ReFocus : the films of Wallace Fox / edited by Gary D. Rhodes and Joanna Hearne.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rhodes, Gary Don, 1972- editor.

Hearne, Joanna, editor.

Series:

ReFocus, the American directors series.

ReFocus: the American directors series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fox, Wallace, 1895-1958--Criticism and interpretation.

Fox, Wallace.

Motion picture producers and directors--United States.

Motion picture producers and directors.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 267 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Films of Wallace Fox

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh, Scotland : Edinburgh University Press, 2022.

Summary:

Born in Oklahoma into the Chickasaw Nation, Wallace Fox directed films over the span of four decades. Known primarily for Westerns and mystery films, his output starred such famed actors as Bela Lugosi, Bob Steele, and Lon Chaney. <i>ReFocus: The Films of Wallace Fox</i> includes analysis of some of his best known films, including 'Wild Beauty', 'Gun Town', 'The Corpse Vanishes', 'Bowery at Midnight', 'Career Girl' and 'Brenda Starr, Reporter'. It reclaims the history and artistry of this major talent.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Figures

Notes on Contributors

Wallace Fox, Chickasaw filmmaker

Introduction: Wallace Fox and the B Film

1 Between Compliance and Resistance: Mapping the Careers of Wallace Fox and Nipo Strongheart in Early Hollywood

2 Indian Agents and Indigenous Agency at Universal: Wild Beauty (1946) and Gun Town (1946)

3 Neglected Western Traditions and Indigenous Cinema in the 1945-1946 Series Westerns of Wallace Fox

4 The Corpse Vanishes and the Case of the Missing Brides

5 "Like a crazy nightmare": Noirish Vampirism and Deviance in Bowery at Midnight

6 Voices and Vaults: Pillow of Death

7 Wallace Fox and America's "Career Girls"

8 She Made Her Own Deadline: Fox's Brenda Starr, Reporter

9 Bathos in the Bowery

10 Infernal Devices: Wallace Fox's Aeroglobe, Cosmic Beam Annihilator, and the Pit of Everlasting Fire

11 A Fox in the Wild: Ramar of the Jungle and the Crisis of Representation

Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 26 Oct 2023).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-3995-0566-1

1-3995-0565-3

OCLC:

1343103605