On this day in 1980: Esquire magazine profiles Shelby’s Rolls-Royce-leasing Earl Owensby as “A Very Minor Movie Mogul.” The Washington Post will dub him “the red-clay Cecil B. DeMacho.” By whatever title, Owensby churns out low-budget action films (e.g., “Chain Gang,” “Rottweiler, Dogs From Hell” and “Rutherford County Line”) that bomb with American audiences but […]
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Before Wilmington, state’s movie capital was… Shelby
Posted in On This Day, tagged earl owensby, shelby nc on November 1, 2017 | Leave a Comment »
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