Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood

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University Press of Kentucky, Jun 29, 2004 - History - 430 pages

Kent Hollingsworth captures the flavor and atmosphere of the Sport of Kings in the dramatic account of the development of the Thoroughbred in Kentucky. Ranging from frontier days, when racing was conducted in open fields as horse-to-horse challenges between proud owners, to the present, when a potential Triple Crown champion may sell for millions of dollars, The Kentucky Thoroughbred considers ten outstanding stallions that dominated the shape of racing in their time as representing the many eras of Kentucky Thoroughbred breeding. No less colorful are his accounts of the owners, breeders, trainers, and jockeys associated with these Thoroughbreds, a group devoted to a sport filled with high adventure and great hazards.

First published in 1976, this popular Kentucky classic has been expanded and brought up to date in this new edition.

 

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Contents

The Squaw Man
1
The Virginian
14
The Call of the North
19
WhatsHisName
23
The Man from Home
27
The Rose of the Rancho
30
The Girl of the Golden West
34
The Warrens of Virginia
37
The Affairs of Anatol
162
Fools Paradise
165
Saturday Night
169
Manslaughter
172
Adams Rib
175
The Ten Commandments
178
Triumph
190
Feet of Clay
194

The Unafraid
41
The Captive
44
The Wild Goose Chase
47
The Arab
50
Chimmie Fadden
52
Kindling
54
Maria Rosa
57
Carmen
60
Temptation
64
Chimmie Fadden Out West
66
The Cheat
68
The Golden Chance
71
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
76
The Heart of Nora Flynn
79
The Dream Girl
82
Joan the Woman
90
A Romance of the Redwoods
103
The Little American
107
The Woman God Forgot
111
The Devil Stone
116
The Whispering Chorus
118
Old Wives for New
121
We Cant Have Everything
125
Till I Come Back to You
127
The Squaw Man first remake
131
Dont Change Your Husband
135
For Better For Worse
138
Male and Female
144
Why Change Your Wife?
150
Something to Think About
155
Forbidden Fruit
158
The Golden Bed
197
The Road to Yesterday
200
The Volga Boatman
210
The King of Kings
216
The Godless Girl
227
Dynamite
234
Madam Satan
241
The Squaw Man second remake
248
The Sign of the Cross
251
This Day and Age
261
Four Frightened People
267
Cleopatra
275
The Crusades
283
The Plainsman
293
The Buccaneer
299
Union Pacific
306
North West Mounted Police
312
Reap the Wild Wind
316
The Story of Dr Wassell
323
Unconquered
329
Samson and Delilah
334
The Greatest Snow on Earth
341
The Ten Commandments
351
DeMille Pictures Inc Costs and Grosses
365
Other Cecil B DeMille Film Credits
369
Unrealized Projects
371
Film Appearances by Cecil B DeMille
373
Notes
377
Bibliography
405
Index
407
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Robert S. Birchard (1950-2016) was an award-winning film editor and film historian. His "In the Beginning" episode of the Discovery Channel's Hollywood Chronicles series, which he wrote and directed, received a Silver Award at the Houston International Film Festival. He also authored King Cowboy: Tom Mix and the Movies.

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