The Films of Randolph Scott
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  • Heros of the Old West
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  • "The Films of Randolph Scott" by Robert Nott
The Films of Randolph Scott
Robert Nott
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ASIN: 0786417978

Book Description

Reclusive American actor Randolph Scott, known for his subtle, dignified performances in almost 60 westerns, has been called the "most genuine Westerner." His career began in 1928 with the first of several bit parts; his first starring role was 1932's Heritage of the Desert. He fought in World War I, studying horsemanship, shooting, and bayoneting, and acted in a variety of films in every genre from musical to swashbuckler. His final film was Ride the High Country (1962).

Chronologically arranged from his birth in 1898 to his death in 1987, this book covers every film in which Randolph Scott acted. Each section begins with a biographical chapter and then lists Scott's films from that period: each film's entry has filmographic information, a synopsis, and detailed commentary, discussing such topics as the financial aspects, production details, acting, other participants, anecdotes, and critical responses. Quotes from interviews with figures in the industry and published reviews bolster the entries. A bibliographical essay completes the work, which is heavily illustrated with stills and promotional materials.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Heros of the Old West.......2006-11-05

This is an exceptional and definitive reference work dealing with the West's greatest cowboy. Any fan of Western films or `Oaters' as they are affectionately called here will eventually be treated to a picture featuring a character played by Randolph Scott. This book presents a comprehensive look at his career and includes excellent quotes and much commentary on his filmography. It provides a balanced examination of his work and indicates that some film reviewers occasionally criticized Mr. Scott, indicating his acting range was "limited." While this may be a valid criticism, a more comprehensive analysis of his work clearly shows that when given a tightly written script, focused direction, and the help of good ensemble supporting characters, Randolph Scott always turned in a performance that was guaranteed to entertain. This was particularly true as Mr. Scott grew older; gradually perfecting the non-verbal communication skills (the set of his jaw and steely-eyed glare) which made him the `silent man of action' archetype which set this genre apart and made him so uniquely and classically an American hero. Excellent reading for the cowboy in all of us.

4 out of 5 stars Randolph Scott was a great Western film actor.......2006-03-19

This book is a thoughtful look at Randolph Scott's films. The author offers many personal comments, as well as comments from people involved with the films. Evans interviewed people who worked with Randolph Scott and provides many interesting insights.

The bulk of Scott's film oeuvre was the Western and the author brings out the qualities that made Scott such an icon. Scott had
a certain Southern gentleman quality that imbued his roles with a dignity that many other Western actors lacked.

There are some good photographs in the book and there are cast listing for each film.

5 out of 5 stars "The Films of Randolph Scott" by Robert Nott.......2004-12-21

"The Films of Randolph Scott" by Robert Nott. Excellent study on the life and films of Randolph Scott, that must be given prestige for the fans of this unforgettable actor/cowboy and who likes western movies as well. Other publications on Randy Scott that I recommend are the excellent " Last of The Cowboys Heroes" of the same author" as well as "Randolph Scott, a Film Biography" by J.B Crow and "Whatever Happened to Randolph Scott" by Chistopher Scott.

Mario Peixoto ALves
Hollywood Gays: Conversations With : Cary Grant, Liberace, Tony Perkins, Paul Lynde, Cesar Romero, Brad Davis, Randolph Scott, James Coco, William Haines, David lewis
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  • More garbage from Boze
  • Consistently entertaining and revealing
  • Who knows?
  • Hollywood Hogwash
Hollywood Gays: Conversations With : Cary Grant, Liberace, Tony Perkins, Paul Lynde, Cesar Romero, Brad Davis, Randolph Scott, James Coco, William Haines, David lewis
Boze Hadleigh
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Book Description

Helps blow the cover off the gilded cage. It opens the closet door for a look at, and conversation with, ten gay men of the silver screen.

Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars Laughable, but not in a good way. .......2006-03-24

WOW. This guy should be ashamed to present this as even being remotely journalistic. No sources, no tapes and such outlandish, unbelievable dialogue that you are embarrassed for the writer. Cary Grant at 80 came on to this guy? Its so ridiculous its funny. Just one of the many obvious personal sexual fantasies the author shares with the reader. I'm sure many of these people he supposedly interviewed were gay or bi-sexual, but it's not proven in this book. If anything it's disproven by the mere fact that the author has such little to back him up that he has to resort to faking interviews and offering anonymous sources.

