Lash LaRue and Charles King Law of the Lash publicity photo 1947
by David Lee Guss
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Lash LaRue and Charles King Law of the Lash publicity photo 1947
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David Lee Guss
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Photograph - Photography
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The first "man in black" in show business was Lash LaRue (1921-1996), not Johnny Cash. The oft married (12 times) LaRue had a burst of B-movie cowboy fame in the late 1940's which crashed soon, after as his cheaply made films had no place to go, as the movie houses in rural towns which showed them closed because of the explosive growth of TV.
Peter Bogdanovich's nostalgic masterpiece "The Last Picture Show" (1971) ends with a small town movie theater closing after screening the Hawks/Wayne "Red River."
The actor in the middle is Charles King (1895-1957) who was staple of 1930's Westerns shown on the tube in the 1950's. That was when I first became aware of him. Like LaRue his career tanked about 1950.
Charlie plays a sheriff in PRC's "Law of the Lash" (1947).
King appeared in three Duke pictures: "The Hurricane Express" (1932), "The Lawless Nineties" (1936) and "The Lonely Trail" (1936).
"Blackie," as he was called, appeared uncredited in 28 "Gunsmoke" episodes in 1956 & '57. He ended his days as a security guard at the Menasco Steel Company in the San Fernando Valley, and died of cirrhosis of the liver.
@2009 David Lee Guss Film homage, Lash LaRue & Charles King, Law of the Lash, 1947-2009
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