One of Hollywood's most enduring genres, Westerns (Fort Apache, High Noon, Shane, to name but three) dominated movie screens for over forty years. And unlike other classes of films, the Western made a smooth transition to television, with shows such as Gunsmoke, Bonanza, and The Virginian leading the way.The 24 interviews in this work take us back to a time when Westerns were tops in television ratings and box office receipts. The interviewees (Lee Aaker, John Agar, Harry Carey, Jr., Lois Hall, Ben Johnson, Sue Ane Langdon, Walter Reed, Virginia Vale, Clint Walker, and 15 others) take us behind the scenes, showing us how the Westerns were made and giving us insights about the personalities involved.

White Hats and Silver Spurs: Interviews With 24 Stars of Film and Television Westerns of the Thirties Through the Sixties

Humor & Entertainment

Fagen, Herb

Television

McFarland Publishing

A biography of the comedian recounts his life and career on stage, screen, and radio, with and without his partner, Gracie Allen, and records some of his best quotes and quips

George Burns: In His Own Words

BURNS, GEORGE

Biographies & Memoirs

Carroll & Graf Pub.

Drawing on hundreds of sources, this oral biography of John Wayne combines anecdotes and observations by those who knew, loved, and worked with him throughout his career, and reveals Duke at his noblest and most vulnerable.

Duke: We're Glad We Knew You: John Wayne's Friends and Colleagues Remember His Remarkable Life

Arts & Literature

Citadel

The legendary icon is made real through vivid anecdotes and observations from the insiders who worked, gambled, drank, and fought with Wayne’s outsized personality. Drawing on hundreds of sources, both published and broadcast, this oral biography presents in-depth interviews with the friends and confidants of John Wayne: Lee Aaker, John Agar, Peri Alcaide, Luster Bayless, Budd Boetticher, Harry Carey Jr., Tom Corrigan, Robert Donner, Edward Faulkner, Leo Gordon, Ben Johnson, Burt Kennedy, Jeanette Mazurki Lindner, Michelle Mazurki, Andrew McLaglen, Bill McKinney, Christopher Mitchum, John Mitchum, Nancy Morrison Marshall, Walter Reed, Dean Smith, Robert Totton, Ron Talsky, Marie Windsor, and Yvonne Wood. Here, in loving memory of the Duke 30 years after his death, is the updated and revised edition, featuring never-before-seen photos and interviews. Candid, funny, revealing, moving, and inspiring, this two-fisted tribute shows John Wayne as the true hero he was. “He gave the whole world the image of what an American should be.” —Elizabeth Taylor "To the people throughout the world, John Wayne is not just an actor, and a very fine actor—John Wayne is the United States of America." —Maureen O’Hara

Duke, We're Glad We Knew You

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

The Encyclopedia of Westerns (The Facts on File Film Reference Library)

Presents an alphabetical listing of western films, discussing information on production, cast, and crew, and offering a summary of the plot, and a critical analysis.

Movies

FACTS ON FILE+

On May 1, 1951, a legend was born. Newly acquired Orestes Minoso, the first black to play Major League Baseball in the City of Chicago, stepped into the batter's box for his first turn at bat in a Chicago White Sox uniform. Minnie tells of his boyhood days in the sugar fields of Cuba, racial discrimination in Cuban society, and feelings of betrayal upon being traded from the Cleveland Indians to the Chicago White Sox in 1951.

Just Call Me Minnie: My Six Decades in Baseball

Minoso, Minnie

Sagamore Pub Llc

Drawng on hundreds of sources, this oral biography of John Wayne combines anecdotes and observations by those who knew, loved, and worked with him throughout his career

Duke We're Glad We Knew You: John Wayne's Friends and Colleagues Remember His Remarkable Life

Birch Lane Pr

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Fagen, Herb. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Fagen, Herb

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Fagen, Herb. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

White Hats and Silver Spurs: Interviews With 24 Stars of Film and Television Westerns of the Thirties Through the Sixties

George Burns: In His Own Words

Duke: We're Glad We Knew You: John Wayne's Friends and Colleagues Remember His Remarkable Life

Duke, We're Glad We Knew You

The Encyclopedia of Westerns (The Facts on File Film Reference Library)

The Encyclopedia of Westerns (The Facts on File Film Reference Library)

Just Call Me Minnie: My Six Decades in Baseball

Duke We're Glad We Knew You: John Wayne's Friends and Colleagues Remember His Remarkable Life