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'Whispering Smith' - Lost western TV series coming to DVD

post #1 of 4
3/12/10 at 5:12am
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'Whispering Smith' a long thought lost western TV series starring Audie Murphy looks like it may be coming to DVD.

First screened in 1961 it was a troubled production. Co-Star Guy Mitchell broke his arm & another regular comitted suicide, delaying production. It then ran foul of the anti-TV violence comittee who condemned it. Subsequently it was pulled from the schedule & it was though all prints had been destroyed.

It now seems Timeless have actually found a number of prints & will be putting it out.

 

Currently on Amazon for release in April, no artwork or other details so far.

 

Chris

 

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post #2 of 4
3/12/10 at 7:47am


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Subsequently it was pulled from the schedule & it was though all prints had been destroyed.

 


     Which just goes to show you how 99.9% of that "prints destroyed" and the common one I read on here by people who spout things they know nothing about "it probably doesn't exist anymore" is all BS. MAJOR studios, in this case, Universal, do not discard their assets.
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3/12/10 at 7:58am
Looks interesting. I have enjoyed some of these obscure short-lived shows (like "Tate" and "Man with a Camera"). Just goes to show that studios were sometimes pulling the plug too early even back then.

Of course there were an abundance of Western's back then so it is not suprising some were short-lived.
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3/12/10 at 8:34am


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 It then ran foul of the anti-TV violence comittee who condemned it. 
 

When I was in School I had to a Term Paper for a History Class, and to get material for this project I had to look at Microfilmed Newspaper Articles from the 1940s and 50s I happened to come across one Newspaper Article that took place in 1949 concerning a group of people that wanted to ban a movie (The 1949 version of The Blue Lagoon) because it showed (Oh, the Horror!) a baby's bare behind. After reading this, I decided if I got the oppurtunity to travel back in time, one of the things I would do is get a copy of the 1980 version of this Motion Picture, take it back to 1949, find a Theatre showing the original version and SWITCH THE COPIES on the unsuspecting audience!

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