MOVIE GROUP TO HAIL BRONSON, BRIDGES, WAYNE.Byline: City News Service Actors Lloyd Bridges, Charles Bridges, Charles, fl. 1683–1740, English portrait painter, active (c.1735–c.1740) in Virginia. He was the most skillful practitioner of aristocratic portrait painting in the South. Among the works attributed to him are Mann Page the Second (Coll. Bronson and John Wayne are among those who will receive Golden Boot Golden Boot An inducement, using maximum incentives and financial benefits, for an older worker to take "voluntary" early retirement. Notes: A golden boot is usually offered by companies planning on downsizing or hiring new employees. Awards for their contribution to western films and television, officials have announced. Often called the ``Academy Awards of the westerns,'' the Golden Boots recognize performers, stuntpeople, producers and directors who have furthered the tradition of the western on film and TV, said Carol Kinsey Pfannkuche, a spokeswoman for the Motion Picture & Television Fund, which is sponsoring the event. The 14th annual event is one of the largest fund-raisers for the MPTF MPTF Motion Picture & Television Fund MPTF Multi-Path Track Fusion , she said. It will be Aug. 17 at the Century Plaza Hotel The Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles is a landmark 19-story luxury hotel forming a sweeping crescent design fronting the spectacular fountains on Avenue of the Stars adjacent to the twin Century Plaza Towers. in Century City. Carroll Baker, Bill Campbell, Joe Canutt and Herb Jeffries will also be honored, Pfannkuche said. Roy Rogers
Leonard Franklin Slye (November 5, 1911 – July 6, 1998), who became famous as Roy Rogers, was a singer and cowboy actor. will receive the Founders Award in memory of Golden Boot founder Pat Buttram. Members of Wayne's family will accept the award for the legendary actor who starred in more than 150 films, including many westerns. |
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