By John M. Whalen
“Death Valley Days” was a half-hour western anthology series that ran for 20 years on radio starting in 1930, continued on TV for 18 seasons (1952-1970), and is still being shown on cable TV today. The series, noted for its authentic detail and historical accuracy, was created by British writer Ruth Woodman at the request of Pacific Coast Borax, the company that made 20 Mule Team Borax. The company wanted a series that tied in with their detergent product, and since Borax is principally mined in Death Valley, Woodman suggested the series be focused on stories based on the history and geography of that area. She made frequent trips to the borax mines and the surrounding vicinity digging up historical tidbits that could be used as the basis for stories. She eventually became one of the foremost experts on that period and place in history.
For the first 11 years of its run,...
“Death Valley Days” was a half-hour western anthology series that ran for 20 years on radio starting in 1930, continued on TV for 18 seasons (1952-1970), and is still being shown on cable TV today. The series, noted for its authentic detail and historical accuracy, was created by British writer Ruth Woodman at the request of Pacific Coast Borax, the company that made 20 Mule Team Borax. The company wanted a series that tied in with their detergent product, and since Borax is principally mined in Death Valley, Woodman suggested the series be focused on stories based on the history and geography of that area. She made frequent trips to the borax mines and the surrounding vicinity digging up historical tidbits that could be used as the basis for stories. She eventually became one of the foremost experts on that period and place in history.
For the first 11 years of its run,...
- 12/9/2016
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
You really like your apps. And by that, I mean you really like your apps. Apple has created a mobile sensation with their iPhone, a slick device that feels like it was pulled out of the future, capable of playing games, running various productivity-oriented applications, streaming music and video, emailing, web browsing and -- occasionally -- making the odd phone call. With all that said, Apple's latest industry success should come as no surprise: the company announced that the 10 billion sales marker has officially been surpassed in the iDevice-supporting App Store.
Even more remarkable than the 10 billion sales figure is the breakdown of how those sales have ramped up over time. The iPad -- which also uses the App Store -- may have launched last year, but the first iPhone touched down in the middle of 2007. Despite the fact that its been around for three and a half years, Apple...
Even more remarkable than the 10 billion sales figure is the breakdown of how those sales have ramped up over time. The iPad -- which also uses the App Store -- may have launched last year, but the first iPhone touched down in the middle of 2007. Despite the fact that its been around for three and a half years, Apple...
- 1/24/2011
- by Adam Rosenberg
- MTV Multiplayer
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