 (Courtesy of Minard Coons) Above, Bob Baker studying the script for one of his westerns.  (Courtesy of Minard Coons) Above, Apache, Bob Baker, Bob's wife Evelyn and children on the road. The sign on the horse trailer reads "Bob Baker and Apache, Universal Pictures".  (Courtesy of Minard Coons) Above, Baker and his paint horse Apache.  Above, from L-to-R are Ernie Adams, Forrest Taylor, Baker, and Reed Howes with the drop on Baker. From THE PHANTOM STAGE (1939), Baker's twelfth western film and his last starring role. He'd then do six westerns as second lead to Universal's new sagebrush hero, Johnny Mack Brown.  Above, Bob Baker, Constance Moore and young Dick Jones in BORDER WOLVES (1938). Jones did a bunch of "kid" roles, but is best remembered as the saddle pal to Jock Mahoney in TV's RANGE RIDER series. Jones later starred as BUFFALO BILL JR. on TV. Moore did a batch of A and B films, but only a few westerns (including the 1946 IN OLD SACRAMENTO with Bill Elliott). She was also 'Wilma Deering' in the BUCK ROGERS cliffhanger which starred Buster Crabbe.  (Courtesy of Les Adams) Above, Bob Baker and Dorothy Fay in PRAIRIE JUSTICE (1938). Fay's real name was Dorothy Fay Southworth, and she is probably best remembered as the heroine of two serials, THE GREEN ARCHER (1940) and WHITE EAGLE (1941). She and Tex Ritter married in 1941, and the union would last through Ritter's death in 1974.  Above is a sepia duotone lobby card from the Film Classics re-release of COURAGE OF THE WEST (Universal, 1937). An unknown player has the drop on Lois January and Bob Baker.  (Courtesy of Minard Coons) Above are Baker and Wally Wales (Hal Taliaferro). |