A real American character : the life of Walter Brennan / Carl Rollyson.

Author
Rollyson, Carl E. (Carl Edmund) [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
1st ed.
Published/​Created
Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2015.
Description
1 online resource (297 p.)

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Series
Hollywood legends series. [More in this series]
Summary note
The first biography of the prodigiously hard-working actor who embodied the Western ideal.
Notes
Description based upon print version of record.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of description
Description based on print version record.
Language note
English
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).
ISBN
1-4968-0291-8
OCLC
904144524
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