1948 DIXIE PREMIUM PICTURE WILLIAM "BILL" ELLIOTT Cowboy/Western Film Star

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UP FOR AUCTION IS THIS AUTHENTIC, ATTRACTIVE 1948 DIXIE PREMIUM PICTURE OF WESTERN FILM STAR WILLIAM "BILL" ELLIOTT."THIS EXAMPLE WAS CAREFULLY STORED AWAY FOR MANY YEARS IN MY LATE FATHER'S PERSONAL COLLECTION.BACK IN THE 1940's YOU COULD SAVE DIXIE ICE CREAM LIDS IN ORDER TO RECEIVE A PREMIUM LIKE THIS ONE OF FAMOUS CELEBRITIES.BILL ELLIOTT'S LONG FILM CAREER SPANNED THE YEARS 1925 TO 1957. BILL GREW UP ROPING AND RIDING ON A RANCH (THE SON OF A CATTLE RANCHER) AND HE WAS A RODEO CHAMPION. "WILD BILL" WAS A RUGGED HERO OF "B" WESTERNS, APPEARING IN OVER 270 FILMS AND FONDLY REMEMBERED FOR STARRING IN THE POPULAR "RED RYDER" SERIES.THIS 72 YEAR OLD WESTERN PREMIUM DISPLAYS RICH FOCUSED COLOR.THREE OF THE CORNERS LOOK BETTER THAN I USUALLY ENCOUNTER ON PREMIUMS FROM THE FORTIES, RANGING FROM A STRONG LOOK TO MILDER TYPE WEAR AROUND THE TIPS.UNDER CLOSER INSPECTION I NOTICED TWO LIGHT THIN WRINKLES BY THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER. THERE IS A SMALL SURFACE MARK NEARBY AND LIGHT STRESS MARKS ABOVE THE TWO FACTORY BINDER HOLES, OFTEN FOUND ON PREMIUMS FROM THE FORTIES.THE NICE LOOKING BACK IS TITLED "WILLIAM "BILL" ELLIOTT A REPUBLIC STAR."FIVE BLACK AND WHITE PICTURES OF MR. ELLIOTT SURROUND HIS BIOGRAPHY ON THE BACK. AN AD FOR HIS FILMS "OLD LOS ANGELES," "THE GALLANT LEGION" AND "THE FAR OUTPOST" ARE SEEN AT THE BOTTOM.MY LOW OPENING BID read more

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