Roy Rogers

Bad Man of Deadwood is a 1941 Republic Pictures western directed by Joseph Kane, starring Roy Rogers and George "Gabby" Hayes. Rogers plays sharpshooter Brett Starr, who rolls into the town of Deadwood with Professor Blackstone's traveling medicine show, alongside singer Sally Payne. The show's tuneful pitch gets a hostile reception from the crooked businessmen who run the town and the hired guns who enforce their rule, so Starr sticks around to help the townsfolk — including a reform-minded judge's daughter — break the gang's grip. A classic singing-cowboy oater from Rogers's peak Republic years, the film entered the public domain through non-renewal.

Western · Music

When Gabby Kendrick refuses to breed his prize stallion Golden Sovereign to Roy Rogers' mare, fate intervenes — the horses run off, a rustler's bullet kills the Sovereign, and Roy is blamed and jailed. A year later he returns with Trigger, the Sovereign's son, determined to clear his name. Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, and Gabby Hayes star in the film Republic used to explain how the smartest horse in the movies came to Roy. It is in the public domain after its copyright was not renewed.

Western · Music

When a gang starts slaughtering game out of season to corner the meat market, cowboy Roy Rogers rides in to help wildlife officer Cap Foster protect the herds — and ends up framed for Foster's murder. Republic's King of the Cowboys is joined by Trigger, Jane Frazee, Andy Devine, and the Sons of the Pioneers in this Trucolor musical western from ace serial and B-western director William Witney. The archive.org source is the uncut Trucolor version. It is in the public domain after its copyright was not renewed.

Western · Music

Roy Rogers returns to his ranch after ten years in Hollywood only to have Trigger kidnapped by a gang demanding a $100,000 ransom — and Roy has to track them down without spooking them into harming the horse. Jane Frazee is the ranch owner's daughter and Andy Devine does triple duty as three members of the Bullfincher clan. One of Roy Rogers's best-loved Republic westerns, directed by serial veteran William Witney, and in Trucolor. The film entered the public domain through non-renewal.

Western

The Roy Rogers Show is an American Western television series that aired from 1951 to 1957, starring Roy Rogers as a modern-day rancher and Dale Evans as the proprietor of the Eureka Cafe in the fictional town of Mineral City. Alongside his horse Trigger and dog Bullet, Roy helps local residents and law enforcement bring outlaws to justice. The series was a spin-off of sorts from Rogers's enormously successful film career, translating his singing cowboy persona to the new medium of television. Produced by Roy Rogers Productions, the show ran for 100 episodes and was a staple of family viewing throughout the 1950s. Many episodes are in the public domain because their copyrights were never renewed.

Western · Family · Adventure