24 June 2018
· Tribute to an icon of the celluloid American West ·
Before he rose to stardom in the oaters of the 1930s, Randolph Scott played Metellus Cimber in a production of Julius Caesar at the Pasadena Playhouse. Seventeen lines and a fake knife. The horses were offstage.
- There was a young man nicknamed Randy
- Whose appearance all thought was just dandy
- Played football at GT
- Then to Hollywood, he,
- Where his horse-racing skills came in handy
- As a film star his mien was laconic
- Cary Grant was his pal, just platonic?
- If the rumours were true
- What they both got up to
- Would for all of their fans be ironic
- On the screen always ready to fight,
- His quick draw put the bandits to flight
- Truth and justice prevailed
- All the outlaws, he jailed;
- He to ladies was always polite
- When the folks in Rock Ridge, overwrought,
- Wished for all that a sheriff had ought
- To be: fearless and strong
- Honest as day is long
- Of whom did they all sing? “Randolph Scott!”
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