Broadcast Cowboy

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Part of Shorts Program 4: Signals, Noise and Silence

Dude Martin (picture Gregory Peck with a cowboy hat on and an Epiphone guitar in hand) was one of California's most successful singing cowboys. But was his cowboy image real or imagined? Can such a distinction be made? Using brilliant sound and silent footage from the 1930s and 40s, the film looks into the personal life of Stephen McSwain, aka Dude Martin, and will change your perception of America's most iconic image - the cowboy.