Three Bad Men: John Ford, John Wayne, Ward Bond
"One of the most impressive elements of "Three Bad Men" is Nollen's familiarity with every film he discusses. For any title mentioned we get at least an honest critical evaluation and often a little opinion too, all expressed eloquently yet in language that any film fan can understand." -Cliff Aliperti,Immortal Ephemera"'Three Bad Men' is a must have book for any fan of Ford, Wayne or Bond; and it is essential reading for anyone who hopes to really understand these three men. Nollen not only talks about their lives apart from each other, but also about their lives together, something no biographer has ever really examined before. And without that type of biographical examination, one cannot hope to understand these three men as completely as Nollen obviously does." -The New Frontier"'Three Bad Men' is a literal who's who of Hollywood between the late 1920s and the early 1970s. It starts and ends with one of the greatest film directors to have ever graced a Hollywood set, John Ford. In between the covers of this great book you will run across every name you have ever heard of in motion pictures. . . and then some. The book interweaves this detailed Hollywood history with the complex and, dare I say, somewhat strange relationship between Ford, movie megastar John Wayne and everyman's favorite actor Ward Bond." -Carla Ives,Performing Arts Examiner"You've probably got shelves loaded with books on Ford and Wayne. Some are indispensable, some are good, some aren't so hot. I'd put 'Three Bad Men' in the indispensable stack. What Nollen does that sets 'Three Bad Men' apart is use Bond's biography as the backbone on which the rest of the book hangs. Nollen covers the films they made together, along with the pictures that came between them. Nollen strikes an almost perfect balance between the meticulously researched and the engagingly told. I found this a fun, fast, enlightening read -- up there with the Bogdanovich book." -Fifties Westerns