Tag Motion Pictures in Pioneertown

Pioneertown, whose normal population of 75 doubles when the Autry show personnel clutters up the neighborhood, is a tiny cluster of buildings in the baked Mojave desert, just 30 miles north of swanky Palm Springs, but about 60 years behind that ritzy resort. Autry finds the location ideal as background for his TV films because of the surrounding 80 acres which can duplicate the scenery of seven different western states. This, plus the fact the town itself looks like a, sure enough, cowboy town to fool Wild Bill Hickock.

Gregg Barton, Western heavy, has been signed for a character lead in "Last of the Pony Express," current Gene Autry starrer for Columbia being directed by George Archainbaud and produced by Armond Schaefer. This marks Barton's fifteenth appearance with Autry in the last four years. "Last of the Pony Express" is being filmed on location at Pioneertown.

Dick Jones is the star of the new television series "Buffalo Bill, Jr.," sponsored by Milky Way, a product of Mars, Inc. This new western is produced in California at the famous Pioneertown, Lone Pine, in Apple Valley

Miss Jackie Loughery made the jump from subway-riding to range-riding. Not long ago, Jackie was a model, toting her hatbox as she swung swivel-hipped through wild and woolly Manhattan shooting down wolves and fresh guys with a fiery glance or sharp word.

Miss Jackie Loughery made the jump from subway-riding to range-riding. But long ago, Jackie was a model, toting her hatbox as she swung swivel-hipped through wild and woolly Manhattan shooting down wolves and fresh guys with a fiery glance or sharp word.