Hopalong Cassidy

Hopalong Cassidy is the hero of many films and comic books.

Clarence E. Mulford created the figure of the first rough- and uncultivated Hopalong Cassidy Cowboys in 1904 and wrote a total of 28 stories in which Hopalong Cassidy was the main character. From 1935 Hopalong Cassidy appeared, played by William Boyd, and his white horse Topper in a total of 66 films, which, however, not all based on Mulfords stories. Mulford wrote under the influence of the films of his early stories about Hopalong Cassidy to, because Boyd had certain ideas prevailed: he wanted a screen heroes embody neither smoked nor drank, had no extramarital affairs and spoke proper English. The converted, salon Hopalong Cassidy was efficient markets following the films as a comic figure.

Films, marketing and survival

Most Hopalong Cassidy films were distributed by Paramount Pictures. As the producer Harry Sherman wanted to end the series, he ran into opposition from the audience who wanted to see continued Cassidy series. He moved to United Artists in 1944, and said final of the Hopalong Cassidy series going. Thereupon, the protagonist Boyd tried at Mulford and Sherman to the rights to the character. He saw the future of movies as a television series and turned to NBC. The first broadcast successes moving NBC, not only to focus on the production of a television series specially created, but first re-using the old movies. Later, each half-hour episodes for television a specially created Hopalong Cassidy series were produced. From 1949 Hopalong Cassidy ran as a Western series on television.

Boyd Hopalong Cassidy embodied until he was well over 60 years old. He received about 15 000 fan letters a week, was more than once on a world tour and turned temporarily week another episode of the TV series. When he finally broke up with the figure of Hopalong Cassidy, he could accommodate Gunsmoke his film crew during the production of the series.

From 1950 there was also a radio version of Hopalong Cassidy on ABC. The series from CBS Radio was later adopted, where she performed until 1952. From 1950 Hopalong Cassidy was also marketed as a sales-promoting design on items such as lunch boxes, dishes, pillows, soap etc.. During this time, the figure appeared on the covers of popular press products such as Look, Life, and Time. Until 1966, moreover, 16- mm film versions of old movies were sold.

The figure Hopalong Cassidy also appears in the works of Louis L' Amour and Susie Coffman. From 1950 Capitol Records also brought a series of Hopalong Cassidy " record readers" out.

Hopalong Cassidy in museums

Hopalong Cassidy owns about exhibits to the Autry National Center. Until 2007, there was near Wichita, Kansas, a Hopalong Cassidy Museum, which was, however, after the bankruptcy of his old operator, Wild West World sold.

Reception

Hopalong Cassidy is mentioned in many places of the post-war novel The Unguarded House of Heinrich Böll. In the song "It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas " Hopalong boots are called as infertility.