Three photos of Ben Johnson from the 1987 Knoxville Western Film Festival. In the top photo, taken during a panel discussion, Ben seems to cast a wary eye toward the often illogical Italian-Indian, Iron Eyes Cody. (Photos by Grady Franklin.)

The King of the Bullwhip, Lash LaRue, Republic leading lady Peggy Stewart and perenial badman Terry Frost at the Portsmouth, OH, 1990 film festival. (Photo by Grady Franklin.)

Taken at the 1988 Knoxville, TN, Western Film Fair are Walter Reed, festival organizer Harold Smith and B-western knockabout comedian Frank Mitchell. (Photo by Grady Franklin.)

Gene Autry welcomes Robert Livingston to the stage to receive his Golden Boot Award in 1987. (Photo by Grady Franklin.)

Photos from the 1987 Golden Boot Awards. (Top left) Monte Hale, Robert Fuller. (Top right) Clayton Moore as the Lone Ranger, Hazel and Pierce Lyden. (Middle left) Hank Worden and Dorothy Fay Ritter. (Middle right) Pierce Lyden and Hank Worden. (Left) Robert Fuller and John Russell. (Photos courtesy Grady Franklin.)

Bob Allen, star of Columbia's Ranger series, signs autographs at the Raleigh, NC, 1989 Western Film Fair. (Photo courtesy Grady Franklin.)