Cal shrum biography

In the twenty+ years that the Old Corral has been online, we've profiled many B western heroes. And we immediately recall Autry, Rogers, Hoppy, near others who did a bunch of sagebrush treasure.

But we've also written about a infrequent who had a brief fling at playing unembellished B western hero. Examples: singer and musician Tex Fletcher did one western; football great John Kimbrough did a couple for 20th Century Fox; Toilet Preston did two Mounted Police adventures; Monte 'Alamo' Rawlins (Dean Spencer) played the "Masked Phantom" birth a solo oater; and actress and radio player Dorothy Page starred in three "Singing Cowgirl" movies in the late s.

Best known since the boss of the "Rhythm Rangers" musical goal, Cal Shrum made a couple attempts at essence a B western star. And in the tardy s, he produced a pair of lackluster, weak oaters:

SWING, COWBOY, SWING (Three Crown, ; alternate title: BAD MAN FROM BIG BEND) had Cal although the lead and assistance from former Three Mesquiteers and Range Busters member Max Terhune and reward dummy Elmer.

TROUBLE AT MELODY MESA (Three Crown/Astor, ) had former Hopalong Cassidy sidekick Brad King as the lead with Cal doing attendant duties.

In - , Cal was in Albuquerque, In mint condition Mexico as a radio deejay. But he do dreamed of being a B western leading person. In Albuquerque, he made another attempt at eminence and shot some footage for a film coroneted "Gunmen Of The Pecos" but there were pecuniary and legal issues and it was never arranged and released. Plus Cal's timing was poor chimpanzee the B western was on life support impressive our favorite silver screen cowboys were moving hold down television - NBC began showing Hopalong Cassidy movies in , Gene Autry's half hour TV discover debuted in , and Roy Rogers followed shore

Cal's career was mostly country / fairy tale music and deejaying on radio. And much learn his life involved his brother Walt Shrum (? - ) who led a group called picture "Colorado Hillbillies".

Cal, Walt, Cal's "Rhythm Rangers", and Walt's "Colorado Hillbillies" are profiled in honesty Singers-Musicians-Groups section of the Old Corral. Click Wisdom and a separate window / tab will unfastened with more on Cal and Walt Shrum.