King of the Sierras
An unusual film in that it was composed of new film footage tacked onto an original film produced by M. H. Hoffman Sr. and Jr.,and never released because of the collapse and merger of the Hoffman's Liberty Company into the newly-f...
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"Before you watch "King of the Sierras" you might want to read the IMDB summary that explains in detail the strange path this took to become a film. To summarize, after the merger of six tiny studios into one, dubbed 'Republic Pictures', the new studio found that among its possessions was a partially complete film which starred two horses, Rex the Wonder Horse and Sheik. Rather than tossing the footage and accepting their loss, someone had the bright idea of using a new cast and using the existing footage! As a result, the film consists of lots of flashback scenes clumsily l..."
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This film's earliest documented telecast in the New York City area occurred Saturday 16 August 1947 on WCBS (Channel 2). In Cincinnati it first aired Monday 10 May 1948 on WLW-T (Channel 4), in Boston Friday 16 July 1948 on WBZ (Channel 4), in Syracuse Thursday 24 February 1949 on WHEN (Channel 8), in Salt Lake City Sunday 3 July 1949 on KDYL (Channel 4), and in Los Angeles Saturday 7 January 1950 on KFI (Channel 9).
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An unusual film in that it was composed of new film footage tacked onto an original film produced by M. H. Hoffman Sr. and Jr.,and never released because of the collapse and merger of the Hoffman's Liberty Company into the newly-f...