Wild Bill Elliott Fringed Tunic

Prop facts

Movie
Frontiers of '49 (1939)
Year
1939
Actor
Wild Bill Elliott
Type
Original
Category
Costumes / Wardrobe
Usage
Screen-used
Status
Open to offers
Listed by
stairstars
Listed since
May 2019

Description

The recognizable fringed uniform tunic worn by Wild Bill Elliott in his COLUMBIA outings as one of the top B Western stars of the period. This one bears a difference, in that it has two pockets, which identifes it to this film. In 1943, Elliott would join Republic Pictures and start the famed RED RYDER series, wearing a different costume for those films. Like most of the Gower Gulch actors in Westerns, once established, the costume seldom changed and became associated with him. They do differ, from film to film, in the number of stitches in the collar and pockets.