STARS OF MOVIE WESTERNS DON GOLDEN BOOTS.Byline: City News Service 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 Roy Rogers
Leonard Franklin Slye (November 5, 1911 – July 6, 1998), who became famous as Roy Rogers, was a singer and cowboy actor. were to be honored Monday at the annual 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, and John Wayne was to be posthumously recognized, for contributions to western films and television. The Founders Award was to be presented to Rogers for making ``significant professional and humanitarian contributions to both the western genre and the community at large.'' The Founders Award was conceived in memory of Golden Boot founder Pat Buttram Emmett Maxwell "Pat" Buttram (June 19, 1915 in Addison, Alabama – January 8, 1994 in Los Angeles, California) was an American actor, famous for playing the sidekick of Gene Autry. He had a distinctive voice which, in his own words, "... never quite made it through puberty. , who established the Golden Boot Awards in 1982 to recognize actors, stunt performers, producers and directors who have furthered the tradition of the western on the big and small screens. Often called the ``Academy Awards of the westerns,'' the Golden Boots benefit the 75-year-old Motion Picture & Television Fund, which provides Southern California's entertainment community with health care and child care, retirement and other charitable services. Members of the Wayne family, including his producer son Michael, were to be on hand 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. to accept the award in memory of the performer who died in 1979. The Oscar-winning actor, whose roles in such films as ``Red River'' and ``Fort Apache'' would forever associate him with the classic western, was a payroll pledge donor to the fund for nearly 50 years, said MPTF MPTF Motion Picture & Television Fund MPTF Multi-Path Track Fusion spokeswoman Carol Kinsey Pfannkuche. ``This award is not only for John Wayne's career, but he was a longtime supporter of the fund,'' Michael Wayne said. ``He believed in the organization and its philosophy of `We take care of our own.' '' he added Wayne, a producer who has been a member of the MPTF board of trustees board of trustees Politics The posse of thugs who oversee an institution's administration. See Board of directors. since 1982, added: ``The Golden Boot is one of the largest fund-raisers for the fund, and it is so important.'' Carroll Baker, Bill Campbell, Joe Canutt and Herb Jeffries also were to receive Golden Boots at Monday's ceremony, Pfannkuche said. Lined up to present the awards were Richard Anderson, Harry Carey Jr., Charlton Heston and Karl Malden; Dale Robertson was tapped to serve as master of ceremonies at the $175-per-person gala. Other Golden Boot winners over the past 13 years have included Gene Autry, Clint Eastwood, Jack Palance, Jane Fonda, Clayton Moore, Iron Eyes Cody Iron Eyes Cody (April 3, 1904 – January 4, 1999) was an actor born in Gueydan, Louisiana. He was born Espera De Corti, the son of Sicilian immigrants Francesca Salpietra and Antonio De Corti. , Will Rogers, Tex Ritter, Slim Pickens, Sam Peckinpah, Tom Selleck and Michael Landon. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos Photo: (1) Lloyd Bridges Golden boy (2) Roy Rogers Bootscoot |
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