Movie Westerns: Hollywood Films the Wild, Wild West
- ISBN-10
- 1411666100
- ISBN-13
- 9781411666108
- Category
- Performing Arts
- Pages
- 271
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005-12
- Publisher
- Lulu.com
- Author
- John Howard Reid
Description
No less than 150 classic western movies are surveyed, ranging from super productions like "The Big Country", "Destry Rides Again", "The Mark of Zorro", "Red River", "The Searchers", "The Spoilers" and "Unconquered" to the output of such popular "B" western film stars as Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Randolph Scott, William Boyd, Johnny Mack Brown, Tim Holt and Wayne Morris. Plus a big tip of the sombrero to Charles Starrett and John Wayne.
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