BackThe Films of Wallace Fox
(book in English)
Collective - Dir. Gary D. Rhodes and Joanna Hearne
- Type
- Studies
- Subject
- Director > Wallace Fox
- Wallace Fox
- Publishing Date
- 2024 (May 31, 2024)
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Collection
- ReFocus: The American Directors Series
- Language
- English
Dimensions
- Physical desc.
- Paperback • 280 pages • 29 €
6 x 9.25 inches (15.5 x 23.5 cm)
Also available as an eBook. - ISBN
- 978-1-3995-0564-2
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Book Presentation:
Offers the first collection of critical essays on Wallace Fox, one of Hollywood’s first Native American film directors
Examines the entirety of Fox’s career in film and television
Provides focus on Fox’s major works in the areas of the horror film, the western, the women’s picture, and the movie serial
Analyses the importance of Fox's role as one of the first Native American directors working in Hollywood
Born in Oklahoma into the Chickasaw Nation, Wallace Fox directed films over the span of four decades. Known primarily for Westerns and mystery films, his output starred such famed actors as Bela Lugosi, Bob Steele, and Lon Chaney. ReFocus: The Films of Wallace Fox includes analysis of some of his best known films, including Wild Beauty, Gun Town, The Corpse Vanishes, Bowery at Midnight, Career Girl and Brenda Starr, Reporter. It reclaims the history and artistry of this major talent.
See the publisher website: Edinburgh University Press
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