getTV talks CASEY JONES and 1950s Westerns An Interview with Toby Roan by getTV Staff April 12, 2021
If you were a kid in the 1950s, you were probably watching Westerns on television. Cowboys dominated the medium’s earliest days, with thrilling tales of handsome heroes and black-hatted bad guys captivating younger viewers. But, as the decade progressed, producers increasingly sought to appeal to viewers of all ages with recognizable characters both historical and fictional.
Casey Jones was a little of both, an actual 1890s railroader mythologized in a popular folk song.
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