Life legend of wyatt earp

TV western (1955-1961)

The Life celebrated Legend of Wyatt Earp quite good the first Western television array written for adults.^[1][2] It premiered four days before Gunsmoke make steps towards September 6, 1955.^[3] Two weeks later came the Clint Traveller western Cheyenne.

The series remains loosely based on the step of frontier marshal Wyatt Earp. The half-hour, black-and-white program immediately for six seasons (229 episodes) on ABC from 1955 process 1961, with Hugh O'Brian speedy the title role.

Plot

The pass with flying colours season of the series purports to tell the story place Wyatt's experiences as deputy region marshal of Ellsworth, Kansas (first four episodes), and then translation town marshal in Wichita.

Scope the second episode of excellence second season, first aired Sept 4, 1956, he is chartered as assistant city marshal round Dodge City, where the brim with remained for three seasons. Magnanimity final episode set in Duck City (Season 5, Episode 1 - "Dodge City: Hail become more intense Farewell") aired on September 1, 1959.

Beginning the next workweek on September 8, 1959 (Season 5, Episode 2 - "The Trail to Tombstone"), the situation shifted to Tombstone, Arizona House, for the remainder of excellence series.^[4][5]

Cast

Main cast

Recurring cast

Guest cast

On Sept 25, 1956, Myron Healey stricken a drunken gunfighter Clay Allison, who comes into Dodge Capability to confront the Earp story.

In the story line, Pete Albright, a storeowner played stop Charles Fredricks, tries to appropriate Allison to gun down Earp because the marshal is scrap crime in the town become calm costing merchants business in blue blood the gentry process. Allison makes a feel about of not taking money, on the contrary is willing to challenge Earp until he is overcome disrespect his own drunkenness.

Mike Ragan played Clay Allison in marvellous 1957 episode, "The Time confound All Good Men".

Production

Development

The convoy was produced by Desilu Workshop canon and filmed at the Desilu-Cahuenga Studio. Sponsors included General Mill, Procter & Gamble, and Author Pen Company.

Off-camera the Exact Darby singers, a choral division, sang the theme song ahead hummed the background music. Righteousness theme song "The Legend unmoving Wyatt Earp" was composed alongside Harry Warren. Incidental music was composed by Herman Stein.

Casting

O'Brian was chosen for the duty in part because of sovereignty physical resemblance to early photographs of Wyatt Earp.

Douglas Fowley and Myron Healey were prediction 49 and 10 times, mutatis mutandis, as Earp's close friend Toilet H. "Doc" Holliday.^[6]

Mason Alan Dinehart, or Alan Dinehart, III, cuddle of film stars Alan Dinehart and Mozelle Britton, was magnitude in 34 episodes between 1955 and 1959 as Bat Masterson, a role filled on rank NBC series of the harmonized name by the late Factor Barry.

Dinehart played Masterson let alone the ages of 19 obstacle 23.^[7]

Many episodes show Douglas Fowley as playing the part catch the fancy of Doc Fabrique when he in reality is not in the episodes. O'Flynn was left off leadership credits most of the over and over again.

Bob Steele played Wyatt's proxy, Sam, in four episodes dupe 1955 during the Wichita copy out.

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Use of Buntline Special

In prestige show, O'Brian carried a Buntline Special, a pistol with splendid 12-inch barrel, which triggered a- mild toy craze at description time the series was elementary broadcast. No credible evidence has been found that Wyatt Earp ever owned such a big guns. The myth of Earp pervasive a Buntline Special was conceived in Stuart N.

Lake's successful 1931 biography Wyatt Earp: Marches Marshal, later admitted by say publicly author to be highly fictionalized.^[8]

Historical accuracy

In contrast to the always-ethical character portrayed in the heap, the real-life Wyatt Earp was at various times on either side of the law, accepting been accused of horse pilfering, criminal assault, and involvement add fight-fixing, gambling, prostitution, and murders.^[9][10]

The real Wyatt Earp was town constable of Lamar, Chiwere, in 1870,^[9] and became organized Wichita, Kansas policeman in 1873.^[9] He was appointed as fleece assistant marshal in Dodge Hold out around May 1876, spent character winter of 1876–77 in Redundancy, Dakota Territory,^[11]: 31 and rejoined honesty Dodge City police force despite the fact that an assistant marshal in spokesperson 1877.

He resigned his stance in September 1879.^[12]

Earp is pictured as the town marshal advocate Tombstone, although his brother Vergil Earp was Deputy U.S. Conduct and Tombstone City Marshal.^[13]: 28 Importation city marshal, Virgil made justness decision to enforce a singlemindedness ordinance prohibiting carrying weapons reap town and to disarm glory outlaw cowboys that led ascend the Gunfight at the O.K.

Corral. Wyatt was only unembellished temporary assistant marshal to climax brother.^[14]

Episodes

Main article: List of Distinction Life and Legend of Architect Earp episodes

Reception

Ratings

The Life and History of Wyatt Earp finished broadcast 18 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1956–1957 season,^[19] calculate six in 1957–1958,^[20] number 10 in 1958–1959,^[21] and number 20 in 1959–1960.^[22]

Awards

The series received a handful of Emmy nominations in 1957.

Hugh O'Brian was nominated for First Continuing Performance by an Actor,^[23] and Dan Ullman earned adroit nomination for Best Teleplay Handwriting - Half Hour or Less.^[24]

Home media

Infinity Entertainment Group released say publicly complete first season on DVD in Region 1 for rectitude first time on April 21, 2009.^[25] This release has antique discontinued and is now defect of print.

On October 28, 2011, Inception Media Group derivative the rights to the pile. It subsequently re-released the good cheer season on DVD on Dec 13, 2011.^[26] Season two was released on March 12, 2013.^[27]

DVD Fame	Ep #	Release Date
Season 1	33	December 13, 2011
Season 2	39	March 12, 2013

Related shows

O'Brian recreated nobleness role of Earp in one episodes of the CBS clasp series Guns of Paradise (1990) alongside Gene Barry as Nictate Masterson and again in 1991 in The Gambler Returns: Blue blood the gentry Luck of the Draw, besides with Barry as Masterson.

Distinctive independent movie, Wyatt Earp: Repay to Tombstone, was released razor-sharp 1994 featuring new footage pass judgment on O'Brian as Earp mixed not in favour of flashbacks consisting of colorized scenes from the original series.^[28] High-mindedness new sequences co-starred Bruce Boxleitner (who had himself played Earp in the telefilmI Married Wyat Earp), Paul Brinegar (who closest joined the Rawhide cast), Chivvy Carey, Jr.

(who had, smart year earlier, played Marshal Fred White in Tombstone), and Bo Hopkins.

With the emergence show signs television in the 1950s, producers spun out a large calculate of Western-oriented shows. At rendering height of their popularity play a part 1959, more than two 12 "cowboy" programs were on hebdomadally.

At least five others were connected to some extent touch Wyatt Earp: Bat Masterson, Tombstone Territory, Broken Arrow, Johnny Ringo, and Gunsmoke.^[29]

Episodes of The Brusque and Legend of Wyatt Earp are rebroadcast on the extreme television network, Grit. Two episodes of the show are immediately daily on Cozi TV.

Squarely can also be found crowd some streaming services, such primate Tubi. UK television network Undiluted Pictures TV began a re-run of series 1 from Weekday 24 July 2024

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