TEXAS MASQUERADE! Hoppy! Love Birds Dble Feature Wm Boyd and Grace Bradley Boyd! ROMANCE ON THE RUN

Hopalong Cassidy's William Boyd was married 5 times. William Boyd became clean cut hero Hopalong Cassidy to several generations. Boyd’s fifth wife was a keeper. She was actress Grace Bradley, who had been a fan of silent film idol William Boyd since her early teens. In 1937 when they married, it had been a mere 3 weeks after their first meeting. Boyd was 42 and Grace was 23. They remained married until Bill’s death in 1972 at the age of 77. Grace lived until 2010. She was 97.

On today’s WORD’S WAYBACK we are screening two movies. A double feature for those love birds, Bill and Grace. I thought it would be a treat to feature each of them in a film and show them back-to-back for a Double Bill of Boyds. We present a western movie and a comedy mystery movie.

Up first is a rousing Hopalong Cassidy western from 1944 entitled TEXAS MASQUERADE. It’s a lot of fun with Hoppy disguised as an Eastern dude, going undercover to find out who is responsible for a murder. Of course, Hoppy’s got his saddle pals, Andy Clyde and Jimmy Rogers, Will Rogers’ son, to help him out. This time Hoppy’s going to Texas. Can you guess where it was filmed? Lone Pine? Well, not this time, buckaroos. It was shot in Kernville, California, and there is some beautiful scenery and lots of Joshua Trees. It just doesn’t look too much like Texas.

Our second film features Mrs. William Boyd and Grace Bradley in ROMANCE ON THE RUN, a delightful comedy-mystery from 1938. Donald Woods stars as a private detective who specializes in recovering stolen jewels. Patricia Ellis works for the insurance company, and veteran character actor William Demarest is the policeman who mistakenly blames Woods for the jewel theft. Also, in this perfectly cast film is Edward Brophy as Woods' valet. Grace Bradley Boyd? Well, Grace just may be involved in the thievery.

ROMANCE ON THE RUN is…FUN. It’s a comedy movie with snappy dialogue and funny situations on a train and on the road. I really think you’ll enjoy it and seeing Mrs. William Boyd on screen. Most of you have probably never seen any of her movies. She and Bill Boyd certainly made a wonderful team off-screen.

Now sit back and enjoy two delightful films with one of Hollywood’s happiest couples, William Boyd as Hoppy in TEXAS MASQUERADE and his wife, Grace Bradley in ROMANCE ON THE RUN. Share, Subscribe, Comment, Like and join our Patreon Posse. Thanks.
  / awow  

#westernmovie #freemovie #western #actress #actor #classics #cowboys #famouspeople #hopalong #hoppy #train #travel #movies #Robword #double-feature #hollywood #hollywoodmovie #hollywoodmovies #hero #freemovieonyoutube #freewestern #free #hopalongcassidy #husbandwife #texasmasquerade #bmovie #bwestern #williamboyd #awordonwesterns #filmhistory #marriage