\"B-Western Star\" Sunset Carson Hand Signed 3X5 Picture Card For Sale

Up for sale "B-Western Star" Sunset Carson Hand Signed 3X5 Picture Card. 

at Gracemont, Oklahoma, to Maurice Greely Harrison and Azalee Belle

McAdams. He moved to Plainview, Texas, as a child ). Carson became an accomplished rodeo rider

in his youth. For a time he worked in a western show owned by early cowboy

actor Tom Mix. In 1940 he traveled to South America, where he competed in rodeos for two years.

After his return to the U.S., he played small parts in the 1943 film Stage Door Canteen,

and the big budget 1944 film Janie, both having him billed as "Michael

Harrison". Catching the attention of Republic Pictures executive Lou Grey, he

was signed to a contract and given his own series of B-westerns beginning in

1944, changing his name to "Sunset Carson". Within two years, Carson

was on the top-10 list of money makers for western stars. He was given a horse

named "Cactus", and starred in a string of semi-successful western

genre films. In 1944 he starred in Bordertown Trail, Code of the Prairie,

and Firebrands of Arizona opposite Smiley Burnette. In 1945 (the peak of his career), his first

film was Sheriff of Cimarron,

followed by Santa Fe Saddlemates, Bells of Rosarita, Oregon Trail, Bandits of the Badlands, Rough Riders of Cheyenne,

and The Cherokee Flash. In

1946, Carson began the year strong, starring in Days of Buffalo Bill and Alias Billy the Kid.

He followed those with The El Paso Kid, Red River Renegades,

and Rio Grande Raiders.

However, by the end of 1946, Carson and Republic Pictures were having disputes.

He claimed the disputes were over his contract. Republic Pictures would later

claim that he was fired by Republic creator and executive officer Herbert Yates after attending a studio function while

intoxicated and in the company of an underage girl. By year’s end, he and

Republic had parted company. He would never again achieve any large degree of

acting success.