 (Courtesy of Ed Tabor) Lobby card from OKLAHOMA JIM (Monogram, 1931). From left to right are Earl Dwire (Sergeant stripes), Franklyn Farnum, Bill Cody, William Desmond, Iron Eyes Cody (white headdress with the orange/red tipped feathers), Chief White Eagle (blue jacket), Andy Shuford, John Elliott (green jacket) and Bill Hazlett / Chief Many Treaties with the headdress with feathers marked in blue. Crop/blowups below with closer view of the faces.
Earl Dwire, Franklyn Farnum, Bill Cody and William Desmond.  Iron Eyes Cody, Chief White Eagle, Andy Shuford, John Elliott and Bill Hazlett / Chief Many Treaties.  (From Old Corral collection) There's four unidentified players seated and standing on the left. Then there's Bill Cody (red shirt), Earl Dwire (behind Cody), Gilbert Pratt (lawman) and William L. Thorne (seated at table, wearing suit). Lobby card and crop/blowup from Cody's LAW OF THE NORTH (Monogram, 1932).  (Courtesy of Les Adams) Monogram had Cody and Tom Tyler doing westerns for their 1931-1932 release season. They were cut loose after their contracted blocks of eight yarns and were replaced by Bob Steele and Rex Bell for Monogram's 1932-1933 season. Cody's next starring series was a trio of very poor films for Z grade producer Robert J. Horner. Above is a photo of a title lobby card showing Franklyn Farnum and Bill Cody in BORDER GUNS (Robert J. Horner/Aywon, 1934). |
 (From Old Corral collection) Cody's range costume in his early films consisted of a very large hat and clothes that were baggy and ill-fitting. By the Spectrum series, Cody had adopted a more streamlined, form-fitting uniform and a smaller hat as shown in the above lobby card and crop/blowup from SIX GUN JUSTICE (Spectrum, 1935). Looks like Buck Morgan on the far left; Pinky Barnes; Milburn Morante has an armlock on Cody; and that's Wally Wales/Hal Taliaferro on the far right. The blonde heroine is Ethel Jackson who is giving support to Budd Buster.  (Courtesy of Les Adams) L-to-R are Bill Cody, Bud Pope, Ethel Jackson, Donald Reed, Budd Buster, and Bert Young in Cody's SIX GUN JUSTICE (Spectrum, 1935). This was probably filmed back-to-back with Cody's THE VANISHING RIDERS (Spectrum, 1935) as as Jackson, Pope, Reed, Buster, Young, and a few others were also in VANISHING.  (Courtesy of Les Adams) Above - a crop/blowup from the above SIX GUN JUSTICE (Spectrum, 1935) photo. L to R are Bill Cody, Bud Pope (as the sheriff) and leading lady Ethel Jackson.  (Courtesy of Les Adams) Above from L-to-R sitting are Stuart James, Bill Cody, Earle Hodgins and L-to-R standing are Roger Williams and Ace Cain. From THE TEXAS RAMBLER (Spectrum, 1935).  (Courtesy of Les Adams) Above are Bill Cody Senior and Junior - and their trusty steeds - all dressed up in skeleton costumes to put a scare into Wally Wales and his gang of rustlers. Still from THE VANISHING RIDERS (Spectrum, 1935).  (Courtesy of Les Adams) Above from L-to-R are lawmen Barney Beasley and Bill Cody about to meet up with Bud Pope, Buck Morgan (moustache) and an unidentified baddie in a still from Cody's THE CYCLONE RANGER (Spectrum, 1935).  (From Old Corral collection) Above - Bill Cody and Gertrude Messinger (sometimes spelled Messenger) look worried as they examine the body of prolific western supporting player Budd Buster in BLAZING JUSTICE (Spectrum, 1936). Gertie's Hollywood career began when she was a youngster, and she co-starred in THE BOY FRIENDS series for producer Hal Roach. Future stuntman Dave Sharpe was also a member of that Roach series, and Gertie was once married to Sharpe. |
