Would you Believe?…….
“Broncho Billy” Anderson was the stage name of Gilbert Maxwell Aronson, America’s first cowboy movie star. Anderson pioneered the genre that eventually produced stars such as John Wayne, Gary Cooper, Roy Rogers, Buck Jones, and Tom Mix. Anderson also worked behind the camera as a director and producer and developed production techniques still in use today. He was awarded a special Oscar by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1958.
Max Aronson was born in 1880 in Little Rock (Pulaski County). His mother, Esther Ash Aronson, was from a Russian Jewish family, and his father, traveling salesman Henry Aronson, was from a German Jewish family. The Aronsons had seven children. Most of the children were born in Texas, but Max was born in Arkansas.”
Newest marker project of the Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation was installed a few days ago in Little Rock, Arkansas.
The bigger, funnier project is coming to Little Rock soon – The Broncho Billy Silent Movie Film Festival.
http://www.jewish-american-society-for-historic-preservation.org/
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Jerry Klinger is president of the Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation He may be contacted via Jashp1@msn.com. The society’s website is www.JASHP.org