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LIKE NO OTHER BOOK ON GENE AUTRY!

GENE AUTRY WESTERNS

By Boyd Magers

Hardcover. 456 pages with over 296 photos—many rare never before published.

Each film contains:

• Release date
• Major production credits
• Complete cast (including character played)
• All songs included, who wrote them and who performs them in the film
• Running time
• Filming dates
• Cast bios of major players (Smiley Burnette, Pat Buttram, Cass County Boys, Herbert J. Yates, various heavies, directors, song writers, leading ladies, etc.)
• Locations used
• Budget and negative costs
• Stunt people involved
• Film analysis/synopsis
• Notes and comments (including film and cast background info, salaries paid, working titles, etc.)
• Film comments from Gene and many other cast members
• Theater exhibitor comments at the time of release

All of Gene’s Mascot, Republic and Columbia westerns included—
as well as his half-hour TV episodes.

Bonus Material features:

• Where to find individual songs in Gene’s films
• Recurrent themes in Gene’s westerns
• Gene’s appearances in film short subjects and various TV shows
• Songs written by Gene used in other movies
• Gene’s “Top 10s” as selected by 13 noted Autry enthusiasts
• Handy reference tables listing, by film and TV titles, all of Gene’s sidekicks, leading ladies, musical groups, screenwriters, directors, locations
• Champion chronology
• Gene in print
• Foreword/Afterword by Dick Jones and Jimmy Hawkins

THE REVIEWS ARE IN!

• “Here’s the book sure to please any western fan. No one is better suited to have taken on the task than Boyd Magers.” —Leonard Maltin, Toluca Lake, CA
• “Like no other book on Gene Autry. This tribute was written from the heart and it shows. Boyd Magers has given us the ultimate Gene Autry book. Everything you ever wanted to know about Gene’s career.” —J. Lovins, Amazon.com
• “Wow! Perfect—everything. You get what you pay for and your book is worth every penny.” —Fred Davis, Memphis, TN
• “Boyd Magers is the most knowledgeable western film historian I know, but I had no idea he would be able to put together such a fascinating, comprehensive, fact-filled book on Gene Autry’s films and TV shows. An absolute most!” —O. J. Sikes, Leonia, NJ
• “Encompasses every aspect of Gene’s films. The greatest ever distributed on a movie/TV personality with respect to credits. Written with love, devotion, dedication and care for detail over three years of personal research.” —Richard Smith III, Harrisonburg, VA
• “It brings the reader into the times. You can see it was done with love, dedication and great respect. Mr. Autry would have been very happy.” —Jimmy Hawkins, Los Angeles, CA

Completely authorized and researched over a two year period utilizing files at Gene Autry Entertainment which revealed information never before published.

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DON’T MISS OUT ON THE ONLY BOOK OF ITS KIND!

BEST OF THE BADMEN

by Boyd Magers
with Bob Nareau and Bobby Copeland

Hardcover. 347 pgs. Over 320 photos. Complete bios and photos on 315 western screen heavies from 1930 to the TV era of the ‘60s!

The real pleasure of watching a western —be it B, A or TV, is seeing how increasingly despicable Roy Barcroft, Harry Woods, Jack Elam, Charlie King, Noah Beery, Ted Adams, Myron Healey and scores of others could be from week to week. Now, learn the facts of their real lives as you prepare to boo and hiss them once again!

In over two years worth of research we’ve dug up and located facts and obscure information on these 315 badmen that has never been published before. Also much previously printed incorrect info has been updated and corrected. Extensive filmography on all.

Forewords by House Peters Jr., Jan Merlin, Michael Pate and Morgan Woodward.

