Shooting scripts
Subtitle: from pulp Western to film
By: Bob Herzberg.
Publisher: McFarland & Co.; Mcfarland & Co Inc Pub
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Jefferson, N. C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
Subjects: Western films -- United States -- History and criticism.; Western stories -- Film and video adaptations.
Description: "The adaptations of seven of the pulps' best writers--Ernest Haycox, Luke Short, Frank Gruber, Norman A. Fox, Louis L'Amour, Marvin H. Albert, and Clair Huffaker--are analyzed here. A critical examination of how the books were interpreted by filmmakers is included, along with commentary on the actors and directors who put the pulps on screen"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-194) and index.
Table of contents: title: Ernest Haycox and the grandeur of the West; title: Luke Short and romance in the West; title: Frank Gruber and the distortions of the West; title: Norman A. Fox and the cliches of the West; title: Louis L'Amour: Nietzsche goes West!; title: Marvin H. Albert and violence in the West; title: Clair Huffaker and hellraising in the West; title: Saddle up: other unsung heroes of the written page.