Gunsmoke star James Arness had his own theory as to why his character, U.S. Marshal Matt Dillon, and Miss Kitty Russell (Amanda Blake) never got married.
Each of the Big Three networks (ABC, NBC, CBS) had their fair share of horse operas, with one of the biggest being Gunsmoke. The highly-popular Western program ran for a total of 20 seasons on CBS ...
While Gunsmoke is set in the past and Yellowstone in the present, the former helped establish the traditional TV Western archetypes and outlines that would come to inform the latter. No doubt ...
Actress Amanda Blake, who died from AIDS-related hepatitis in 1989, was one tough cookie, just like her most famous character, Miss Kitty Russell on TV’s long-running Western, Gunsmoke.As the ...