Roy Rogers is an American hero.  Indeed, few have been
so effective in influencing the youth of this nation.  Roy,
a famous cowboy in the years before television, crowded the
movie houses each Saturday with nine year old cowboys eager
to see him once again bring the villan to justice.  A noted
style of his movies was to restrict the use of guns.  Humor
replaced violence.  Western songs replaced the blazing guns
of the holdup scene.  A slight trace of romance was allowed
in the movie plots, but Roy would never kiss the girl.  Roy
explained that this resulted from some unexpected fan mail.
     Early in his career Roy did kiss the leading lady in a
movie.  However, following the viewing of this movie by his
youthful fans, his mail was deluged with letters protesting
the romantic scene.  From that time Roy limited displays of
affection to a friendly hug of his horse, Trigger.  Roy has
retired from performing in cowboy movies.  After many years
of performing with her in cowboy movies, Roy was married to
his leading lady, Dale Evans.  Although retired, they often
appear in such events as the Rose Bowl Parade.  Often, many
former nine year old cowboys attend only to applaud a hero.