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A Absence of Malice, 53 Ain’t in It for My Health, 59, 83 the Baby, 77; Bronco Billy (Oscars), 3, Albee, Edward, 52, 53, 54 and the Greaser, 3; Broncho 4, 5, 7, 10, 18, 31, 38, 39, 41, Alexander, Katharine, 11, 12; Billy and the Maid, 2; 42, 43, 46, 47, 50, 53, 56, Death of a Salesman (play), Broncho Billy and the School 57, 58, 59, 60, 63, 64, 74, 12; In Name Only, 12; That Mistress, 3; Broncho Billy’s 79, 80, 81 Awful Mrs. Eaton, 12; That Christmas Deed, 2; Broncho Accomplices to the Crime, 57, 92 Certain Woman, 12 Billy’s Redemption, 2; Accountant, The, vii, viii, 74, Presents Broncho Billy’s Sentence, 3; 75, 85 (TV series), 42 Broncho Billy: The First Reel Action in the North Atlantic, 31 Alias Smith and Jones Cowboy, 81; The Girl from Adam at Six A.M. (TV series), (TV series), 54 Montana, 2; The Great 51 Allegiance (musical), 55 Train Robbery, 2; The Lucky Adams, Joey Lauren, viii, 66, Allen, Eric, 49 Dog, 3; Raffles, The Amateur 67, 90; Big Daddy, 66; Allen, Woody, 20 Cracksman, 2; The Son-of- Chasing Amy, 66, 67; All the President’s Men, 47 A-Gun, 3; Justice, 2 Come Early Morning, 66; All the Real Girls, 68 Andrews, Lloyd, 17, 29–31, 90; , 66; Dazed and American Beauty, 66 Rhythm of the Rio Grande, Confused, 66; Mallrats, 66; American Dream, The (play), 53 30; Take Me Back to Trucker, 66; Valley Inn, 66 American Folk Festival: , 31 Adams, Julie, 17, 27, 28, 30; The British Tours, 1963– Andy Griffith Show (TV series), Bend of the River, 30; 1966, 82 33 Creature from the Black American Folklife Center, 82 Angelou, Maya, 41 Lagoon, 17, 27, 28, 29; The American Psycho, 67 Angel Unaware (memoir), 23 Last Movie, 28; Slaughter on America’s Answer: Following the Annie Oakley (TV series), 22 Tenth Avenue, 28 Fleet to France, 79 Antiquities, 73 Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The, Amityville 3-D, 63 April Fools, The, 52 14 Anderson, Gilbert “Broncho Baptist College, AETN, viii, 80, 81, 82 Billy,” v, vii, 1, 2–4, 15, 17, 25, 26 African Americans and 18, 35, 77, 81, 86, 91, 93; The Arkansas Educational Arkansas film, 6, 7, 8, 10, King, 2; The Bounty Television Network. 11, 14, 63, 87 Killer, 3; Broncho Billy and See AETN

95 Arkansas Entertainers Hall of Successful Arkansas Designing Women (TV Fame, 65 School Integration, 80 series), 44; Arkansas Judge, 11 Bend of the River, 30 (TV series), 44, 54; Hearts Arkansas National Guard, 82 Bentley, Wes, 66–67 Afire (TV series), 44; Arkansas Times, 51, 91 Benton, Arkansas, 45, 50, 56, Liberating Paris (novel), 44 Armendáriz, Pedro, 18 59, 65, 73 , 42, 47, 49, 86 Arthur, Jean, 19 Bentonville, Arkansas, 35 Blount, Lisa, 43, 56, 62, 63, 74, Astaire, Fred, 14 Berg, Amy, 81 75, 76; The Accountant, 74, Autry, Gene, 16, 17, 21–23, 24 Berkeley, Busby, 15 75; An Officer and a Berlinger, Joe, 81 Gentleman, 62; Chrystal, B Bernie, 62, 85, 92 74; Randy and the Mob, Babymaker, The, 42 Berry, Halle, 63 75; September 30, 1955, 43; Bacon, Kevin, 59, 90 Berryville, Arkansas, 15 South of Reno, 62 Bacon, Lloyd, 15 “Besame Mucho” (song), 22 Blue and the Gray, The Bad Santa, 63, 68 Beware, 26 (TV miniseries), 44, 