Thursday, September 5, 2019

Roy Rogers: Cowboy With Sex Appeal


Here is an advertisement for my hero, Roy Rogers that appeared in a 1941 issue of Photoplay magazine. When this article talks about Roy being married this was not to Dale Evans. At this time Roy was married to Arline Wilkins. This marriage sadly wasn't to last very long as Arline would die during childbirth in 1946. I find it interesting that this advertisement states "Well the audience of Rogers today is predominantly admiring ladies..." considering that most of what is written about Roy's heyday as a movie star today talks about his movies being made mostly to young boys. Whatever Roy Rogers movies are great and whatever can get someone to sit down and enjoy one is a good thing.



As a bonus here is Roy performing a lovely song called In Another Lifetime on an episode of the Country variety TV show, Hee Haw.

 

-Michael J. Ruhland 

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