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Author Rollyson, Carl E. (Carl Edmund)

Title A real American character : the life of Walter Brennan / Carl Rollyson
Published Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2015

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Description 1 online resource
Series Hollywood legends series
Hollywood legends series.
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)
Summary The first biography of the prodigiously hard-working actor who embodied the Western ideal
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher
Subject Brennan, Walter, 1894-1974.
Brennan, Walter, 1894-1974
Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Entertainment & Performing Arts.
PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference.
Motion picture actors and actresses
Skådespelare.
Bibliografier.
United States
Genre/Form Biographies
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2015007919
ISBN 9781628460483
1628460482
9781496802910
1496802918