Hopalong Cassidy

Life sometimes follows art. William Boyd was a silver-haired matinee idol who began his career as a leading man in silent movie romances with a wicked reputation as a boozer, womanizer and hell-raiser. He had five wives (not all at the same time.) Once at a Hollywood party somebody wanted to go on a boat ride, so on a whim he bought a yacht. His career foundered and declined in 1931 as no studio wanted to take a chance on hiring him. In 1935 Paramount Pictures was planning to make a wester