Covered Wagon Theatre 2

Bill Elliott and Johnny Mack Brown

Choose an answer from the three choices and True or False offered after each question and then "Check Your Answers" at the end of the quiz.

Bill Elliott

1. Born on October 16, 1903 in Pattonsburg, Missouri. What is his birth name?

• A. William Elliott

• B. Gordon Elliott

• C. Nance Elliott

• D. Gordon Nance

2. In 1938, Columbia Pictures gives Elliott the lead in a chapter serial. It would be a successful serial and the real beginning of Elliott’s career in the saddle. What is this 1938 film?

• A. Gold I Where You Find It

• B. Gun Law

• C. the Girl of the Golden West

• D. The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

3. “In Early Arizona” was a film that makes Elliott the complement to Charles Starrett. Instead of being Gordon Elliott, he becomes?

• A. Wild Bill Hickok

• B. Wyatt Earp

• C. Wild Bill Elliott

• D. Bill Elliott

4. In 1943, Elliott goes to Republic and stars in his first Republic film. What is the title?

• A. Border Buckaroos

• B. Border Patrol

• C. Colt Comrades

• D. Calling Wild Bill Elliott

5. In 1946, Republic allows Elliott to move from B Westerns to their A list. “The Plainsman and the Lady” with Elliott wanting to set up Pony Express. Actress Vera Ralston plays the heroine. Who is she married too?

• A. Bill Elliott

• B. Joseph Kane, movies Joseph Kane

• C. Andy Clyde

• D. Herbert Yates, Republic Pictures head

Johnny Mack Brown

6. The movie “Billy the Kid” made in 1930 by director King Vidor stars Johnny Mack Brown as Billy the Kid. Film on location in Lincoln County, New Mexico, Brown is reported to have used historical guns. Who’s gun did he use?

• A. Pat Garrett

• B. Billy the Kid

• C. Trapper John

• D. Chuck Chisholm

7. Because of the moderate success, MGM allows Brown to leave the studio and they decide to build the career of another actor. Who is this MGM actor?

• A. John Wayne

• B. Gary Cooper

• C. Clark Gable

• D. Joel McCrea

8. In the 1934 film by Paramount “Belle of the Nineties.” Johnny Mack Brown did not have the lead. Who is the main star in this film?

1. A. Cecilia Parker

2. B. Irene Hervey

3. C. Irene Bentley

4. D. Mae West

9. In 1943, he appears in a trio Western with Bob Steele. What is the series title?

• A. Rough Riders

• B. Rangers from Texas

• C. The Crimson Tide

• D. Gang Busters

10. In 1952, the 48 year-old-actor retires from films. What is his last film?

• A. Requiem for a Gunfighter

• B. The Marshal's Daughter

• C. Canyon Ambush

• D. Dead Man's Trail

Check Your Answers

• 1. D. Gordon Nance

• 2. D. The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

• 3. D. Bill Elliott

• 4. D. Calling Wild Bill Elliott

• 5. D. Herbert Yates, Republic Pictures head

• 6. B. Billy the Kid

• 7. C. Clark Gable

• 8. D. Mae West

• 9. A. Rough Riders

• 10. C. Canyon Ambush