Cathy's Turning Leaves

The photo above is a CBS promo shot from 1966. The child stars shown are Bill Mumy, Barry Livingston, Ron Howard, Anissa Jones, Stanley Livingston, Johnny Whitaker & Clint Howard. I was noticing only one girl and started thinking… why were most of the television child stars in the 1950s through the mid 1960s boys? Why so few girls? When there was a girl, she was usually one of two or more children. Examples of popular shows follow. Notice a pattern? If there was one or two children, they were almost always boys. Andy Griffith Show – Opie Flipper – Sandy and Bud I Love Lucy – little Ricky Dennis…

  I love love LOVE watching old Western shows- from the early silent films, to the 30s and 40s matinee series to the 50’s TV shows. They can be dramatic, funny, suspenseful, romantic, corny, high quality or low budget. But whatever the flavor, they seldom reflect reality. ANIMALS Horses can gallop hard for 25 miles or more without ever slowing down or even breaking a sweat. A pair or group of men are travelling through the desert. They briefly stop to talk or look around. Right there in front of each horse is a neat little pile of hay for them to nibble on while they’re waiting to move again.…