Joel McCrea: Riding the High Country

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Thomas, Tony.

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Film Score: The Art and Craft of Movie Music

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The Dick Powell Story

When Don Miller's Hollywood Corral was originally published in 1976, it was eagerly embraced by the thriving core of Western film fans that had coalesced during the preceding decade. There had already been several historical surveys of the genre, but none had focused exclusively on the low-budget series Westerns of Hollywood's Golden Age. Miller's work was a lively and informative volume on the subspecies, which included more than 2,000 movies. Hollywood Corral was eagerly accepted by its target audience: serious B Western fans and collectors. Long out of print, it has been much sought after by a new generation of hobbyists who, thanks to the proliferation of old movies on videotape, videodisc, and cable TV, have discovered the joys of B Western watching. With the original's mistakes corrected and a different photo selection accompanying this reprint, Hollywood Corral had been augmented with newly written essays covering specific aspects of the genre not fully covered by Miller. Some of the country's leading film historians are represented in these pages, contributing knowledge about B Western production little known even among the genre's most fervent devotees. Studio styles, literary precursors, location shooting, music scoring, and other facets of B Western production are examined with the same reverence and regard for historical accuracy generally accorded studies of more prestigious film forms. Hollywood Corral sports a breathtaking array of rare photos: over 400 in all, many of them never-before-published candid and behind-the-scenes shots, illustrating the entire history of the B Western era. And it also features a detailed bibliography that will direct students of the genre to other published works on Westerns. Newly written contributions from Gene Autry and Roy Rogers - the era's most beloved cowboy stars - round out this vastly entertaining package, which is sure to delight nostalgia-minded browsers and hardcore B Western aficionados alike.

Don Miller's Hollywood Corral: A Comprehensive B-Western Roundup

Hulse, Ed

Miller, Don

Smith, Packy

It has been nearly sixty years since Tom Mix made his last movie, more than fifty years since his death, and few today have seen "America's Champion Cowboy" on screen - yet the name Tom Mix still conjures up the image of a cowboy star in a real ten-gallon hat. Here for the first time is a complete survey of the motion picture career of the screen's greatest Western star. From The Trimming of Paradise Gulch in 1910 to The Miracle Rider in 1935, all of Tom Mix's 270 films are documented with full production and screen credits, contemporary reviews and plot summaries. The Mix movies come alive in hundreds of dramatic scene stills, unique frame enlargements, and rare behind the scenes photos.

King Cowboy: Tom Mix and the Movies

Birchard, Robert S.

Betty Grable's rise from chorus girl to screen star is the stuff of which Hollywood legends are made and this extensively researched book documents her fabulous career with detailed analysis of all her films. The entries of Grable's movies include casts, credits, synopses, contemporary reviews, running times, song titles, release dates, budgets, grosses, and behind the scenes production notes.A biographical essay traces Grable's personal life from her childhood as the pawn of an ambitious stage mother through her stardom and problematic marriages to Jackie Coogan and Harry James, and finally to the lean years after her departure from Hollywood in 1955.More then 200 photos - many of them never before published - illustrate the fascinating story of this legendary performer. A long-overdue tribute, The Films of Betty Grable provides the definitive record of its subject's career, and offers new insights into the enduring, worldwide popularity of this beautiful and talented star of the movies' Golden Age.

The Films of Betty Grable

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Mitchell Leisen: Hollywood Director

Chierichetti, David

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