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Authors: C. Jack Lewis
ISBN-13: 9780810843585, ISBN-10: 0810843587
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: The Scarecrow Press, Inc.
Date Published: November 2002
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: C. Jack Lewis

Book Synopsis

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.

Table of Contents

Forewordxi
Acknowledgmentsxv
Introductionxvii
1Tom Mix Ain't a Drink!1
2Return of the Cherokee Kid11
3Lash, Fuzzy, and I19
4Down the Celluloid Trail33
5The Balancing Act53
6From Wonsan to Mamie Stover73
7The Heroes of Poverty Row89
8Back to the Ormonds103
9Riders Along the Trail113
10The Directors135
11On Down the Trail143
12The Screenwriters171
13Of Guys and Gags181
14And Then There Was Television197
15End of the Trail209
16Into the Sunset229
Index233
About the Author243

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