45 Bailey, Jeff, 56, 61, 62, 74 Beyond Glory, 31 Blue Dahlia, The, 19, 20 Ballad of Virgil Cane, The, 49 Big Daddy, 66 Blues Brothers, The, 54 Bambi, 15 Big Parade, The, 7 Blytheville, Arkansas, 22, 80 Banderas, Antonio, 67 Big Sky, The, 31, 85 Bogart, Humphrey, 31 Bandit King, The, 2 Billie, the Hillbilly, 16 Bogdanovich, Peter, 48 Bandits, 63 Billingsley, Jennifer, 50, 51; C.C. Bogle, Donald, 7, 87 Barbaric Beast of Boggy Creek, and Company, 50; General Bonar, Kent, 84 The, Part II, 46 Hospital (soap opera), 51; Bonner, Frank, 54, 88 Bardette, Trevor, viii, 29 Lady in the Cage, 50, 86; Bootleggers, 45 Barkin, Ellen, 67 The Thirsty Dead, 50; White , 53 Barnaby Jones (TV series), 51 Lightening, 50; The Young Bounty Killer, The, 3 Bashful Bachelor, The, 25 Lovers, 50 Boxcar Bertha, 42, 47, 55 Bates, Kathy, 42 Biloxi Blues, 60, 61, 64, 85 Boy on a Dolphin, 20 Batesville, Arkansas, 76; Ozark Bird, Laurie, 49 Boyle, Peter, 63 Foothills Film Festival (in Bishop of the Ozarks, 16 Bradbury, , 42 Batesville), 76 Black, Karen, 37 Brand of Fear, 21 Bear, Arkansas, 84 Black, Lucas, 62 Brando, Marlon, 29 Beast from the Haunted Cave, 48 Blessed Event, 15 Branson, , 23 Beautiful Mind, A, 67, 70 blood, dirt & angels (blog), Brennan, Andy, 49 Beckett, Samuel, 53, 54 viii, 92 Brennan, Walter, 14, 49 Beery, Wallace, 4 Bloodworth-Thomason, Linda, Bridegroom, The, 45 Before Little Rock: 44, 45; The Bridegroom, 45; Bridges, James, 42–43, 56, 62,

96 Index 91, 93; The Babymaker, 42; Burn, Robin, 11 Cowboy (TV movie), 81; Bright Lights, Big City, 43; Burns, Bob, 11, 25, 89 A Long Season, 81 The China Syndrome, 43; Burton and Speke (book and Carradine, David, 47, 48 “The Jar” (short story), 42; film), 41 Carradine, Keith, 37 The Paper Chase, 42, 55, 86; Bury My Heart at Wounded Carroll, Earl, 12 September 30, 1955, 43, 62; Knee, 41 Carter, June, 38 , 43 Busey, Gary, 46 Carville, James, 42 Bridges, Jeff, 41, 56 Busfield, Timothy, 64 Cash, Johnny, 37–38; A Bright Lights, Big City, 43 Butler, The, 7 Gunfight, 37–38; “Delia” Brimley, Wilford, 59, 60 (song), 37; Five Minutes to Brinkley, Arkansas, 25 C Live, 37; “Folsom Prison Brisco, Mary, 82 Caan, James, 41 Blues” (song), 37; “Hey Broadway Cowboy, 13 Caesar, Adolph, 60 Porter” (song), 37; “I Walk Broderick, Matthew, 61 Caldwell, Erskine, 31 the Line” (song), 37; Walk Broncho Billy: The First Reel Calloway, Cab, 27, 31 the Line, 38 Cowboy, 81 Camden, Arkansas, 47, 75 Cassidy, Hopalong, 24 Broncho Billy and the Baby, 77 Cameron, James, 48 Castle, Irene, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, Bronco Billy and the Greaser, 3 Campbell, Booth, 82 90, 93 Broncho Billy and the Maid, 2 Campbell, Daniel, viii, 73; Castle, Vernon, 13, 90 Broncho Billy and the School Antiquities, 73; The Castle House Orchestra, 14 Mistress, 3 Discontent of Ed Telfair, Castleton Barbara, 11, 12 Broncho Billy’s Christmas 74; The Orderly, 73–74 Cat Ballou, 30, 31 Deed, 2 Campbell, Glen, 38, 39, Cates, Darlene, 59 Broncho Billy’s Redemption, 2 40, 91 Cave Springs, Arkansas, vii, 35 Broncho Billy’s Sentence, 3 Canerday, Natalie, 56, 61, 62, C. C. and Company, 50 Brown, Dee, 41 63, 64, 65; Biloxi