Opinion poll time. Here is a publicity picture from Smoky (1946). Ben doubled for Fred MacMurray in this picture, including the famous dragging scene. Below the photo is a cropped and enlarged section of the photo. Does anyone think this is Ben? He probably was 27 (depending exactly on when it was f...

Another one of those collector's cards. The photo is from She Wore a Yellow Ribbon.

Sorry I've been away so long! Spring is always so busy for me, and on top of that I left town for 8 days earlier this month. :) But I'm back. ;) Some news about One-Eyed Jacks. Jeffrey Wells at Hollywood-Elsewhere.com is reporting that sources have told him that the restoration will be completed in ...

More Oscar gold!

Oscar week! Here is Ben receiving his Oscar from presenters Richard Harris and Sally Kellerman at the 44th Academy Awards, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, April 10, 1972.

I think that pic of Cesar Romero and Tyrone Power is from their 1946 goodwill tour to South America.

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I had one of those super-busy weekends but managed to post the picture below on the BJ Fanpage for Valentine's Day. But I had to wait till today to find time to post it here. :) It's a publicity still from Mighty Joe Young. :) Someone did a sloppy job of trimming the edges, plus it has damage. But i...

Mighty Joe Young publicity still. :)

A pic from Wagon Master. I found this online. Wish I had an actual physical copy. Oh well...

Another pic from the Laramie episode "Hour After Dawn."

Blu-ray news. Kino Lorber has announced that a Blu-ray of something big is "coming soon." No more information available at this time but I will post artwork and details when they are released. Arrow Video will release Dillinger in a dual Format Blu-ray + DVD on April 26, 2016. Here are the...

Woo hoo! :) I got to do a phone interview with the Virginian himself, James Drury. He worked with Ben in the 1960 movie Ten Who Dared and one episode of The Virginian, and they were friends for many years -- Drury participated in Ben's pro-celebrity charity rodeos. It's available on the BJ Fan Page ...

Two photos of Alan Ladd smacking down the much bigger Ben in Shane. ;)

Fred Astaire and his sister Adele had a notable stage career from childhood through the early 1930s, when Adele finally broke up the partnership to marry an English lord. During their stage years, Adele was actually the more famous of the two, thanks to her bubbly and endearing personality. Theater ...

Here's an article about Ben being touted for an Oscar nomination for Bite the Bullet. Alas, he didn't get one, although IMHO he certainly deserved it. As writer Fredda Dudley Balling notes, his powerfully unsentimental performance kept that role from dissolving into bathos. Ms. Balling does get some...