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Buffalo Bill in the Movies

by | Jul 28, 2017 | Blu-Ray & DVDs, Western Books & Movies

The first actor to play Buffalo Bill in the movies was the man who had perfected the role for over a quarter century on the stage and in the show arena—William F. Cody. Thomas Edison invited his friend Cody to his New Jersey Kinetoscope studio in 1894.  Edison’s cameraman captured Cody and several


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