Pride of the West

This is one of 54 Hopalong Cassidy features produced by Harry Sherman, initially distributed by Paramount Pictures from 1935-41, and then by United Artists from 1942-44, which were purchased by their star William Boyd for nationally syndicated TV presentation beginning in 1948 and continuing for many years, as a result of their phenomenal success. Each feature was re-edited to 54 minutes so as to comfortably fit into a 60-minute time slot, with six minutes for commercials. It was not until 50 years later that, with the cooperation of Mrs. Boyd (Grace Bradley) that they were finally restored to their original length with their original opening and closing credits intact.