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A real American character : the life of Walter Brennan / Carl Rollyson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rollyson, Carl E. (Carl Edmund), author.
- Series:
- Hollywood legends series.
- Hollywood legends series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion picture actors and actresses--United States--Biography.
- Motion picture actors and actresses.
- Brennan, Walter, 1894-1974.
- Brennan, Walter.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (297 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The first biography of the prodigiously hard-working actor who embodied the Western ideal.
- Contents:
- The beginning (1894-1927)
- The racket (1928-35)
- Acclaim and awards: Samuel Goldwyn, Howard Hawks, Fritz Lang, and how Walter Brennan became a real character (1934-39)
- The apotheosis of Walter Brennan (1940)
- Primal Brennan: Gary Cooper, Humphrey Bogart, Frank Capra, Jean Renoir, Howard Hawks (1940-44)
- Western Brennan: Bob Hope, Henry Fonda, John Wayne, John Ford, Howard Hawks (1944-48)
- Western Brennan redux: Robert Mitchum, James Stewart, Spencer Tracy, John Wayne The far country, Bad day at Black Rock, Rio Bravo (1948-58)
- The real McCoys: America's grandpa (1957-63)
- The politics of becoming Walter Brennan (1960-73)
- The legacy years (1969-74).
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4968-0291-8
- OCLC:
- 904144524
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