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The West of Old Tucson Studios
Old Tucson Studios began as an elaborate set built in 1939 by producer/director Wesley Ruggles to film his adaptation of Clarence Budington Kelland’s Arizona. We take a look at some of the best films shot there over the years and their source books. While most of them are Westerns, some have modern settings, including Ralph Nelson’s classic Lilies of the Field, adapted from William E. Barrett’s novel. If you see a hillside full of saguaro cactus in a movie, it was likely shot at Old Tucson.
Collecting Stan Lynde: Rick O’Shay, Latigo, The Bodacious Kid and More!
Lynde’s continuing legacy to collectables is going to be his Rick O’Shay comic strip, which ran for years as the only Western in the funnies. It is full of memorable characters and remarkably gentle humor. After the comic strip phase of his life was over, Lynde turned to writing novels, among them the entertaining Bodacious Kid series, as well as a fine book set during the Kansas/Missouri Border Wars and in and the gold fields of Montana, Vigilante Moon.
Stan Lynde: An Annotated Checklist of First Editions
The early Rick O’Shay reprints in trade paperback are scarce and pricey, and Lynde’s novels present particularly sticky challenges.
Editor’s Letter
Calendar Report
Books into Film
The Virginian, a novel written by Owen Wister, and films produced several times over the years.
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Antiquarian Notes
Contributors & Upcoming in the July/August 2019 Issue