The Early Years

1. What was the first movie & Western to tell a story?

• The Last of the Mohicans

• The Great Train Robbery

• Stagecoach

• Kit Carson

2. What year was the first Western film made?

• 1900

• 1901

• 1903

• 1905

3. Who was the first “King of the Cowboys?

• Gilbert M. Anderson

• Roy Rogers

• Gene Autry

• Tom Mix

4. Director Edwin S. Porter filmed the 1903 “The Great Train Robbery” in what state?

• California

• Arizona

• Texas

• New Jersey

5. The first Western star?

• Broncho Billy

• Bronco Billy

• Tom Mix

• Hoot Gibson

6. As a Broadway stage actor, William S. Hart big break came in the 1899 version of “Ben Hur.” What character did he play?

• Judah Ben-Hur

• Quintus Arrius

• Messala

• Sheik Ilderim

7. When William S. Hart became a movie star in 1914, how old was he?

• 49

• 44

• 39

• 29

8. William S. Hart was the first Western star to feature his horse as a character in his movies. What was Hart’s horses’ name?

• Trigger

• Silver

• Fritz

• Tarzan

9. What early Western star publicity claims as being born in Texas but was really born near Du Bois, Pennsylvania.

• Tom Mix

• Roy Rogers

• Hoot Gibson

• Gilbert Anderson

10. What early silent movie cowboy star was born in Stillwater, Oklahoma April 17, 1890.

• Rex Allen

• Art Acord

• Butch Cassidy

• Art Mix

The Early Years Answers

• 1. The Great Train Robbery
• 2. 1903
• 3. Gilbert M. Anderson
• 4. New Jersey
• 5. Broncho Billy – this is the first spelling that Gilbert Anderson used and dropped the “h” to become Bronco Billy
• 6. Messala
• 7. 49
• 8. Fritz
• 9. Tom Mix
• 10. Art Acord

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