White horse, black hat : a quarter century on Hollywood's Poverty Row / C. Jack Lewis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lewis, C. Jack.

Series:

Filmmakers series ; no. 96.

Filmmakers series ; 96

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lewis, C. Jack.

Screenwriters--United States--Biography.

Screenwriters.

United States.

Western films--United States--History and criticism.

Western films.

Genre:

Biographies.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

xvii, 243 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2002.

Summary:

Author C. Jack Lewis spent 25 years in this world of low-budget Westerns, and here he portrays the human side of the industry through the many people with whom he came into contact as he worked his way from film to film. Highly personal, filled with rare glimpses of a life that lives only in the memory of a few, this narrative is a nostalgic memoir of a bygone time, of those who shared life on Poverty Row-and of the hard work, failures, successes, and dreams made or broken. Liberal use of photos helps readers identify the faces they have seen on their television screens in the reruns of these pictures still making the rounds. A must-read for students of film and popular culture-great for fans of Westerns as well.

Contents:

1 Tom Mix Ain't a Drink! 1

2 Return of the Cherokee Kid 11

3 Lash, Fuzzy, and I 19

4 Down the Celluloid Trail 33

5 The Balancing Act 53

6 From Wonsan to Mamie Stover 73

7 The Heroes of Poverty Row 89

8 Back to the Ormonds 103

9 Riders Along the Trail 113

10 The Directors 135

11 On Down the Trail 143

12 The Screenwriters 171

13 Of Guys and Gags 181

14 And Then There Was Television 197

15 End of the Trail 209

16 Into the Sunset 229.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

0810843587

OCLC:

49385892