Jim Boyd

Jim Boyd

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The Polka King
Title: The Polka King
Character: Reporter
Released: January 22, 2017
Type: Movie
Local Pennsylvania polka legend Jan Lewan develops a plan to get rich that shocks his fans and lands him in jail.
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A Private Battle
Title: A Private Battle
Character: Dr. Jewett
Released: October 7, 1980
Type: Movie
A dramatization of the story of noted writer/journalist Cornelius Ryan, author of "The Longest Day," and the valiant battle against terminal cancer that led him to write about his ordeal, with the help of his loving wife, while at the same time determined to complete "A Bridge Too Far," which he had spent years researching.
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Saturday Night Square Dance
Title: Saturday Night Square Dance
Released: July 1, 1949
Type: Movie
"Saturday Night Square Dance" was released in 1949 as a Soundie. Featured here are Jim Boyd and His Men of the West. Jim Boyd was the brother of Bill Boyd, well known for western swing music, and this film combines some western swing music with calls. The footage shows some fine examples, like the styling sometimes called the Abilene Lift.