Hollywood Talent Scout
Hollywood Talent Scout
Bob Crismon
Back in those early days Fast Draw and event Entertainment Reenacting blended together. In 1957 just west of Canyon City in Colorado the ghost town tourist attraction named Buckskin Joe invited the Colorado Springs Fast Draw Club to provide weekend entertainment. The town is a western movie filming location with more than 21 films to its credit, including Cat Ballou, The Cowboys and The Sacketts. The 1991 television feature Conagher starring Sam Elliott, Katharine Ross, Ken Curtis and Barry Corbin was filmed at Buckskin Joe. At Buckskin Joe about a dozen or so of us had a bunch of fun shooting our single actions in contests and staged shootouts held on the town streets. Since we played the Bad Guys during skits, our costumes were usually black. Town employee professional stunt men wore white hats and played the Sheriff and his Deputies. Of course, we held a Fast Draw contest several times during the day using our Faber FasDraw Timer. Continue reading ‘Hollywood Talent Scout’ »