Authors: Chris Enss, Howard Kazanjian
ISBN-13: 9780762738304, ISBN-10: 0762738308
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
Date Published: April 2005
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Howard Kazanjian is an award-winning producer and entertainment executive who has been producing feature films and television programs for more than twenty-five years. While vice president of production for Lucasfilm Ltd., he produced two of the highest grossing films of all time: Raiders of the Lost Ark and Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. He also managed production of another top-ten box-office hit, The Empire Strikes Back. Some of his other notable credits include The Rookies, Demolition Man, and the two-hour pilot and first season of J.A.G.
Roy Rogers and Dale Evans ruled the West from the silver screen as the King of Cowboys and and Queen of the West. Off screen, this husband and wife duo raised a family and lived the "Code of the West." Now, in this new biography, named for their first feature film as a pair, the Rogers family shares the inside story of these beloved Western icons, detailing their personal struggles and rise to stardom, the lives of their children, the tragedies that befell their family, and their memories of Roy and Dale and Trigger and other sidekicks on the silver screen and behind the scenes. More than sixty photographs of the couple at work and at home are included.
Foreword | vii | |
Introduction | ix | |
Prologue | xii | |
Chapter 1 | Humble Beginnings | 1 |
Chapter 2 | Off to California | 15 |
Chapter 3 | A Rough Start | 25 |
Chapter 4 | The Pioneer Trio | 35 |
Chapter 5 | Chicago to Hollywood | 47 |
Chapter 6 | The Rise of a King | 59 |
Chapter 7 | Partners on the Celluloid Plains | 71 |
Chapter 8 | Breaking Trail | 83 |
Chapter 9 | Cowboy King Marries Queen of the West | 95 |
Chapter 10 | A Higher Calling | 107 |
Chapter 11 | Sleeping Angel | 121 |
Chapter 12 | Faith in a Storm | 131 |
Chapter 13 | Adding to the Family | 141 |
Chapter 14 | One More Hard Trail | 155 |
Chapter 15 | Soldier Son | 167 |
Chapter 16 | Rider in the Sky | 179 |
Chapter 17 | Long Live the Queen | 187 |
Chapter 18 | Golden Cloud | 195 |
Chapter 19 | The Legend Lives On | 201 |
Epilogue | 209 | |
Appendix A | Roy Rogers Filmography | 213 |
Appendix B | Dale Evans Filmography | 221 |
Bibliography | 225 | |
Index | 231 | |
About the Authors | 239 |