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Aug 17, 2015 · Learn about the life and legacy of Pancho Barnes, a pioneering female aviator and the founder of the Happy Bottom Riding Club. Watch the trailer, buy the DVD, or find out where to see the film in festivals and on TV.
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Learn about the life and achievements of Pancho Barnes, a pioneering female aviator and owner of the Happy Bottom Riding Club near Edwards Air Force Base. Watch the trailer, read user reviews and see the cast and crew of this 2009 video.
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The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club is a local public television program presented by PBS SoCal . The thrilling life of aviation pioneer Florence Lowe "Pancho" Barnes.
The Happy Bottom Riding Club (1935–1953), was a dude ranch, restaurant, and hotel operated by aviator Florence "Pancho" Barnes near Edwards Air Force Base in the Antelope Valley of California 's Mojave Desert. [N 1] [1] Barnes and her club were featured in Tom Wolfe 's 1979 book, The Right Stuff, and its 1983 film adaptation .
The Happy Bottom Riding Club was Pancho Barnes most famous and successful creation. Club members could fly in to Pancho’s FAA approved airport, attend rodeos at her championship rodeo stadium, ride horses from her well-stocked horse corral, dance in her dance hall, have drinks at her bar, eat the best steak of their life in her restaurant, swim in her large circular pool, and then decide to ...
Production. The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club was made on a non-profit basis through the Orange County PBS station KOCE-TV. It was written and produced by Nick T. Spark and directed by University of Southern California professor Amanda Pope. Dydia DeLyser and Nathan May served as associate producers for the film.
A third biography appeared in 2000, written by Lauren Kessler, The Happy Bottom Riding Club: The Life and Times of Pancho Barnes. PBS sponsored a documentary film, The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club, completed in 2009. In it, Kathy Bates provides the voice of Barnes. The documentary was made independently of the estate ...
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