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The coming of talking pictures, and the temporary inability to record sound outdoors, resulted in MGM terminating its Tim McCoy series and McCoy returning once more to his ranch.
Dec 7, 2023 · Wyoming cowboy and Army cavalry and horse artillery veteran Tim McCoy brought realism to the silver screen. For a lad of Irish-born parents, his Michigan hometown, a lumber community, was too tame. Young Timothy John Fitzgerald McCoy longed for excitement.
Nov 15, 2012 · In 1935 Tim McCoy left Hollywood to tour with the Ringling Brothers Circus and later formed his own wild west show called “Col. Tim McCoy’s Wild West and Rough Riders of the World,” in 1938 his show went bankrupt and closed.
Oct 14, 2010 · Re: Tim McCoy's MGM Silents Unread post by Christopher Jacobs » Mon Mar 28, 2016 9:21 pm One of the problems is that other than a few big-budget epic-scale productions, since their beginnings westerns have frequently tended to be thought of as juvenile and/or formula genre titles aimed at a niche audience rather than the mass public (or critics).
Aug 17, 2024 · From left, Tim McCoy, Joan Crawford and Rex Lease in "The Law of the Range," directed by William Nigh for MGM in 1927. (Getty Images) In the early days of film, Wyoming’s own Tim McCoy was one of the “Big Four” of Hollywood Western stars alongside Tom Mix, Ken Maynard and Hoot Gibson.
McCoy’s film career took off in the mid-1920s when he signed with MGM. His authentic knowledge of the West and cowboy life, combined with his commanding presence, made him a natural fit for Westerns.
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MGM, attracted by McCoy’s rugged good looks, military bearing, and no-nonsense style, signed him as their first cowboy hero star, at an age when most current stars are feeling the pangs of professional mortality.