The most obvious example is the Cary Grant interview, but the rest are just as blatant. There is no way a private person like Grant would speak to a known liar like Boze, let alone discuss his homoosexuality with him, when he had sued Chevy Chase around the time of the interview for calling him a fag.

The book is a waste of money and time. There are great biographies out there that contain substantiated facts rather than gossip and lies.

1 out of 5 stars More garbage from Boze.......2005-12-02

As a journalist myself, I can testify that Cary Grant never gave interviews, even for articles about him. When he HAD to give an interview, he managed never to say anything. So you can write off the Grant interview right away. No conceivable way would he EVER EVER have spoken to Boze Hadleigh. In fact, I can't see how anyone would.

Someone mentioned their curiosity as to why Hadleigh's interview subjects are always dead. Uh, libel laws. He doesn't want to be sued. As he surely would have been - just look at what Cary Grant did when Chevy Chase called him "queer." And here's Cary, talking to good old Boze and coming onto him. Right.

Boze joins Hector Arce and Charles Higham in that wonderful world of - hey, they're dead, let's say anything we want - even fake an interview. And don't ever forget their liberal use of anonymous sources.

We know in many cases that the men allegedly spoken to by Hadleigh were indeed gay. Some we suspected. Now, did these people speak to Hadleigh - knowing full well what he's about? Perhaps some did and just as perhaps, some didn't.

Why we can't love and admire these people for what they brought to us with their work, I don't know. Instead, people like Boze try desperately to out actors like Tyrone Power (I bring this up because Hadleigh works Romero mercilessly on the subject) and manage to overlook first person accounts of affairs with him, such as Mai Zetterling's "All Those Tomorrows," Lana Turner's "The Lady, The Legend, the Truth," Linda Christian's "Linda: My Own Story," and Gene Tierney's autobiography. But why listen to those liars when we have BOZE??? Before Boze, there was Whisper magazine, a Confidential ripoff, and they outed Ty -as fooling around with Anita Ekberg while he was married to Linda Christian. Strange, isn't it - Confidential would have outed Rock Hudson if his studio hadn't traded another story. Odd they never felt compelled to do that to Ty...hmm...Again, Power may have been bisexual, and I do think in Hollywood, there was a lot of that going around. But why tell Boze about it.

5 out of 5 stars Consistently entertaining and revealing.......2005-09-26

The lengths people will go to to "defend" their favorite deceased stars from accusations about their private lives is laughable. All of the men profiled and interviewed in this book were long rumored or known to be gay -- it was the Hollywood studios, with their desire to keep their stars bankable, that cringed and worried the most about the truth getting out...along with the actors themselves wanting to maintain their livelihoods, of course.

How accurately Mr. Hadleigh was able to recreate/reconstruct the actual interviews (especially since notes and recordings were not always permitted, understandably) is open to debate.... but one CAN "hear" the subjects' voices speaking. They do NOT all sound the same, as one previous overheated reviewer stated. As for whether or not Cary Grant hit on the author, who's to say what type of man Mr. Grant was attracted to, especially at the age of 80? Anything is possible in this world!

I recommend this book as a great piece of entertainment, and a glimpse into the private thoughts of some openly gay and closeted icons.

3 out of 5 stars Who knows?.......2005-02-09

I agree that it is hard to know whether to trust this book's veracity (I found the moment when Cary Grant hits on the author particularly hard to take).

But I'm more bothered by all the vitriol in these reviews, as though saying someone is gay is the worst thing in the world! There is a lot of evidence outside of this book that these actors were gay or bisexual, so it's not absurd to think they were. And certainly not an insult.

The book is a fun read, whether it's based on actual interviews or not. "Hollywood Lesbians" seemed somewhat more believable.

1 out of 5 stars Hollywood Hogwash.......2003-10-01

Boze Hadleigh strikes again with another slew of over-heated tete-a-tetes that tax credulity. Where is there ANY corroborating evidence--a snippet of a tape recording, a photo, a breathing body who was on the scene--that these cozy confessionals actually took place? Not in this book, which would have you believe that every closeted superstar over the past thirty years couldn't wait to babble into Hadleigh's ever-present microphone. Only in your dreams, Boze.
Randolph Scott: A Film Biography
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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  • TOO BAD THE ONLY SCOTT FILMOGRAPHY TO DATE IS A BAD ONE.
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  • Merely excelent, great work by Jeff Brim Crow.
  • Simply said: Very good
Randolph Scott: A Film Biography
Jefferson Brim Crow
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ASIN: 094401917X

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars randolph scott western film star.......2007-05-30

5 stars for this book randolph scott a film biography over 250 top quality photoes of all his films on good quality stock paper plus a good wright up of all his films (recomended) les satisfied customer

2 out of 5 stars TOO BAD THE ONLY SCOTT FILMOGRAPHY TO DATE IS A BAD ONE........2002-11-12

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.

