People

By Spencer Davidson

"King of the Cowboys" and "the Queen of the West" are back in front of the cameras, 42 years after their first western together. Each Saturday as hosts of Happy Trails Theater on the Nashville Network, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, both 73, introduce one of the oaters they made from 1938 to 1948, and offer anecdotes about the movie and the people in it with them. The 26 films selected for this season include the king's and queen's personal favorites. Roy's is Under Western Stars (1938), his first starring role, while Dale likes My Pal Trigger (1946) because it features her husband's famous horse, which died in 1965 at age 30 (that's 80 years in human span). Though they will return next season for another 26 cable shows, the Rogerses insist they are otherwise still out to pasture. Says Roy: "I've been in show business for about 55 years and that's long enough to be anyplace."