Blues, 61, Chalmers, , 80 Brown, John, 44 64; October Sky, 64; One Chambliss, Phil, viii, 75, 76, Brown, Johnny Mack, 21, 24 False Move, 62, 64; Shotgun 83, 88, 90, 91; The Mr. Visit Broyles, Frank, 44 Stories, 64, 68; Sling Blade, Show, 76; Shadow of the Brubaker, 57–58, 85 62; South of Heaven, West Hatchet-Man, 76 Brunswick (), 15 of Hell, 64; Valley Inn, 6 Chandler, Janet, 11, 13, 14 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century Cannonball Run, 51 Chandler, Raymond, 17 (TV movie), 55 Captains Courageous, 5 Chaplin, Charlie, 4 Buffalo Flows, The, 81 Carnival (musical), 50 Charles Banks Wilson: Portrait Bump, 84 Carny, 46 of an American Artist, 81 Bump, Dallas, 84 Carpenter, Dale, vii, 81; Charles B. Pierce Awards, 73 Burlsworth, Brandon, 74 Broncho Billy: The First Reel Charleston, Arkansas, 80

Index 97 Charleston, South Carolina, 4 83; Beast from the Haunted Davis, Brad, 66 Charlie’s Angels (TV series), 45 Cave, 48; Bloody Mama, 42, Davis, Gail, 17, 21–22, 23, 90; Chasing Amy, 66, 67 47; Boxcar Bertha, 42, 47; Annie Oakley (TV series), Chastain, Jessica, 70 Corman’s World: Exploits of 22; Brand of Fear, 21; The “Chattanooga Shoeshine Boy” a Hollywood Rebel, 48, 83; Cisco Kid (TV series), 21; (song), 23 Fighting Mad, 48; The The Far Frontier, 21; The Cher, 63 Terror, 48 Show (TV , Illinois, 1, 2, 4, 14, 59 Corman’s World: Exploits of a series), 21–22; Indian Child Bride, 24 Hollywood Rebel, 48, 83 Territory, 23; The Lone China Syndrome, The, 43, 55, 85 Cornered, 17 Ranger (TV series), 21; Pack Chopper Chicks in Zombietown, Cotton Plant, Arkansas, 62, 82 Train, 21; Six Gun Mesa, 21; vii, 61, 86 “Count It as a Blessing” Sons of New Mexico, 21; Christmas Story, A, 53, (song), 82 West of Wyoming, 21 Chronic, The (album), 53 Cowboy and the Senorita, The, Davis, Michael Ray, 73 Chrystal, 62, 74, 75, 85 22 Day It Came to Earth, The, 44 Cisco Kid, The (TV series), 21 Cowboy Holiday, 13 Dazed and Confused, 66 Clinton, Bill, 59 , 62 Dean, James, 43 Clinton, Hillary, 44, 59 Creature from the Black Lagoon, Death of a Salesman (play), 12 Clinton, Roger, 67 17, 27, 28, 29, 86 Death of Bessie Smith, The Close Encounters of the Third Creature Walks among Us, The, (play), 53 Kind, 53, 55 28 , 60 Coach (TV series), 65 Crimes of the Heart, 63 de Havilland, Olivia, 20, 50 Coal Miner’s Daughter, 57 Cripps, Thomas, 7, 87 Delight, Arkansas, 38 Cochran, Robert, vii, viii, ix, Crosby, Bing, 11 Deliverance, 50 82, 85 Crosby, Floyd, 80 DeMille, Cecil B., 13 Coen, Ethan, 40 Cross Creek, 59 Demme, Jonathan, 48 Coen, Joel, 40 Crowd, The, 7 Demon Mountain, 49 Come Early Morning, 66 Curse of Demon Mountain, The, Dempsey, Jack, 4 Come Morning, 73 49 De Niro, Robert, 47, 48, 54 Coneheads, 66 Dennis, Gill, 38 Conlon Nancarrow: Virtuoso D Depp, Johnny, 59 of the Player Piano, 83 Dances with Wolves, 46 Designing Women (TV series), Conner, Alma Mabel, 14 Daniels, Lee, 7 44 Conqueror, The, 18, 35, 62, Danko, Rick, 57 Detroit, Michigan, 42 Cooper, Chris, 64 Dardanelle, Arkansas, 39 DeValls Bluff, Arkansas, 66 Cooper, Gary, 54 Date with Dale, A (TV series), Devil Dogs at Belleau Wood, 79 Coppola, Francis Ford, 48, 65 23 Devil’s Knot, 81 Corman, Roger, 42, 47, 48, 55, Davis, Bette, 12 Dial, Rick, 56, 62, 66

