HOWARD KEEL BROADWAY BARITONE

CHERISHING OUR VALLEY              2013

Live musical theater was once a major factor in American entertainment. "Musicals" introduced popular songs that nearly all people in our nation could sing.Without modern amplification systems, performers needed to have strong stage-presence to project their voices. One such performers was Sherman Oaks based baritone, Howard Keel. His "macho" image plus a great voice made him a major American star.  Later Keel would earn additional credits through his television roles on the CBS television series Dallas (1981 to 1991).

HOWARD KEEL (Harry Clifford Keel)

(April 13, 1919 – November 7, 2004)

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GLENN STRANGE - COWBOY, MOVIE MONSTER AND TV STAR

2010  THE YEAR OF VALLEY ADVENTURES            Why it's called The Valley of the Stars.

 Glenn Strange as the bartender, Sam Noonan in CBS Television's series Gunsmoke.

Photo gift to the Archives of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley from Porky Johnson, November 2010. Refer to image 2000.  (click on image to enlarge)

          When he came to California as part of a singing group called the Arizona Wrangles, Glenn Strange could have little anticipated becoming one of the most recognized faces in the world ... a face in makeup that is.  As Dr. Frankenstein's monster, Glenn starred in three of Universal Studios blockbusting films about Frankenstein with the great Boris Karloff.

         Encino resident John Cox notes that Glenn Strange also played the Frankenstein Monster in three films (House of Frankenstein, House of Dracula, Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein).

ELIZABETH GULICK CBS

2010 -- The Year of Valley Adventures -- 75th Anniversary of Republic Studios

Elizabeth Gulick, designer at CBS Studio Center, guided us on a walk-through in our
initial planning for the great Republic Studios 75th Anniversary - coming
in the Fall. Here she stands at the doorway to a New York hotel - actually on the CBS lot in Studio City.