3 out of 5 stars films only.......2002-02-08

Excellent phots but weak on information about production of the films and their audience or critical reception.

5 out of 5 stars Merely excelent, great work by Jeff Brim Crow........1999-09-18

As a matter of fact it is a great book on Randolph Scott, our favourite big screen cowboy heroe. I recommend it.

Mario Peixoto Alves

4 out of 5 stars Simply said: Very good.......1999-03-11

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.
Whatever Happened to Randolph Scott?
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • "top money maker in B-Westerns & wonderful family man ~ Randolph Scott"
  • He still is my Hero
  • Biographical crumbs
  • Not a Scott bio, but a tribute of son to father
  • NOT AT ALL A BIOGRAPHY. Eternally boring.........
Whatever Happened to Randolph Scott?
C. H. Scott
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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars "top money maker in B-Westerns & wonderful family man ~ Randolph Scott".......2005-09-06

Empire Publishing presents "Whatever Happened to Randolph Scott?", telling the inside story of George Randolph Scott...born January 23. 1898 in Orange County, Virginia...left us March 2. 1987 in Los Angeles, California written by his son C.H. Scott in loving memory of his father.

Scott was a top box office draw for RKO, 20th Century Fox, Columbia, Paramount and Warner Bros...there was a an expression when you featured Randolph Scott in a film it was money in the bank...full of answers to many questions his fans had from early on...when you went to see him on the big screen, you got exactly what the marquee said...plenty of thrills, action and hard riding...a straight-shooting hero they had always known and was ageless...seems Scott got better with the more films he made and the scripts were always top notch.

Table of Contents (Chapter, Title and Page Numbers)

Introduction - 6
Chapter 1 - Keeping Up with the Giant - 8
Chapter 2 - On the Way Up - 41
Chapter 3 - Practice and Passion - 78
Chapter 4 - Humor -107
Chapter 5 - Family - 131
Chapter 6 - Friends - 158
Chapter 7 - On the Practical Side - 184
Chapter 8 - Problems - 211
Chapter 9 - Heroes - 225
Filmography - 230


As stated by Chris in the book "My fathers last four pictures were a fitting culmination to a career of excellence and dedication to the craft of acting and the audiences who were so faithful for several decades...RIDE LONESOME, WESTBOUND, COMANCHE STATIONS and his last film RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY"...Randy took his job and his responsibility to his audience very seriously...would not settle for anything less than his best...same was true in his personal life.

Chris Scott reports Daniel Webster defines "Legend", as being a notable person, or the stories told about that person exploits...well by the time Randolph Scott made his best films he had long established himself as a legend in the film industry...they say practice makes perfect, if that is true by 1958 at 60 years of age he was the master with THUNDER OVER THE PLAINS, RIDING SHOTGUN, THE BOUNTY HUNTER, RAGE AT DAWN, TEN WANTED MEN, TALL MAN RIDING, A LAWLESS STREET and SEVEN MEN FROM NOW...in the mid '50s his was in igh gear with SUGARFOOT, SANTA FE, FORTH WORTH, MAN IN THE SADDLE, THE MAN BEHIND THE GUN, CARSON CITY and THE STRANGER WORE A GUN...his age seemed to matter little, they only came to see another Randolph Scott film and always got their money's worth...Scott's films were good and getting better becoming classics with SEVENTH CAVALRY, THE TALL T, SHOOTOUT AT MEDICINE BEND, DECISION AT SUNDOWN and BUCHANAN RIDES ALONE

"Whatever Happened to Randolph Scott?" was not disappointing to me at all...in fact his marriage to Pat Scott for over 45 years to the one women in his life is refreshing, especially in the Hollywood scene, which Randy was not a part of...his very close friends included Fred Astaire, Freeman Gosden (creator of Amos & Andy), Dwight David Eisenhower, Reverend Billy Graham, Clark Gable, Bob Hope, Howard Hughes, Dinah Shore, Donna Reed (Chris Scott's Godmother), Tony Owen (Donna's husband)...agree with the one reviewer who states ~ As far as the book about his sex life,,,People forget that when Cary Grant and Randolph Scott were living together, it was not socially acceptable to be living with women when you were not married to them...one forgets that Henry Fonda and Jimmy Stewart also shared living quarters together early in their careers as bachelors, their sexual preference was never questioned

Randy Scott had a quiet gentleman nature about him which is not seen in the films of today...thank you Chris, for sharing your love for your father and the respect we all had for him...Don't miss this one...now appearing on Amazon and Empire Publishing ...Randolph Scott is alive and well in our hearts when the films he has made appear on Turner Classic Movies, DVD and books like this one come along...get your copy today. Great reading in the days and weeks to come...I guarantee it!