Just a random sampling of the heavies included:
Ernie Adams, Ted Adams, Dick Alexander, Chris Alcaide, Morris Ankrum, R. G. Armstrong, Holly Bane, Roy Barcroft, Trevor Bardette, Gregg Barton, Lyle Bettger, Lane Bradford, Al Bridge, Steve Brodie. Yakima Canutt, Bruce Cabot, John Cason, George Chesebro, Ed Cobb, James Coburn, Tris Coffin, Dick Curtis, Richard Devon, John Doucette, Leo Gordon, Dan Duryea, Earl Dwire, Jack Elam, Doug Fowley, Terry Frost, Bud Geary, James Griffith, Kevin Hagen, Ron Hayes, Jack Ingram, Stan Jolley, Victor Jory, Douglas Kennedy, Charles King, Fred Kohler, Jack Lambert, Tom London, Pierce Lyden, Ian MacDonald, Merrill McCormick, Ted Mapes, LeRoy Mason, John Merton, Walter Miller, Mort Mills, Dennis Moore, Zon Murray, Chuck Morrison, Bud Osborne, Gregg Palmer, Bill Phipps, Tom Reese, Warner Richmond, Gene Roth, Allan Sears, Carl Sepulveda, Glenn Strange, Lee Van Cleef, Francis Walker, Slim Whitaker, Bob Wilke, Roger Williams, Harry Woods, Rusty Wescoatt and hundreds more!

Here’s what a few of them said about playing the bad guy:

• MYRON HEALEY: “There’s much more leeway in playing a heavy, you can get more out of the role. With the existing dialogue, you get more of a chance to pull things out of it…character and personality. With a heavy, you just play it straight and it’s just plain interesting, the fact that you’re not a nice guy.”
• LEO GORDON: “Westerns are fundamental…the morality play. There’s a good guy and a bad guy. You know which is which. You don’t have to go into the psyche to find out his parents were abusive. (And the heavy is) the guy people remember. You get more recognition.”
• JOHN CLIFF: “If you’re a heavy by nature, I mean the way you deliver, you’re a natural heavy. So many people try to lay it on. Give me a guy that can smile at you and cut your throat, you got a heavy.”
• JAN MERLIN: “One of the disadvantages of being a ‘good guy’ is having to look heroic and clean cut, while the ‘heavy’ can be as grungy as he pleases…or sometimes wears far more fancy duds than his pursuer…maybe even be better looking!”
• DAN DURYEA: “You can’t make a picture without a villain…it pays well and you last.”
• GREGORY WALCOTT: “The villains always seemed to have a little more dimension, a little more color, a little more character. It’s kind of fun too.”
• NEVILLE BRAND: “I don’t go in thinking he’s a villain. The audience might, but the villain doesn’t think he’s a villain. Even a killer condones what he’s done. I just create this human being under the circumstances that are given. I don’t think he’s a villain. Everybody just condones his own actions.”
• JACK ELAM: “In the old days, Rory Calhoun was the hero because he was the hero and I was the heavy because I was the heavy—and nobody cared what my problem was. And I didn’t either. I robbed the bank because I wanted the money. I’ve played all kinds of weirdoes but I’ve never done the quiet, sick type. I never had a problem—other than the fact I was just bad.”
  

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SO YOU WANNA SEE COWBOY STUFF?
by Boyd Magers

Here’s the only complete tour guide ever assembled leading you directly to all the western movie and TV memorabilia as well as filming locations in the entire United States. 264 pages, hundreds of photos on glossy paper. Hardcover.

From California to Maine you will find:

• Exact filming locations where Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, Hopalong Cassidy, Bill Elliott, John Wayne, “Bonanza”, The Durango Kid and all the rest shot their western films: Iverson’s, Corriganville, Old Tucson, Lone Pine, Sedona, Melody Ranch, Jauregui Ranch, Kernville, Moab, Walker Ranch, Bronson Cave, Monument Valley, Vasquez Rocks, Pioneertown, Big Bear, Kanab.
• Murals, Birthplaces, Monuments, Statues, Parks, Exhibits, Rodeos, Road Markers, Hotels, Bronzes and more!
• The Top Western Museums in the Country—Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Rex Allen, Will Rogers, John Wayne, Andy Devine, Warner Bros., George Montgomery, Red Ryder, Buddy Roosevelt, Ken Maynard, Tom Mix, James Stewart, Audie Murphy, Tex Ritter, Yakima Canutt.
• Detailed Studio Guides to Republic, Warner Bros., Universal, Monogram.
• Birthplaces, Childhood Homes and Former Residences of Roy Rogers, Hopalong Cassidy, Gail Davis, Tom Mix, William S. Hart, Joel McCrea, Ken Maynard, John Wayne, Dale Evans, Gene Autry, Audie Murphy.
• Detailed Guide to Western Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Newhall Walk of Stars, Palm Springs Walk of Fame and others.
• How to Find, Visit and See: Gower Gulch, Ray “Crash” Corrigan’s Grill, Fess Parker’s Winery, John Wayne’s Wild Goose Yacht, Clint Eastwood’s Mission Ranch, the Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame, the Lone Ranger’s Mask, Hoot Gibson’s Rodeo, the John Ford Memorial, Roy Rogers Restaurants, Sky King’s Songbird, Rex Bell’s Ranch, the bar used on “Gunsmoke”, Buck Jones’ Circus Wagon, Railroads and Locomotives used in dozens of westerns.
• Gravesites of John Wayne, Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, Audie Murphy, Hoppy’s Topper and others.
• Complete Listing of All the Annual Western Film Festivals!

