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Jul 19, 2014 - 2:53 AM
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CinemaScope
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Partially, I think the show never recovered from the loss of Ward Bond, but I had read that Wagon Train switched networks around that time, going from NBC to ABC, and took a hit in the ratings. The superb John Wayne Biography, John Wayne- American, talks a lot about Ward Bond. It also talks about how poorly he handled Wagon Train's success; which probably hastened Bond's demise. He and Robert Horton (Flint McCullough) didn't get along. I remember that Robert Horton was also a singer & came over to London for some singing engagements at the time (unless my memory is playing tricks on me). I see that Ward Bond was only 57 when he died, he looked a LOT older, must have been all that hard living. I love Ward Bond on the screen, but from what I've read about him I don't think I'd have liked him too much if I had known him in real life.
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