Total Page: 239 ~ Empire Publishing 9-780944-019160 ~ (10/01/1994)

4 out of 5 stars He still is my Hero.......2004-02-03

I have adored Randolph Scott ever since I was a little girl. This book was not disappointing to me at all. As far as the book about his sex life, gee it is funny that this author chose to write this after BOTH actors were dead. People forget that when Cary Grant and Randolph Scott were living together, it was not socially acceptable to be living with women when you were not married to them . I hardly think that if they had a problem, Randolph Scott would not have been married for 45 years to one woman and look at how many times Cary Grant was married. I was not a "Grant" fan but I sure respected Mr. Scott and how he kept his private life to himself. To me, Randolph Scott was the best looking man I have ever seen and he only got better with age. Then there was that quiet, gentleman nature about him that not another Actor in these days has. Do I love and respect him, Yes, I do. Thanks to his son also for sharing his love and respect for his father.

3 out of 5 stars Biographical crumbs.......2003-10-13

As one who needed to clear cerebral cobwebs formed while I watched, as a boy in the 50's, Randolph Scott in Saturday westerns, I was tantalized by every chapter of What Ever Happened to Randolph Scott?. To add to this reader's exasperation with this mysteriously superficial biography, Randolph Scott's adopted son states at several points that Randolph's life was much more complex than the son is willing to reveal out of respect to Randolph's wife and friends. My guess is that Randolph's family still controls what is by all accounts a fabulous estate; thus both their own as well as Randolph's privacy interests will live on. If the family will not cooperate with an effort to substantiate and compile a definitive biography, there is virtually no chance that the son will ever be able to tell us more.

Nonetheless, my curiousity was relieved and I am grateful for crumbs.

Alexander Witkowski

3 out of 5 stars Not a Scott bio, but a tribute of son to father.......2002-11-12

Originally published as "In the Footsteps of the Giant," (and listed on amazon.com under that title as well), this is a loving tribute of a son for his father. It is not at all a revelatory book, nor in any sense a biography of interest to film scholars. It earnestly refutes rumors regarding Scott's sexual orientation, but unfortunately does so only by calling the rumors ugly and baseless. I personally find the rumors less than convincing, but this book by Scott fils is not part of why I don't believe them. There is less insight into Randolph Scott than one would have liked here, and perhaps a little more about the son than the average film student needs. But it's a valuable book nonetheless, simply because it's one of the few pebbles in the gaping hole where a book-length study of Scott's life and career should be.

2 out of 5 stars NOT AT ALL A BIOGRAPHY. Eternally boring................2000-06-09

The author did not answer his own question... Whatever happened to Scott after he stopped acting? Why was he so reclusive and so on? The author himself does not know.

The author testifies that his father was wonderful and dignified man, but what would most people write about their fathers? It seems that the son was quite distant from his father, because it was in his father's nature to be distant from everyone and everything.

C.H. Scott is preoccupied with one thing only in this book: refuting rumor about his father and Cary Grant. I sympathize with the author. But if he meant to fight against "the slander", then he fails. Instead of being factual and objective in his refute, he just keeps coming back to the issue with his childish arguments. As the result this book is THE MOST BORING READ ever!!!

The author talks about his own life too much. If this book was titled: "Me and My Dad, Randolph Scott", it would have been appropriate. There aren't even any good photos, except for "the young George Randolph Scott in his family house". The author should have taken a lesson from his father: When you have nothing to say, DON'T SAY ANYTHING!
Last of the Cowboy Heroes: The Westerns of Randolph Scott, Joel McCrea, and Audie Murphy
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Good Book but Facts Could Be Reviewed
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Last of the Cowboy Heroes: The Westerns of Randolph Scott, Joel McCrea, and Audie Murphy
Robert Nott
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In the world of Western films, Randolph Scott, Joel McCrea, and Audie Murphy have frequently been overlooked in favor of names like Roy Rogers and John Wayne. Yet these three actors played a crucial role in the changing environment of the post-World War II Western, and, in the process, made many excellent middle-budget films that are still a pleasure to watch.
This account of these three Western stars' careers begins in 1946, when Scott and McCrea committed themselves to the Western roles they would play for nearly twenty years. Murphy, who also joined them in 1946, would continue his Western career for a few years after his cohorts rode into the film sunset. Arranged chronologically, and balanced among the three actors, the text concludes with Audie Murphy's last Western in 1967. Covering both the personal and professional lives of these three Hollywood cowboys, the book provides both their stories and the story of a Hollywood whose attitude toward the Western was in a time of transition and transformation. The text is complemented by 60 photographs and a filmography for each of the three.

