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ROM THE INTRO-
DUCTION: TAL-
ENT, LIKE GOLD, IS
WHERE YOU FIND IT. For
more than 125 years, Montana
has supplied a rich vein of
entertainment and personality,
such as George Montgomery,
from Brady, who made a slew of
westerns in the 1930s and later
musicals and detective films.
While Montgomery achieved
a moderate amount of success
in his time, others studiously
pieced together careers through
constant application. Helena-
born James C. Morton was a
supporting actor who made
nearly 200 films between the
1920s and 1940s; omas Wil-
son, also from Helena, played
mostly bit parts through his
50-year career, including a mus-
tachioed policeman in Charlie
Chaplin's e Kid (1921).
MONTANA ENTERTAINERS
FAMOUS AND ALMOST FORGOTTEN
by BRIAN D'AMBROSIO
Academy Award-winning
Montana ranch owner
Jeff Bridges
MONTANA ENTERTAINERS
