Randolph Scott
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Author | : Robert Nott |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 246 |
Release | : 2015-09-15 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 1476610061 |
Reclusive American actor Randolph Scott, known for his subtle, dignified performances in almost 60 westerns, has been called the "most genuine Westerner." His career began in 1928 with the first of several bit parts; his first starring role was 1932's Heritage of the Desert. He fought in World War I, studying horsemanship, shooting, and bayoneting, and acted in a variety of films in every genre from musical to swashbuckler. His final film was Ride the High Country (1962). Chronologically arranged from his birth in 1898 to his death in 1987, this book covers every film in which Randolph Scott acted. Each section begins with a biographical chapter and then lists Scott's films from that period: each film's entry has filmographic information, a synopsis, and detailed commentary, discussing such topics as the financial aspects, production details, acting, other participants, anecdotes, and critical responses. Quotes from interviews with figures in the industry and published reviews bolster the entries. A bibliographical essay completes the work, which is heavily illustrated with stills and promotional materials.
Author | : Chris Heath Scott |
Publisher | : G K Hall & Company |
Total Pages | : 373 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780783818610 |
The late film star's son describes his father's personal and professional life, as well as their relationship
Author | : Robert Nott |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 206 |
Release | : 2015-09-15 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 1476613729 |
In the world of Western films, Randolph Scott, Joel McCrea, and Audie Murphy have frequently been overlooked in favor of names like Roy Rogers and John Wayne. Yet these three actors played a crucial role in the changing environment of the post-World War II Western, and, in the process, made many excellent middle-budget films that are still a pleasure to watch. This account of these three Western stars' careers begins in 1946, when Scott and McCrea committed themselves to the Western roles they would play for nearly twenty years. Murphy, who also joined them in 1946, would continue his Western career for a few years after his cohorts rode into the film sunset. Arranged chronologically, and balanced among the three actors, the text concludes with Audie Murphy's last Western in 1967. Covering both the personal and professional lives of these three Hollywood cowboys, the book provides both their stories and the story of a Hollywood whose attitude toward the Western was in a time of transition and transformation. The text is complemented by 60 photographs and a filmography for each of the three.
Author | : Jefferson Brim Crow |
Publisher | : Empire Publishing |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Motion picture actors and actresses |
ISBN | : 9780944019177 |
Author | : Jefferson Brim Crow |
Publisher | : Windriver Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 302 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Motion picture actors and actresses |
ISBN | : 9780940375000 |
Author | : Robert Nott |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 201 |
Release | : 2018-09-13 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 1476635218 |
Budd Boetticher (1916-2001) was a bullfighter, a pleasant madman and a talented journeyman filmmaker who could--with the right material and drive--create a minor Western film classic as easily as he could kill a bull. Yet pain and passion naturally mixed in both endeavors. Drawing on studio archives and featuring insightful interviews with Boetticher and those who worked with him, this retrospective looks at each of his 33 films in detail, covering his cinematic career from his days as an assistant's assistant on the set of Hal Roach comedies to his last documentary some 45 years later.
Author | : Jefferson Brim Crow |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 1990-06 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780940375116 |
Author | : Scott Eyman |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 576 |
Release | : 2020-10-20 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1501192124 |
Film historian and acclaimed New York Times bestselling biographer Scott Eyman has written the definitive, “captivating” (Associated Press) biography of Hollywood legend Cary Grant, one of the most accomplished—and beloved—actors of his generation, who remains as popular as ever today. Born Archibald Leach in 1904, he came to America as a teenaged acrobat to find fame and fortune, but he was always haunted by his past. His father was a feckless alcoholic, and his mother was committed to an asylum when Archie was eleven years old. He believed her to be dead until he was informed she was alive when he was thirty-one years old. Because of this experience, Grant would have difficulty forming close attachments throughout his life. He married five times and had numerous affairs. Despite a remarkable degree of success, Grant remained deeply conflicted about his past, his present, his basic identity, and even the public that worshipped him in movies such as Gunga Din, Notorious, and North by Northwest. This “estimable and empathetic biography” (The Washington Post) draws on Grant’s own papers, extensive archival research, and interviews with family and friends making it a definitive and “complex portrait of Hollywood’s original leading man” (Entertainment Weekly).
Author | : Peter Kranzpiller |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 92 |
Release | : 1997-01-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9783890896823 |
Author | : Mark Glancy |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 400 |
Release | : 2020-09-15 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0190053143 |
A definitive new account of the professional and personal life of one of Hollywood's most unforgettable, influential stars. Archie Leach was a poorly educated, working-class boy from a troubled family living in the backstreets of Bristol. Cary Grant was Hollywood's most debonair film star--the embodiment of worldly sophistication. Cary Grant: The Making of a Hollywood Legend tells the incredible story of how a sad, neglected boy became the suave, glamorous star many know and idolize. The first biography to be based on Grant's own personal papers, this book takes us on a fascinating journey from the actor's difficult childhood through years of struggle in music halls and vaudeville, a hit-and-miss career in Broadway musicals, and three decades of film stardom during Hollywood's golden age. Leaving no stone unturned, Cary Grant delves into all aspects of Grant's life, from the bitter realities of his impoverished childhood to his trailblazing role in Hollywood as a film star who defied the studio system and took control of his own career. Highlighting Grant's genius as an actor and a filmmaker, author Mark Glancy examines the crucial contributions Grant made to such classic films as Bringing Up Baby (1938), The Philadelphia Story (1940), Notorious (1946), An Affair to Remember (1957), North by Northwest (1959), Charade (1963) and Father Goose (1964). Glancy also explores Grant's private life with new candor and insight throughout the book's nine sections, illuminating how Grant's search for happiness and fulfillment lead him to having his first child at the age of 62 and embarking on his fifth marriage at the age of 77. With this biography--complete with a chronological filmography of the actor's work--Glancy provides a definitive account of the professional and personal life of one of Hollywood's most unforgettable, influential stars.