Intro -- Title Page -- Contents -- Dedication -- 1: The Glitter Dome -- 2: The Altar Boy -- 3: The Business -- 4: The Baby Mogul -- 5: The Street Monsters -- 6: Just Plain Bill -- 7: The Empty Cathedral -- 8: Gloria La Marr -- 9: Mr. Wheels -- 10:...
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Intro -- Title Page -- Contents -- Dedication -- 1: The Glitter Dome -- 2: The Altar Boy -- 3: The Business -- 4: The Baby Mogul -- 5: The Street Monsters -- 6: Just Plain Bill -- 7: The Empty Cathedral -- 8: Gloria La Marr -- 9: Mr. Wheels -- 10: Tuna Can Tommy -- 11: The Gunfighter -- 12: Jackin Jill -- 13: The Burbank Bomber -- 14: Mr. Silver -- 15: The Screaming Cowbirds -- 16: The Performers -- 17: Danny Meadows -- 18: The Crimson Slippers -- 19: Flameout Farrell -- 20: Apple Valley -- Copyright Page.
Many of B. M. Bower's Western novels were adapted for the silver screen, an experience she puts to hilarious use in the entertaining novel The Phantom Herd. In it, Bower skewers the filmmaking process, depicting a bumbling crew of Hollywood...
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Many of B. M. Bower's Western novels were adapted for the silver screen, an experience she puts to hilarious use in the entertaining novel The Phantom Herd. In it, Bower skewers the filmmaking process, depicting a bumbling crew of Hollywood moneygrubbers who come to the Wild West to shoot a movie, only to find that the truly untamed nature of the region is virtually impossible to capture on film
Title; Contents; Foreword; Chapter One - The Indians Must Go; Chapter Two - ""Where the Cattle Roamed in Thousands, a-Many a Herd and Brand ""-Old Range Song; Chapter Three - And They Sigh for the Days that Are Gone; Chapter Four - The Little Doctor Protests; Chapter Five - A Bunch of One-Reelers from Bently Brown; Chapter Six - Villains All and Proud of It; Chapter Seven - Bently Brown Does Not Appreciate Comedy; Chapter Eight - ""There's Got to Be a Line Drawed Somewheres""; Chapter Nine - Leave it to the Bunch; Chapter Ten - Unexpected Guests for Applehead
Chapter Eleven - Just a Few Unforeseen ObstaclesChapter Twelve - ""I Think You Need Indian Girl for Picture""; Chapter Thirteen - ""Pam Bleak Mesa-Cattle Drifting Before Wind-""; Chapter Fourteen - ""Plumb Spoiled, D' Yuh Mean?""; Chapter Fifteen - A Letter from Chief Big Turkey; Chapter Sixteen - ""The Chances is Slim and Gittin' Slimmer""; Chapter Seventeen - The Storm; Chapter Eighteen - A Few of the Minor Difficulties; Chapter Nineteen - Wherein Luck Makes a Speech; Chapter Twenty - ""She's Shaping Up Like a Bank Roll""
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Open Road Media Teen & Tween, Newburyport
Jeff's life would be so much better if he were the one directing it Close-up: Mary running toward him with tears in her eyes. "Oh, my darling, I couldn't wait to get back." Cut to long shot: Jeff puts his arms around her. They kiss. Fade out. Jeff...
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Jeff's life would be so much better if he were the one directing it Close-up: Mary running toward him with tears in her eyes. "Oh, my darling, I couldn't wait to get back." Cut to long shot: Jeff puts his arms around her. They kiss. Fade out. Jeff already sees everything as a scene in a movie, planning the camera angles and imagining people reading the lines he'll write for them. As soon as he saves up enough money to move to California, he's going to quit his dishwashing job, and then . . . look out for Director Orloff! Unfortunately, Mary Silver doesn't seem to have read the script. Whe