Talk:Outlaws of the Prairie
Latest comment: 4 years ago by Art LaPella in topic MacMillian vs. MacMillan
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MacMillian vs. MacMillan edit
Hi Art LaPella - I never use imdb for character names, as while they get most correct, the few times there has been a difference, they have usually gotten it wrong, same with film titles. I looked in contemporaneous sources (Film Daily, Motion Picture Herald, etc.), and couldn't actually find a cast list. In fact, couldn't find much on this B western at all. Same with Google books. Do you have links to any of the sources where it is McMillan? AFI is pretty authoritative, but it is not infallible. Onel5969 TT me 20:48, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
- I'll take your word for it about AFI. My edit was based on three things:
- Most Google references say MacMillan (never McMillan). https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=%22Outlaws+of+the+Prairie%22+Shumway+MacMillian https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=%22Outlaws+of+the+Prairie%22+Shumway+MacMillan Google references can of course be used for the links you requested.
- I've been searching for the typo "MacMillian" (or McMillian) for a long time. With the exception of Kyle MacMillian (he signs his newspaper articles that way, although that could be another automated typo), I didn't find any strong evidence that anybody or anything is actually named "MacMillian".
- The article's AFI reference mentions MacMillian only in "Print Details". It didn't occur to me to look there for a character's name, as the character is not a print detail (technical information about printing), and MacMillian isn't at the "Credits" link, which promises "cast, companies and crew". Art LaPella (talk) 00:16, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
- Hi Art LaPella - Thanks for that. Looking through the hits brought up in the searches, almost all are simple listings, and depending on their sources, they are dubious as to the character name. The one exception is Great Hollywood Westerns. Regarding AFI, it is listed under "Cast", but you have to click on the "+" to show the complete cast list. And there, it isn't an offscreen credit, but an onscreen listing. Again, AFI is not infallible, and the Great Hollywood Westerns is persuasive. I would like to leave it as it is at the moment, until more definitive sources (not simple listings) can be found. Over the Thanksgiving holiday, I'll look through all the contemporaneous sources and see if I can't come up with something one way or the other. Onel5969 TT me 02:39, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
- OK. Art LaPella (talk) 02:53, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
- Hi Art LaPella - Thanks for that. Looking through the hits brought up in the searches, almost all are simple listings, and depending on their sources, they are dubious as to the character name. The one exception is Great Hollywood Westerns. Regarding AFI, it is listed under "Cast", but you have to click on the "+" to show the complete cast list. And there, it isn't an offscreen credit, but an onscreen listing. Again, AFI is not infallible, and the Great Hollywood Westerns is persuasive. I would like to leave it as it is at the moment, until more definitive sources (not simple listings) can be found. Over the Thanksgiving holiday, I'll look through all the contemporaneous sources and see if I can't come up with something one way or the other. Onel5969 TT me 02:39, 26 November 2019 (UTC)