Looking Back: Plainview's own Sunset Carson once among Hollywood greats
Former Western film star Sunset “Kit” Carson shows a bulging scrapbook filled with press clippings to Thrane and Imogene Parsons during a 1967 visit to Plainview following a 10-year world tour.By DOUG McDONOUGH Herald Managing Editor
From: myplainview.com
Saturday, February 25, 2012
During the height of his movie career in 1946, he was on the top-10 list of money makers for western stars, but that was the same year he left Republic Pictures, and his stardom began to fade.
Born Winifred Maurice Harrison (some sources say Michael Harrison) on Nov. 12, 1920, in Gracemont, Okla., he moved to Plainview with his parents — Maurice Greely Harrison and Azalee Belle McAdams — at a young age.
Growing up in Plainview he was known to family and friends as Mickey or “Mick.” And it was during his time in Plainview, according to the Internet Movie Database (IMDb.com), that he became a successful rodeo performer.
Writing for IMDb, biographer Jim Beaver said Tom Mix give Carson a job in Mix’s touring circus and Wild West show after watching Carson at a rodeo. From there, Carson traveled to South America in 1940 to tour in a rodeo circuit and ended up winning Champion All-Around Cowboy awards in Buenos Aires two years in a row.According to Wikipedia, Carson returned to the U.S. in 1942 and made his Hollywood film debut with a small part in 1943’s “Stage Door Canteen,” followed by the 1944 film “Janie.” Both billed him as “Michael Harrison.”
Those performances, along with his size, looks and horsemanship, drew the attention of Republic executive Lou Grey. Soon, Carson received a contract to star in a series of B-Westerns.read more:http://www.myplainview.com/news/article_c1ee0558-6018-11e1-bb6b-0019bb2963f4.html
During the height of his movie career in 1946, he was on the top-10 list of money makers for western stars, but that was the same year he left Republic Pictures, and his stardom began to fade.
Born Winifred Maurice Harrison (some sources say Michael Harrison) on Nov. 12, 1920, in Gracemont, Okla., he moved to Plainview with his parents — Maurice Greely Harrison and Azalee Belle McAdams — at a young age.
Growing up in Plainview he was known to family and friends as Mickey or “Mick.” And it was during his time in Plainview, according to the Internet Movie Database (IMDb.com), that he became a successful rodeo performer.
Writing for IMDb, biographer Jim Beaver said Tom Mix give Carson a job in Mix’s touring circus and Wild West show after watching Carson at a rodeo. From there, Carson traveled to South America in 1940 to tour in a rodeo circuit and ended up winning Champion All-Around Cowboy awards in Buenos Aires two years in a row.According to Wikipedia, Carson returned to the U.S. in 1942 and made his Hollywood film debut with a small part in 1943’s “Stage Door Canteen,” followed by the 1944 film “Janie.” Both billed him as “Michael Harrison.”
Those performances, along with his size, looks and horsemanship, drew the attention of Republic executive Lou Grey. Soon, Carson received a contract to star in a series of B-Westerns.read more:http://www.myplainview.com/news/article_c1ee0558-6018-11e1-bb6b-0019bb2963f4.html
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