Virginian Hotel" derives its name from the classic novel by Owen Wister - First published in 1902 The Virginian has been made into three movies, a TV series, and has established the prototype for all westerns to this day.
The Virginian Hotel received its prominence in a novel by Owen Wister called "The Virginian".
The expression above was taken from the book as to be what the Virginian told Trampas, an infamous cattle rustler, just before he shot him.
www.medicinebow.org /virginian/history1.htm   (224 words)

  
 The Virginian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is also the name for a music album by Neko Case and Her Boyfriends, released on Mint Records in 1997.
The Virginian (TV series) – ran on NBC from 1962 to 1971 and starred James Drury, Doug McClure and Lee J. Cobb;
The Virginian (2000 TV movie) – directed by Bill Pullman and starred himself and Diane Lane.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Virginian   (244 words)

  
 AMCTV.com SHOW - The Virginian
The Virginian never waivers whether he's told to be out of town by sunset or falling in love with the town's school teacher.
Based on the classic western novel by Owen Wister that went through two more remakes: the first in 1929, starring Gary Cooper in his first talkie, and the second in 1946 with Joel McCrea.
Eventually it became the popular '60s TV series.
www.amctv.com /show/detail?CID=6844-1-EST   (124 words)

  
 Diana Muldaur - Memory Alpha - A Wikia wiki
Following this series' end, however, Muldaur was cast in the role of Chris Coughlin in the crime drama McCloud, which lasted seven seasons from 1970 through 1977.
Fellow TOS guest performer Ken Lynch was also a regular performer on this series; the two of them had previously co-starred together in a 1968 episode of The Outcasts called "A Ride to Vengeance", along with Erik Holland.
She was unavailable for the series, and was replaced by Susan Howard.
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 Virginian Photos, Cast, Episodes for Virginian | TVGuide.com
Rating: TV-PG Premise: Television's first 90-minute Western and one of the best, this ambitiously cast and richly plotted series was based on the classic Owen Wister novel that had been filmed by Hollywood several times.
Set in 1890s Wyoming, it centered on a mysterious ranch foreman (no one knew his name) and a host of other cowboys and townsfolk.
Virginian - stories of the Shiloh Ranch and the man with no name on FiftiesWeb.com
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 TV Decade - The 1960s quiz -- free game
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 Addict Baseball and Football Forum - Where Are They Now?
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