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The "Real" Bob Steele and A Man Called "Brad" (A Biography of a Family, Friends and Associates)
Publicado por Da'Kine Publishing Co. (c.1991), Mesa AZ, 1991
Librería: ReadInk, ABAA/IOBA, Los Angeles, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Miembro de asociación: ABAA ILAB IOBA
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Softcover. Condición: Near Fine. First Edition. [very slight bumping to the corners of the rear cover, otherwise as-new]. Trade PB (B&W photographs, facsimiles) A curious sort of "biography" of two notable figures in B-western movie history: Robert North Bradbury (1886-1949), who directed and/or wrote about 125 films, most of them westerns, between 1918 and 1941 (including many of John Wayne's early starring vehicles for Monogram and other Poverty Row studios), and was also a sometime actor; and one of his twin sons, who himself became a B-western star under the name "Bob Steele." It's not really a formal biography at all, but rather kind of a running narrative of the author's attempts, using mostly published and/or secondary sources in a diligent but very amateurish way, to run down basic information about his subjects. (Example: he cites birth information for Bob Steele from more than two dozen reference books, articles, and other published sources -- only to then point out that "NONE OF THEM are totally correct," and THEN reveal that he actually obtained the guy's birth certificate from the State of Oregon.) He was obviously friendly with some of the younger generation of the Bradbury family, and had access to the family trove of memorabilia -- even though he didn't always know what to do with it, or when to omit things that aren't that interesting or germane. (Example: Chapter 20, entitled "Who Are These Guys?" reproduces about a dozen photos, mostly portraits, with captions like: "This photo from Bradbury's collection appears to be one of Hollywood's early leading men. No one could identify the actor.") The book also suffers a bit from poor production values, with many of the photos being reproduced at a very small size, very contrasty, with washed-out faces, etc. For all that, however, it's still a valuable source of information about the family, especially Robert North Bradbury.
