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ALLACE D. COBURN, THE ORIGINAL SHOOT -'EM -UP, WATCH - MY - SMOKE, WHOOPEE-KY-OTEE COWPUNCH-
ER AND MOVIE STAR, IS IN TOWN," THE HONOLULU STAR-BULLETIN TRUMPETED IN MAY, 1917.
Wallace, famous as a writer, rancher, daredevil, bronco-fighter, traveler, and entertainer, had gone to Hawaii to publicize his
latest film e Sunset Princess, produced in Los Angeles. Wallace was accompanied by his son, Robert, 16, and daughter Dorothy, 12, "also well
known screen performers in western plays," according to the Hawaiian newspaper.
His appearance "caused quite a sensation," according to e Bear Paw Mountaineer, a Big Sandy, MT., newspaper, which kept tabs on Coburn
and his family. "e whole Coburn family are as essentially western and still as truly refined and as educated as he—which is the best. Mrs. Co-
burn knew the west when it was endless, unfenced stretches, just as well as her nervy mate; she has instilled in the two fine looking children the
same spirit and all together they are striving for love of the West."
by BRIAN D'AMBROSIO
