Russell western TV series episode starring Fess Parker, Jay C. Flippen, Paul Carr and Beverly Garland this is the pilot episode of a suggested TV series titled Russell from about 1960. This is episode 35 of The Forsaken Westerns, an original TV series produced by Westerns On The Web Productions in cooperation with The Westerns Channel. This episode was originally released on April 2 of 2018 on The Westerns Channel. Borden Chase was hired in the early 1950s by United Artists to write a screenplay about Charles M. Russell's life. In July of 1955 United Artists announced Audie Murphy was to star as Charlie Russell. In a movie to be titled The Charles Russell Story. But the project was delayed and never happened. Then in the late 1950's or early 1960's Glenn Ford arrived in Montana scouting locations for the production and he was to star as Charlie. But again the production was stalled and never happened. So as another effort this pilot was made to try to produce a TV series about Charlie Russell. And again a production to be done about Charlie stalled out because the series was not picked up by a sponsor. So this episode never aired on television. This episode is a very fictitious story about Charlie and only has a few things in common with the real life Charles Marion Russell the Cowboy Artist. If you are interested in learning more about the Real Charles M. Russell there are several great books about the Cowboy Artist. The Charles M. Russell Book by Harold McCracken, Charles M. Russell by Frederic G. Renner, The 100 Best Illustrated Letters of Charles M. Russell by Brian W. Dippie, Charles M. Russell Printed Rarities from private collections by Larry Len Peterson, Romance Maker The Watercolors of Charles M. Russell by Rick Stewart and the Massive 400 page Charles M. Russell - Sculptor also by Rick Stewart which was a 5 year project for Rick and is an Amazing in depth look at the artists sculptor work. In this episode Charlie is very much in charge of things in real life Charlie was very young during his days as a cowboy and was called Kid Russell. But true to life Russell is a night herder. Also true to life Charlie draws his artwork on everything. Straying from reality to create excitement the episode makes Charlie a fast gun, Charlie was never known to be a fast gunfighter. But this is a fun enjoyable TV western episode from the most magnificent age of TV Westerns. The Forsaken Westerns series contains episodes of TV shows that were never broadcast or have not been broadcast in as many as 65 years. Almost lost forever, these rare television film treasures are now being released and uploaded for viewing from the Bob Terry's personal archive's of thousands of western films in his collection. Watch full length western movies and TV shows full episodes on the Westerns On The Web YT channel and make sure to subscribe to be notified when new videos are uploaded. The Forsaken Westerns is hosted by Bob Terry.
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