Corriganville The Reel Story Of Ray Crash Corrigan And His Movie Ranch

A concise biography of the "reel" Ray "Crash" Corrigan. The "reel" history of his movie ranch from 1937 to 2003, including all incarnations: Ray Corrigan Movie Ranch, Corriganville Movie Ranch, The Lone Ranger Ranch, Hopetown, and Corriganville Park. An extensive filmography of the movie ranch. An extensive filmography of Ray "Crash" Corrigan. Profusely illustrated with over 400 illustrations, including film scenes, maps, souvenirs, brochures, photos of the sets, the stunt shows, and more.

For the first time in print, the true story of the life of the western actor, Ray "Crash" Corrigan, from the immigration of his parent's to the United States, to his time in jail, to his starring role in a hit western series, to owning a movie ranch which he opened up to the public, to his failings as a husband and father, through all of his triumphs and defeats. Illustrated with many rare and never-before-seen photographs.

FOR THE FIRST TIME! A complete and true history of the Ray "Crash" Corrigan Movie Ranch, from its prehistory to its current status as a city park. Corrects all of the falsehoods and exaggerations concerning the ranch and its operation as both a movie location and as an amusement park. Includes many details of its day-to-day operation, especially the amusement park business (its highpoints and its shortcomings!). An extensive and expanded filmography of the movie ranch. Profusely illustrated with nearly a thousand illustrations, including almost 500 photographs from a 4,000 negative collection of Corriganville images, most of which have not been published before.

The Corriganville Movie Ranch was created by Ray "Crash" Corrigan, a B-Western actor in the 1930's and 1940's. For the first time ever, the complete true history of this world famous movie ranch is being told. No hype, no lies, no myths, just the definitive true story. Profusely illustrated with over 500 photographs and hundreds of image scans of newspapers and other items.

The Corriganville Movie Ranch was created by B-Western actor, Ray "Crash" Corrigan, when he purchased the 1600+ acre ranch in Simi Valley, California. While his ownership of the land ceased in 1964, the ranch, now a park, continues to be used by the filmmaking business. This book contains the location photographs taken by representatives of RKO Studios in 1947 when they scouted the ranch.

FOR THE FIRST TIME! This book is an extensive visual look into Ray "Crash" Corrigan's film, television, and stage career. An extensive filmography which includes 115 films, 15 television shows, and 3 stage plays. Profusely illustrated with over 2,000 illustrations, images, stills, lobby cards, posters, newspaper articles, ads, and film clips.

This book covers the early life of a boy who led a storybook life growing up at Corriganville Western Movie Ranch. During his life there he was befriended by stuntman Shorty Shea who would be killed at the hands of the Manson family.

Created by B-Western actor Ray "Crash" Corrigan in 1937, the Corriganville Movie Ranch became an amusement park in 1949. This book contains 3 separate booklets containing many marvelous photographs of the ranch. From Corriganville Press.