Covered Wagon Theater 5

The Western B Movie Stars Tom Keene and Tim Holt

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

When growing up, our local TV station would broadcast the old Western matinees. Actually, we had one station telecast their programs around dinnertime and another ran them on Saturday morning. For the trivia questions, let’s hit the high trail.

Tom Keene

1. Tom Keene is born in Rochester, New York on December 30, 1896. What is his birth name?

• Tom Keene

• George Duryea

• Tom Edwards

• Frank Loomis

2. In 1931, Tom Keene began a 12 series Westerns for RKO-Pathe. What was the movie’s title?

• Son of the Plains

• Sundown Trail

• Sunrise Trail

• The Texas Ranger

3. In this 1936 Paramount release, Tom plays Jim Travis. Tom character is a veteran wrangler who helps an Eastern rancher save his ranch. The movie is an adaptation of Zane Grey novel. What is the movie?

• Code of the Range

• Desert Gold

• Drift Fence

• End of the Trail

4. In this 1938 film, Tom Gray aka The Pecos Kid, plays an undercover agent looking for smugglers along the Mexican border. The movie’s climax is the shootout across the Mexican border. What is this 1938 release’s name?

• Outlaws of Sonora

• The Painted Desert

• The Painted Trail

• Pride of the West

5. Which is NOT a name used by Tom Keene?

• George Duryea

• Richard Powers

• Tom Keen

• Jess Bowers

Tim Holt

6. Charles John Holt III (Tim Holt) is the son of what early film actor?

• Charles Holt

• Sam Holt

• Jack Holt

• Rex Reason

7. As a youngster, Tim appeared in a couple of his father’s silent Westerns. However, in 1948, father and son star in a 1948 RKO Pictures film. What is the movies title?

• Silver City

• Albuquerque

• Arizona Rangers

• Black Bart

8. In 1940, Tim stars, replacing George O’Brien, in a series of Westerns. What is the name of the movie?

• Virginia City

• Wagon Train

• Wagons Westward

• The Westerner

9. Over his career, this Western star had supporting roles in many major films. One if the 1939 “Stagecoach.” Who is his character?

• Ringo Kid

• Hondo Lane

• Silver City Slim

• Lt. Blanchard

10. In 1946, after coming back from active duty during World War Two, Tim gets a role in John Ford’s My Darling Clementine. Who is the character Tim plays?

• Virgil Earp

• Morgan Earp

• Wyatt Earp

• Doc Holiday

11. One of his most noted roles is in the classic “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.” Who is not in the movie’s cast?

• Humphrey Bogart

• Walter Houston

• Tim Holt

• John Wayne

12. In this 1947 release, Tim is the hero and Richard Powers plays the bad guy. Richard Powers is the new stage name of Tom Keene. What is the movie’s title?

• Under Colorado Skies

• Under the Tonto Rim

• Vigilantes of Boom Town

• The Wild Frontier

Check Your Answers

• 1. George Duryea

• 2. Sundown Trail

• 3. Drift Fence

• 4. The Painted Trail

• 5. Jess Bowers

• 6. Jack Holt

• 7. Arizona Rangers

• 8. Wagon Train

• 9. Lt. Blanchard

• 10 Virgil Earp

• 11. John Wayne

• 12. Under the Tonto Rim