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THE FILMS OF AUDIE MURPHY

by Boyd Magers and Bob Larkins

Here is an honest film by film analysis of western great Audie Murphy’s movies. The most complete and accurate lists ever compiled of credits, casts, locations and budgets on every Audie Murphy film and TV show. Over 100 interviews with Audie’s co-workers and co-stars with their remembrances, perspectives and insights into Audie—the actor and the man. Many of these people had never before been queried about Audie—people such as Robert Easton, Aldo Sambrell, Harry Carey Jr., House Peters Jr., John Bromfield, Joan Evans, Gregg Palmer, stuntmen Jack Williams, Bobby Hoy and Whitey Hughes, Jimmy Hawkins, Lee Aaker, Gordon Gebert, Sean McClory, Frank Chase, Joe Campanella, Morgan Woodward, R. G. Armstrong, John Alderson, producer Gordon Kay, Peter Breck, Wright King, Mason Alan Dinehart III, Ray Sticklyn, Dean Smith, Zohra Lampert, Myron Healey, L. Q. Jones, Harold J. Stone, Merry Anders, Ruta Lee, George Keymas, David Macklin, directors Earl Bellamy and Burt Topper and many, many others. Each film also includes a “Notes and Comments” section describing what was happening in Audie’s personal life at the time and includes interesting comments about the production. By fairly evaluating Audie’s films in chronological order and reading the observations of his co-workers, one is able to draw many conclusions about his historic yet tragic life. Accompanying commentary also describes what was happening in the actor’s life at the time of the filming. The text is richly illustrated with film stills and private photographs.

This chronicle of Audie Murphy’s life as a film actor details each of his films from “Beyond Glory” (‘48) to “A Time For Dying” (‘71). A biography of the actor runs from his birthdate to his three years in the army winning every possible combat medal, including the Congressional Medal of Honor, and from his entry into Hollywood to his final dramatic decline, gambling his fortunes away, becoming involved in violent episodes, and dying in a plane crash in ‘71.

THE REVIEWS ARE IN!

“I bought it because it had longer cast lists and location information. I was riveted by all the facts! It’s an excellent book.”                 —Howard Thomas, England

“221 pages of total enjoyment! So much of the information was new to me. As always, the anecdotes are what fascinate me most…and your book contained so many. Gordon Kay must be an interesting guy. He sure doesn’t mince words. His remarks about Allan Lane gave me a new, clearer perspective. For years I’ve heard he was humorless and egotistical. But Kay’s story suggests Lane was genuinely egocentric! Your book made me want to re-watch several Audie films I have ignored in recent years.  —Pat Shields, ABC Radio Network

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WESTERNS WOMEN

by Boyd Magers and Michael G. Fitzgerald

INTERVIEWS WITH 50 LEADING LADIES OF MOVIE AND TELEVISION WESTERNS FROM THE 1930S TO THE1960S

Forewords by Anne Gwynne, Lois Hall,
Gale Storm and Virginia Vale

Softcover. 288 pages, 150 photos, filmographies

This collection features a diverse mixture of leading ladies. Some toiled in B-westerns, others worked exclusively at the A level, a few were relegated to television. Those interviewed: Jane Adams, Julie Adams, Merry Anders, Vivian Austin, Joan Barclay, Patricia Blair, Pamela Blake, Adrian Booth, Geneé Boutell, Lois Collier, Mara Corday, Gail Davis, Myrna Dell, Ann Doran, Faith Domergue, Dale Evans, Beatrice Gray, Coleen Gray, Anne Gwynne, Lois Hall, Kay Hughes, Marsha Hunt, Eilene Janssen, Anna Lee, Joan Leslie, Nan Leslie, Kay Linaker, Teala Loring, Lucille Lund, Beth Marion, Donna Martell, Kristine Miller, Peggy Moran, Maureen O’Hara, Debra Paget, Jean Porter, Paula Raymond, Jan Shepard, Marion Shilling, Roberta Shore, Eleanor Stewart, Peggy Stewart, Linda Stirling, Gale Storm, Helen Talbot, Audrey Totter, Virginia Vale, Elena Verdugo, Jacqueline White and Gloria Winters.

