Jon Tuska

The Detective in Hollywood

American Film Noir in Cultural Perspective

Dark Cinema

David Wilson

Vicki Piekarski

The Contemporary Director

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Was Billy the Kid the most romantic of western desperadoes or a vicious killer? Ever since the Kid was shot by Pat Garrett in 1881, historians, storytellers, and filmmakers have been recounting and reinventing his life. In 1983 Jon Tuska published his first edition of Billy the Kid, and it was immediately recognized as the most accurate account yet produced. Choice called it "A magnificent tour de force and a model for others who would study legendary heroes of the American West." Now Tuska returns to the Kid in this new and expanded edition, examining the histories, novels, films, and other interpretations of the Kid that have appeared over the last 12 years. As with the earlier edition, this remains the most comprehensive and accurate reconstruction of the West's most legendary figure.

Billy the Kid, His Life and Legend

Billy the Kid, a Bio-bibliography

Darrell C. Richardson

The essential guide to one of the most popular writers of the 20th century.

The Max Brand Companion

Looks at the personality, career, movies, and cinematic style and influence of nine acclaimed filmmakers including Billy Wilder, Frank Capra, John Huston, William Wyler, and Alfred Hitchcock

The Hollywood Director

The Life and Times of S. S. Van Dine

Philo Vance

This beautifully written book is a definitive record of the players and productions of a film company that specialized in chapter plays and "B" movies and that became highly influential in winning an ever-widening public for the kind of films it innovated such as the musical Western. Cinema history at its best--written with careful attention to detail, and based on thorough research and exhaustive personal interviews--The Vanishing Legion offers critical treatment of every serial and feature produced by Mascot during its nine years of operation. Tom Mix, Gene Autry, John Wayne, Rin-Tin-Tin and other Western heroes ride and bark again through the pages of this fascinating book. Appendices list cast and technical credits (plus chapter titles) for all Mascot serials and features. Comprehensive index. Several dozen seldom- or never-seen ads and stills are reproduced.

A History of Mascot Pictures, 1927-1935

The Vanishing Legion

Jon Tuska

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