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Good Book but Facts Could Be Reviewed.......2002-09-27

This book reviews the lives of three long-neglected cowboy stars - Randolph Scott, Joel McCrea, and Audie Murphy. Specifically, it follows the western films of these three actors. The book presented a good deal of information on the films and it is too bad most don't seem to be available on dvd as I would like to see the films that I have not seen. There were great descriptions of the plot and making of the films which was well done because it was evident that the author had viewed most of the available films. However, what bothered me was the inaccuracy of the very first line of the book that indicated Scott was born in Orange, North Carolina when all references I have seen indicate it was Orange County, Virginia. When I see something I know to be inconsistent with many other sources, I begin to wonder if anything in the book is accurate as to the biographical data on the stars. However, I would still recommend this book to anyone interested in these films or the stars.

4 out of 5 stars Riding high!.......2001-07-30

Entertaining and well-written book about the 3 movie-cowboys: Randolph Scott, Joel McCrea and Audie Murphy. Book tells not so much about their private lives and relations - but focuses on all the westerns they made since 1946. The writer tells detailed about each film and gives his personal opinion. Don't think that he considers all of them to be masterpieces - far from that! So, if these actors were some of your movie heroes from the 50's and 60's, the book is recommendable and easy read (even for a foreigner).

4 out of 5 stars Last out of the old corral..........2000-08-14

Apart from John Wayne, there were only three cowboy stars who hung on in the late 50s and early 60s, before spaghetti westerns briefly revived the genre, and created a new cowboy hero, Clint Eastwood. These were Randolph Scott, Joel McCrea and Audie Murphy. The films made by Scott between 1956 and 1960, directed by Budd Boetticher and written by Burt Kennedy, are among the best westerns ever put to film. What Nott has done here is to briefly survey the careers of all three performers before the late 50s, then give a detailed look at their final films. His research is excellent (I only found one error, the often repeated nonsense that Billy the Kid was born in New York City or Brooklyn) and his writing style is coherent and clear. Although Nott clearly loves these performers and these films, this is not a gushing fan publication... a comment that cannot be made for much of the output of this particular publisher. Recommended.

5 out of 5 stars Shooting Stars - Golden Age of The Western Film.......2000-06-25

With "LAST OF THE COWBOY HEROES" Robert Nott pays a long overdue tribute to three of the most enduring stars of the Western film genre. Each of the three stars has his career in the westerns covered in the period 1946-67 fully detailed,with a brief plot synopsis of each film and its making. Additional anecdotal material by colleagues and supporting actors in the trio's films provides a fascinating insight into their personalities. The book is written by Mr.Nott in a thoroughly readable style and in chronological order,like many of his readers he obviously has fond memories of the three stars and their films. The book is a must for anyone who enjoys western films and even more so for those of us who can remember seeing these movies back in the Golden years of the Western Movie. Excellently illustrated with movie stills and off screen shots this book sets a standard for others to follow.

5 out of 5 stars Circle the Wagons Around This One!.......2000-05-22

A must for any fans of this nearly lost genre of the cinema. Scott, McCrea and Murphy were the REAL cowboys, not the Hollywood version of cowboys, and this book adds to the enjoyment of their films for western fans and cineastes of every stripe. Well researched and entertainingly written!
Randolph Scott: The Gentleman from Virginia: A Film Biography
Average customer rating: 2 out of 5 stars
  • It's too bad such a great subject got such a bad book
Randolph Scott: The Gentleman from Virginia: A Film Biography
Jefferson Brim Crow
Manufacturer: Windriver Pub. Co.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0940375001

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2 out of 5 stars It's too bad such a great subject got such a bad book.......2005-02-04

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, one that is useful to serious students of American film, has yet to be published. Robert Nott's new book "The Films of Randolph Scott" is unread as yet by me, but his wonderful John Garfield biography gives indication that a fine Scott filmography has finally arrived.

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