THE COWBOYS AND FILMNOIR
FUNNY, ISN'T IT?..THAT, 'BUFFALO BILL', AND, HICKOK, ONCE, CAME, TO? LIVERPOOL. William F. Cody was born in Iowa in 1846 and later moved with his family to Kansas. Cody left Kansas aged 11 to herd cattle and work as a driver on a wagon train. He went on to fur trapping and gold mining, and joined the Pony Express in 1860. After the Civil War, Cody scouted for the Army and was nicknamed "Buffalo Bill". Cody's 1st foray into the entertainment business was a 1872 show called 'The Scouts of the Prairie'. Cody then organized his own troupe, the Buffalo Bill Combination. The show included Buffalo Bill, Texas Jack, and 'Wild Bill' Hickok. Cody staged several plays until 1882 when the Wild West outdoor spectacle was born. Buffalo Bill’...