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24 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
TOO BAD THE ONLY SCOTT FILMOGRAPHY TO DATE IS A BAD ONE.,
By Jim Beaver (Hollywood CA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Randolph Scott: A Film Biography (Paperback)
Jefferson Brim Crow is an unadulterated fan of Randolph Scott, and his adoration of the great Western star is evident. Unfortunately, Crow is no film history scholar, and his book is really not much more than an impressively printed fan's scrapbook. Real biographical information is sparse, there are no substantial interviews of Scott's colleagues (of the four "interviews" in the book, two are one-sentence remarks and the other two are almost remarkably uninformative Q&A's of this sort: "Q: 'Do you know his birthplace?' A: 'I don't know.'").The vast majority of the book is a collection of photographs, many quite interesting, but scattered randomly without connection to the adjacent text, i.e., photos of Scott's late 1950s Westerns in a chapter dealing with his early romantic juvenile period. There is a filmography with minimal detail, and a long section consisting of photocopied newspaper articles about Scott, many of which are no more than publicity blurbs. There is virtually no criticism of any kind; even the worst Scott films are beloved of the author and no critical evaluation of Scott's acting skills is attempted. And whether or not one believes or cares one way or the other about the rumors and innuendo regarding Scott's relationship with Cary Grant, it is astounding to find the one purportedly objective book to focus specifically on Scott's career completely ignoring the fact that such rumor and innuendo had significant effect on Scott's career and personal life. Crow never mentions it. It would be perplexing were it not evident that this is a fan book, written by a fan who has no interest in anything beyond promoting adoration for his idol. It's quite a nice book to look at, barring the abundant misspellings and middle-school syntax. But a real Randolph Scott biography or filmography, one that is useful to serious students of American film, has yet to be published.
21 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Simply said: Very good,
By A Customer
This review is from: Randolph Scott: A Film Biography (Paperback)
Since I was a kid, Randolph Scott has always been my cowboy-hero. In spite of I was NOT allowed to see his films at that time, they were prohibited for children under 16 years, I have later seen qui te a lot of them, and most of them satisfying, and a handful very very good to my opinion. Unfortunately,I was never lucky to find any books or magazines etc. with him, until I this yearfound that AMAZON had the material I really had been loo king for (I live in Denmark, so we don`t see much of such stuff around here), too small a country in this respect, so I have lately received A FILM BIO graphy, with 200-300 hundred of pictures from his films, together with his movie-carrier from film no. 1 - to his last in 1962 no. 100. I must say, I really was surprised of the book`s content, it was exactly what I will call: ALL ABOUT THAT MAN - and who can ask for more. YES, that book will have my full recommandation, that`s for sure - if you are a RANDOLPH SCOTT fan, like me.
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
films only,
By A Customer
This review is from: Randolph Scott: A Film Biography (Paperback)
Excellent phots but weak on information about production of the films and their audience or critical reception.
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Randolph Scott began his motion picture career in a film called Sharp Shooters in 1928 and retired from the screen 34 years later, in 1962, after making what has now been recognized as a milestone western, MGM's Ride the High Country. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
frontier marshal, series westerns, western films Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Randolph Scott, Zane Grey, Warner Bros, Brim Crow, Roy Huggins, John Wayne, Hangman's Knot, Twentieth Century-Fox, Lee Marvin, Claude Akins, Noah Beery, Randy Scott, New York, Forrest Tucker, United Artists, Frank Faylen, Western Union, Cary Grant, Harry Joe Brown Director, Irene Dunne, Paramount Publix Director, Riding Shotgun, Donna Reed, Edgar Buchanan, George Macready New!
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Randolph Scott began his motion picture career in a film called Sharp Shooters in 1928 and retired from the screen 34 years later, in 1962, after making what has now been recognized as a milestone western, MGM's Ride the High Country. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
frontier marshal, series westerns, western films Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Randolph Scott, Zane Grey, Warner Bros, Brim Crow, Roy Huggins, John Wayne, Hangman's Knot, Twentieth Century-Fox, Lee Marvin, Claude Akins, Noah Beery, Randy Scott, New York, Forrest Tucker, United Artists, Frank Faylen, Western Union, Cary Grant, Harry Joe Brown Director, Irene Dunne, Paramount Publix Director, Riding Shotgun, Donna Reed, Edgar Buchanan, George Macready New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The Last of the Mohicans (Leatherstocking Tale) by James Fenimore Cooper on page 21, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Whatever Happened to Randolph Scott? by C. H. Scott in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Cover
- Wild Horse Mesa by Zane Grey on page 9, Back Matter, and Index
- Code of the West (A Zane Grey Western) by Zane Grey in Back Matter, and Index
- The Heritage of the Desert by Zane Grey in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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