Stories of the Century
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm, Sunday, November 2 on WNJJ Main Street Television (16.1)
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About this Broadcast
Stories of the Century is a 39-episode Western television series starring Jim Davis that ran in syndication through Republic Pictures between January 23, 1954, and March 11, 1955.
1954
English
Western
Entertainment
Cast & Crew
Mary Castle
(Actor)
.. Frankie Adams
Kristine Miller
(Actor)
.. Margaret `Jonesy' Jones
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Did You Know..
Mary Castle
(Actor)
.. Frankie Adams
Born:
January 22, 1931
Died: April 01, 1998
Died: April 01, 1998
Trivia:
According to Hollywood lore, red-headed Mary Castle was awarded a contract with Columbia Pictures due solely to the fact that she resembled that company's greatest star Rita Hayworth. (A rather scurrilous rumor had Castle actually forced into undergoing plastic surgery to become Hayworth's double!) The results were a few minor Westerns, including Prairie Roundup (1951), a Charles Starrett oater; Texans Never Cry (1951), opposite Gene Autry; and When the Redskins Rode (1951). She defected to Universal but was only offered more of the same, including Gunsmoke (1953) with Audie Murphy. In 1955, Castle replaced Kristine Miller as Jim Davis' leading lady in Republic Pictures' only attempt at television, the anthology series Stories of the Century. Her screen career lasted until 1960.
Kristine Miller
(Actor)
.. Margaret `Jonesy' Jones
Born:
June 13, 1925
Trivia:
American actress Kristine Miller was placed under contract to Paramount in 1948. Miller appeared briefly in such Hal Wallis productions as I Walk Alone (1947), Desert Fury (1948) and Paid in Full (1948) before her contract was sold to Columbia. After a series of secondary roles, notably as one of the New Congress Club "hostesses" in From Here to Eternity (1953) she was "at liberty" again. On TV, Kristine Miller co-starred with Jim Davis on the syndicated western series Stories of the Century (1954).
