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The Rogers Family Presents: TV Collection, Pilots & Rarities DVD

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The family of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans has decided to open up the family archive and share with the millions of fans of their parents many of the very rare and personal films that were so important to the family over the years. This volume, The Television Collection, Pilots and Rarities, contains several shows that have never been seen publicly. Included is the unsold pilot to Dale Evans, Queen of the West, made in 1950 for Union Television Productions. Also offered for the first time is Roy Rogers, King of the Cowboys, a promotional film produced by Cate and McGlore, a publicity agency, in 1951 for Roy Rogers Enterprises. This is the film that was shown to potential sponsors for a Roy Rogers television show. The pilot to the Roy Rogers Show, “Innocent Pursuit” (retitled and broadcast as the second show in the series) as well as “Jailbreak,” the first show of the series, is included. “Jailbreak” is presented exactly as it was broadcast on December 30, 1951, on the NBC network, complete with all of the original commercials. This DVD special edition has the pilot to Roy’s unsold hunting series, Let’s Go Hunting. This episode, “Jaguar Jungle,” is of particular interest because it opens with footage of Roy driving his red XKE Jaguar at the Riverside Raceway. The final show on the DVD is the first Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show, the ABC variety hour, filmed at the Seattle World’s Fair, which aired September 29, 1962. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Extras for the DVD: Two television commercials featuring Roy Rogers promoting the Roy Rogers Roast Beef restaurants are included. These were done circa 1972. The promotional film sent to Public Broadcast Station managers to sell the show Roy Rogers Presents The Great Movie Cowboys. It has Roy on camera pitching the series that ran on a limited number of PBS stations from 1972 to 1975. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DALE EVANS: QUEEN OF THE WEST “A Slip of the Gun” Directed by Walter Colmes; Produced by Jason Bernie and Daniel Winkler; Written by Russ Barton. Cast: Dale Evans, Pat Brady, Forrest Taylor, Lane Bradford, Bud Osbourne. Copyright 1950. 25 minutes. ROY ROGERS: KING OF THE COWBOYS Produced by Cate and McGlore for Roy Rogers Enterprises. Copyright 1951, by Roy Rogers Enterprises. 28 minutes THE ROY ROGERS SHOW “The Innocent Fugitive” A Roy Rogers Production. Directed by John English; Produced by Jack C. Lacey; Written by Al DeMond and Ray Wilson; Executive Management W. Arthur Rush and Larry Kent. Cast: Rand Brooks, Virginia Carrol, Riley Hill, Terry Frost, Chuck Roberson, Stephen Chase, Harry Harvey. 26 minutes THE ROY ROGERS SHOW “Jailbreak” (aired December 30, 1951) A Roy Rogers Production. Directed by John English; Produced by Jack C. Lacy; Written by Al DeMond and Ray Wilson; Executive Management W. Arthur Rush and Larry Kent. Cast: Rand Brooks, Nan Leslie, Douglas Evans, Gregg Barton, Terry Frost, Riley Hill, Harry Harvey. 30 minutes LET’S GO HUNTING “Jaguar Jungle” (unaired pilot) 1965. A Roy Rogers Production. THE ROY ROGERS AND DALE EVANS SHOW “Roy, Dale and the Kids at the Fair” (aired September 29, 1962) Produced and Directed by Bob Henry; Written by Borden Chase, Elon Packard, Stan Davis and Bob Henry; Musical Director Ralph Carmichael; Ececutive Producers W. Arthur Rush and Ralph Wonders. Broadcast live with taped segments.