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Posted by Karin

I ran across this interesting article published January 3, 1942 in the Monroe Evening News during the movie run of “They Died With Their Boots On”. Although the film about George Armstrong Custer starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Haviland wasn’t historically accurate, it was a top-grossing movie of its time. The movie played at the Monroe Theater now called the River Raisin Center for the Performing Arts. This movie was shown there again last year as part of the Custer Celebration Event festivities.

The Monroe Evening News interviewed several people who had known George Custer. One man told of Custer and friends bellying up at the bar of a local pub astride their horses. He also reminisced about receiving a Saint Bernard dog that he didn’t want. He had to ask Custer to take it back.

Read more about Custer and his Monroe days here:
http://monroe.lib.mi.us/books_movies_music/special_collections/custer_news_recalls.htm

Clarification please. In my notes, I have written that the movie “They Died With Their Boots On” first premiered in Monroe. However, I have found that it opened in New York in 1941 and then throughout the US on January 1, 1942. Any movie buffs/historians care to clarify this?


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