Mark Twain's Press Room: A BonanzaBrand Collection of Articles

Below are links to print articles about BONANZA and the actors who appeared in the show. You must be a member of the BonanzaBrand Forums to be able to read them. Many thanks to our members who have posted these articles for all to enjoy.

General

Private Detective's Report to the "Bonanza" Wives
A Private Detective's Report by James Gregory TV Radio Mirror, November 1964

The Men Who Make It
Australia TV WEEK, The Bonanza Book, 1963

Four Big Men of Bonanza
TV RADIO MIRROR, April 1961 "Four Big Men of Bonanza" by Herbert Kamm

Back to the Burning Map: Bonanza
From a newspaper in Valdosta, Georgia, U.S.A. printed in 2007

Two Against the World
Movie Stars Annual #1 1962

BONANZA
Western Stars of Television and Film edited by Purnell & Sons LTD, 1965, London, England

Bananaz
Mad Magazine 1999

TV Trailblazer: Bonanza Rode Where No TV Series Had Gone Before - by Paulette Cohn
American Profile Magazine, May 2009

Lorne Greene

Lorne Greene, Founder of the Ponderosa
TV WEEK, THE BONANZA BOOK, 1965

Lorne Greene to be a Father and a Grandfather in the Same Month! by Dee Phillips
TV RADIO MIRROR, December 1967

Being Married to Lorne...The Words of His Wife ~ "I Married a 100% Male!"
TV RADIO MIRROR, August 1964

Lorne Greene ~ Canada's Gift to the Ponderosa
STAR WEEKLY AND CANADIAN WEEKLY, July 1963

Lorne Greene: "How My Father's Silence Kept Me From Jail"
Photoplay, 1967

Lorne's Last Wish by Lorraine Tilden
Star Magazine, September 29th, 1987

The Call of the Wild, The Call of Mankind ~ Looking Out From His Ranch in the San Fernando Valley, Actor Lorne Greene Sees Man and his Environment in Conflict - and Decides to Do Something About It By Stephen Henderson
Country Gentleman Magazine, Summer 1977

Pernell Roberts

Is This the Girl Who Broke Pernell's Heart?
MOVIE STARS November 1962

Pernell Roberts: For the First Time, His Real Story By James Gregory
TV RADIO MIRROR, December 1964

'Pernell Talks'
Movieland, February 1963

"Death Held the Reins" by Charles Miron
Movie Stars, July 1961

Pernell Roberts' Secret Marriage by Milt Johnson
TV RADIO MIRROR January 1963

"Sure I'm Lonely"
TV World, January 1963

'Loser at Love? That's The Question in 32 Year Old Pernell Roberts' Lonely Heart' by Marie Dailey
Movie Stars TV Close-ups , March 1960

'The Day You Didn't See Pernell'
Movie Stars, December 1961

Pernell Roberts: "Don’t Come Live With Me and Be My Love"
TV’s Top Ten Number 2, 1962

'When Lady Luck Smiled, He Kicked Her in the Teeth' ~ Back on TV with a New Series, Pernell Roberts has Mellowed Since He Quit 'BONANZA' by Anthony Cook
TV Guide, November 24-30th, 1979

'Fugitive From the Ponderosa' ~ Still on the Move, Pernell Roberts Stops Long Enough to Sound Off About Vietnam, Money, Survival, The Truth - and Oh Yes, 'Bonanza' ~ By By Jerry Kobrin
TV Guide, August 6-12th, 1966

'Why Pernell Couldn't Quit'
Star Parade, August 1963

Dan Blocker

Dan Blocker: Gentle Giant of Bonanza ~ By Lloyd Shearer
Parade Magazine, January 23, 1966

Michael Landon

"My New Baby" By Michael Landon
National Enquirer, September 27,1983

This Baby is a Medical Miracle
TV RADIO MIRROR, April 1972

Michael Landon ~ Impatient Bridegroom
MOVIE MIRROR, May 1963

A Heartwarming Visit With Michael Landon
TV RADIO MIRROR, August 1975

Intruding on the Private World of Michael Landon
HOLLYWOOD TATTLER, June 1962

Michael Landon Asks: "Was It Wrong to Take a Black Market Baby?"
TV RADIO MIRROR, April 1962

"The Talent I Didn't Know I Had"
Guideposts, March 1976

Is Mike Trying to Steal Dick's Girl?
TV Star Parade, October 1962

Mike Landon's Most Dangerous Fight
TV Star Parade, January 1963

Mike Bites Off More Than He Can Chew
TV PICTURE LIFE, January 1965

Mike Bares His Bonanza Buddies and Wives as told to Tex Maddox
MOVIE LIFE, March 1964

Mrs. Mike Landon Says, "I'm Giving My Husband His Freedom!" By James Gregory
TV RADIO MIRROR, May 1962

Lucky in Love,
TV Star Parade, March 1961

Michael Landon: Big Man in a Little House
Saturday Evening Post, September 1980

Fall Preview: Sam's Son
Us Magazine, September 10, 1984

What a Father Must Tell His Little Boy
TV/Radio Talk, April 1968

Goodbye, Little Joe
People Magazine - July 15th,1991

The Mellowing of Michael Landon
Us Magazine, June 15th, 1987

Mike Landon 'Kidnaps' His Wife ~ The Trip He Forced Her to Take!
TV and Movie Screen, November 1975

Mike Landon: My Kids Have Six Parents, Three Religions and One Problem - Me!
Photoplay, May 1966

'I Cried When My Son Was Born'
Photoplay, October 1964

Mike Landon's Marriage "Musts!" Revealed by his Wife
TV Star Parade, January 1969

"If I'm Gonna Die, Death's Gonna Have to Fight to Get Me."
LIFE Magazine, June 1991

Mark and Me, by Michael Landon
Modern Screen, April 1962

Out of Sight, but Not Out of Mind
The TV Collector Magazine, Vol 2, No. 57, November-December 1991

Landon's 'Little' Kids, by Sue Reilly
People Magazine, September 11th, 1978

Michael Landon's Other Women Confess: 'Our Love Looks Real Because It Is!'
Photoplay, April 1975

The Little House on the Prairie's Children Live in Terror of Michael Landon
Modern Movies' Hollywood Exposed - September 1975

He Runs Little House on the Prairie Like Any Other Business
Nation's Business, August 1978

Landon Divines the Values of the Heartland
Chicago Tribune TV Week, September 1987

Down To Earth Michael Spurns the "Hollywood Scene"
Orange Coast Magazine, November 1980

Bonanza's 50th Anniversary

Bonanza Turns 50; Long Running Western TV Series Releases DVDs for Anniversary by David Hinckley
New York Daily News Online - 9/12/09

A Half Century of Cartwrights: Bonanza's 50th Anniversary - NBC's Bonanza Brought Location Shooting, Tourists, and Money to Nevada By Dennis Myers
Reno News Review, September 24, 2009