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LADIES OF THE WESTERN

by Boyd Magers and Michael G. Fitzgerald

THE SEQUEL BOOK TO WESTERNS WOMEN. INTERVIEWS WITH 51 MORE LEADING LADIES OF MOVIE AND TELEVISION WESTERNS FROM THE SILENT ERA THROUGH THE ‘30S, ‘40S AND ‘50S
TO THE TELEVISION WESTERNS
Softcover. 328 pages, 150 photos, filmographies

Forewords by Kathryn Adams, Mala Powers and Marion Shilling.

In 1999, Boyd Magers and Michael Fitzgerald published WESTERNS WOMEN: INTERVIEWS WITH FIFTY LEADING LADIES OF MOVIE AND TELEVISION WESTERNS FROM THE 1930S TO THE 1960S, to acclaim and delight of the Westerns world. (“A must for fans…entertaining and an absorbing read”—WRANGLER’S ROOST;“excellent”—UNDER WESTERN SKIES; “recommended for any Western fan’s library”—NOSTALGIA WESTERNS—“engaging…affectionate”—FILM REVIEW.)
Now Fitzgerald and Magers are back with a new roundup of interviews with leading ladies from B-westerns, A-westerns, and television. In this volume of fascinating and candid conversations, 51 actresses discuss the facts of life as lived on a western set—and why, despite harsh working conditions, low pay, and a host of other challenges, most of them would happily choose to live it again.

Like WESTERNS WOMEN, this collection features another diverse mixture of leading ladies. Some toiled in B-westerns, others worked exclusively at the A level, others did TV westerns. Those interviewed: Kathryn Adams, Claudia Barrett, Reno Browne, Virginia Carroll, Phyllis Coates, Louise Currie, Frances Dee, Edith Fellows, Barbra Fuller, Beverly Garland, Lisa Gaye, Jane Greer, Marie Harmon, Virginia Herrick, Kathleen Hughes, Lois January, Anne Jeffreys, Linda Johnson, Suzanne Kaaren, Mary Ellen Kay, Elyse Knox, Barbara Knudson, Ruta Lee, Virginia Lee, Adele Mara, Carole Mathews, Joyce Meadows, Colleen Miller, Pauline Moore, Dorothy Morris and Caren Marsh, Noreen Nash, Noel Neill, Gigi Perreau, Mala Powers, Madlyn Rhue, Elaine Riley, Kasey Rogers, Jean Rouverol, Ann Rutherford, Karen Sharpe, Marjorie Stapp, Olive Sturgess, Ruth Terry, Lyn Thomas, Martha Tibbetts, Yvette Vickers, June Vincent, Beverly Washburn, Marie Windsor, Jane Withers. Included among their remembrances and anecdotes, you’ll find stories and tales about Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Audie Murphy, Charles Starrett, William Witney, John Wayne, Rex Allen, Clint Walker, Joel McCrea, Robert Horton, Bob Steele, Allan “Rocky” Lane, Lash LaRue, James Arness, Don Barry, William Boyd, Walter Brennan, Richard Boone, “Bonanza”, Johnny Mack Brown, Smiley Burnette, Rod Cameron, Yakima Canutt, Lon Chaney Jr., Republic Studios, Bill Elliott, Don Durant, Dale Evans, Eric Fleming, Clint Eastwood, James Garner, Myron Healey, Monte Hale, Buzz Henry, Hoosier Hot Shots, Will Hutchins, Jack Kelly, Alan Ladd, Jock Mahoney, Clayton Moore, Wayne Morris, Hugh O’Brian, Dale Robertson, “Superman”, John Agar, Bob Wills, Whip Wilson and many more!

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