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This beautifully written book is a definitive record of the players
and productions of a film company that specialized in chapter plays
and "B" movies and that became highly influential in winning an
ever-widening public for the kind of films it innovated such as the
musical Western. Cinema history at its best--written with careful
attention to detail, and based on thorough research and exhaustive
personal interviews--The Vanishing Legion offers critical treatment
of every serial and feature produced by Mascot during its nine
years of operation. Tom Mix, Gene Autry, John Wayne, Rin-Tin-Tin
and other Western heroes ride and bark again through the pages of
this fascinating book. Appendices list cast and technical credits
(plus chapter titles) for all Mascot serials and features.
Comprehensive index. Several dozen seldom- or never-seen ads and
stills are reproduced.
The Northwestern story emerged full-blown from the pen of Jack
London, and his "The League of the Old Men" is a fitting
introduction to these rigorous action tales, in which the
inhospitable climate strips away civilized veneer and individuals
must live or die by their cunning, instinct, and sometimes
ruthlessness. The bond between man and dog and the character flaws
revealed under the stresses of extreme isolation are just two of
the classic themes explored in these works. The collection comes to
a fitting climax of a century's worth of development with a new
story by Tim Champlin, commissioned for this volume.
Most of these stories were originally published in magazines and
were heavily edited to meet space and style concerns. Stories of
the Far North restores each work to its original form, uncut and as
each author intended.
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