Reel Rangers
Texas Rangers in Movies, TV, Radio & Other Forms of Popular Culture
1st Edition
Published on 20. September 2020
216 pages
978-1-68179-202-6 (ISBN)
Description
For more than a century the world's most famous law enforcement body has inspired novelists, actors, and filmmakers. From "The Lone Ranger" to "Walker, Texas Ranger," from Zane Grey's "The Lone Star Ranger" to Larry McMurtry's "Lonesome Dove," Texas Rangers have been portrayed on the silver screen, network radio, and television. John Wayne, Gary Cooper, Tom Mix, Clint Eastwood, Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, and a host of lesser Western stars each took his turn at depicting Texas Rangers. Decade by decade, movie by movies, "Reel Rangers" explores in detail-rich popular that has dramatized the heroic mystique of the Texas Rangers.
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Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1910s-1920s: Rangers of the Silent Screen
- 1930s: The Masked Man and Other Talking Rangers
- 1940s: Rangers, Rangers, Everywhere
- 1950s: Rangers on TV
- John Wayne and the Rangers
- 1960s-1970s: Ranger Light-Comedies and Cartoons
- 1980s: Lonesome Dove
- 1990s: Walker, Texas Ranger
- Into the Twenty-First Century
- Western Stars and Ranger Movies
- Bibliography
