Ron Ormond

Western Adventure Productions ceased operating in 1951 after completing eight films, but four more films were made into 1952 using large amounts of footage from the previous films with various names credited for the screenplays such as Ormond's young son Tim and associate producer Ira Webb.{{Sfn|Lewis|2002|p=33}}

Western Adventure Productions ceased operating in 1951 after completing eight films, but four more films were made into 1952 using large amounts of footage from the previous films with various names credited for the screenplays such as Ormond's young son Tim and associate producer Ira Webb.{{Sfn|Lewis|2002|p=33}}

As the economics of producing [[B picture]] Westerns changed in the era of television, Ormond formed a company named [[Howco]] from the initials of Ormond's collaborators, [[drive-in movie]] owners J. Francis White and Joy Houck. Howco had an ambitious beginning, producing a moderately expensive western filmed in [[Cinecolor]] with familiar Hollywood players, ''[[Outlaw Women]]'' (1952). Ormond and his partners soon targeted the teenage drive-in audience with quickie exploitation features, such as ''[[Mesa of Lost Women]]'', ''[[Untamed Mistress (1956 film)|Untamed Mistress]]'', ''Please Don't Touch Me'' (also known as ''Teenage Bride'') and country-music movies such as 1965's ''40 Acre Feud'', featuring country-music stars [[George Jones]], [[Bill Anderson]] and [[Skeeter Davis]], and 1967's ''White Lightnin' Road'', a racetrack melodrama starring country singer and frequent Ormond actor [[Earl "Snake" Richards]].

As the economics of producing [[B picture]] Westerns changed in the era of television, Ormond formed a company named [[Howco]]. The name was derived from the initials of Ormond, and his collaborators, [[drive-in movie]] owners Joy Houck and J. Francis White.{{Sfn|Lewis|2002|p=68}} Howco had an ambitious beginning, producing a moderately expensive western filmed in [[Cinecolor]] with familiar Hollywood players, ''[[Outlaw Women]]'' (1952). Ormond and his partners soon targeted the teenage drive-in audience with quickie exploitation features, such as ''[[Mesa of Lost Women]]'', ''[[Untamed Mistress (1956 film)|Untamed Mistress]]'', ''Please Don't Touch Me'' (also known as ''Teenage Bride'') and country-music movies such as 1965's ''40 Acre Feud'', featuring country-music stars [[George Jones]], [[Bill Anderson]] and [[Skeeter Davis]], and 1967's ''White Lightnin' Road'', a racetrack melodrama starring country singer and frequent Ormond actor [[Earl "Snake" Richards]].

In the 1950s, Ormond directed an unsold pilot of ''Gulliver's Travels'' starring [[Allan Nixon]].{{Sfn|Wagner|2025|p=209}}

In the 1950s, Ormond directed an unsold pilot of ''Gulliver's Travels'' starring [[Allan Nixon]].{{Sfn|Wagner|2025|p=209}}