WESTERN-WITH A DIFFERENCE
EVER since 'Hie Oklahoma Kid," in which James Cagney did such a good job with a couple of guns and a ten-gallon hat, his Warner bosses have been wanting him to star in another Western. But James told them he was weary of the usual cops-and-robbers formula, and that if he ever did another Western epic, it would have to have some sort of social significance.
By--Sheilah Graham
The Warner- boys think they have just the thing for Jimmy— life story of Samuel Colt, titled "The First Trigger Man." Colt, as you know, was the Inventor of the Colt automatic revolver. Before Colt, shooting was on the slow side. After his invention all a fellow had to do was to point the gun straight— pull the trigger. Where does the Western and social significance come in The Colt revolver will be shown as playing a big part in this rebuilding of the West.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 153, 29 June 1940, Page 6 (Supplement)
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