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Pony Express Film Has First Showing Here, Overland Express Movie Premieres at Electric Theater, News Photo, 1938Entry/Object ID
AM1972.14.1AAScope and Content
Pony Express Film Has First Showing Here, Overland Express Movie Premieres at Electric Theater, News Photo, 1938. News photo showing a scene from the "Overland Express" movie about the Pony Express, starrubg Buck Jones that held its premiere at the Electric Theater in St. Joseph. Shows mounted rider beside stagecoach, many people in street and some mounted on horseback.
Caption: "The above scene is from the screen entertainment, 'The Overland Express' which deals with the establishment of the Pony Express route from St. Joseph to Sacramento, Cal., and which has its world premiere at the Electric Theater today, tomorrow and Tuesday. Buck Jones, famous Western star, is the hero of the film, playing the role of one of the first riders. Built around the development of the famous Western pioneer mail service, the picture weaves an exciting story of danger and romance."Lexicon
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