98 Index Diamond Mountain, 49 Encounter with the Unknown, Faulkner, William, 64 DiCaprio, Leonardo, 19, 59 44 Fayetteville, Arkansas, 4, 43, Dickinson, Jim, 28, 89 Endgame, 53 44, 48, 56, 57, 67, 76, 80, “Didn’t It Rain” (song), 83 End of the Line, 57, 59, 60 83, 84; Offshoot Film Die Goldsucher von Arkansas Enemy Below, The, 18 Festival in Fayetteville, (The Arkansas Gold Rush), England, Arkansas, 69 76, 84 42; Die Regulatoren in Epperson, Tom, 62 Ferrell, Will, 59 Arkansas (The Arkansas Equinox, 54 Field of Dreams, 64 Regulators), 42 Erickson, Leif, 46 Fields, W. C., 26 Dillon, Melinda, 52, 53, 88; Essanay Studios, 2, 4, 91 Fighting Mad, 48, 57 Absence of Malice, 53; A Eureka Springs, Arkansas, 14, film festivals, viii, 45, 52, 73, Christmas Story, 53; The 44, 65, 74, 75, 76; Eureka 74, 75, 76, 80, 84; Hot April Fools, 52; Bound for Spring Indie Fest, 76 Springs Documentary Film Glory, 53; Close Encounters Europe, James Reese, 14 Festival, viii, 84; Little of the Third Kind, 53; Reign Evans, Dale, 17, 21, 22–23, 24, Rock Film Festival, 52, 73, over Me, 53; Who’s Afraid of 90, 94; A Date with Dale 74, 75, 83; Nashville Film Virginia Woolf? (play), 52 (TV series), 23; Angel Festival, 76; Offshoot Film Godfather, 53 Unaware (memoir), 23; The Festival (Fayetteville), 76; Discontentment of Ed Telfair, Cowboy and the Senorita, Ozark Foothills Film The, 74 22; “Jumbo on the Range” Festival (Batesville), 76; Dolemite, 53 (comic book), 22; Pals of Tribeca Film Festival Dope Sick Love, 81 the Golden West, 22; The (), 45; Douglas, Kirk, 31, 37, 38 Show (TV Venice International Douglas, Michael, 43, 51, 59 series), 22 Film Festival, 80 Downey, Robert, Jr., 63 Evening Shade (TV series), Five Minutes to Live, 37, 85 Down in ‘Arkansaw,’ 11 44, 54 Flippen, Jay C., 17, 29–30, 31, Dreaming Out Loud, 25 93; Cat Ballou, 30, 31; Driver, Adam, 73 F Kismet, 29; Oklahoma!, 29; Due South (TV series), 51 Face in the Crowd, A, vii, 17, Run of the Arrow, 29; The Dumas, Arkansas, 82 31–35, 85, 86, 93 Seven Minutes, 30; The Wild Dunst, Kirsten, 73 Faces like Ours, 80 One, 29 Duvall, Robert, 62, 63 Fairbanks, Douglas, 4 Flying with the Marines, 4, 79 Fall Guy, The, 44 Foley, Larry, viii, 81, The E Farewell, My Lovely, 17 Buffalo Flows (TV movie), Ebert, Roger, 22, 45, 48, 64, 89 Farewell to Arms, A, 80 81; Charles Banks Wilson: El Dorado, 31 Far Frontier, The, 21 Portrait of an American El Dorado, Arkansas, 38, 64 Father of the Bride, 65 Artist (TV movie), 81; The Elf, 59 Father of the Bride II, 65 Forgotten Expedition, 81

Index 99 Follow the Boys, 2 Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Greene, Bette, 41 “Folsom Prison Blues” (song), 14; Bambi, 14–15; Little Green Pastures, The (play), 10; 37 Orphan Annie, 14; Men in (TV movie), 27 Fonda, Jane, 43 White, 14; 2001: A Space Greenwood, Arkansas, 11 Fonda, Peter, 48, 56 Odyssey, 14 Greeson, James, 83 Footlight Parade, 15 Ginnaven, Robert, 56, 62 Griffith, Andy, 31, 32, 33, 35 Ford, John, 16, 20 Girl from Montana, The, 2 Grimes, Luke, 75 Forgotten Expedition, The, 81 Girls on Probation, 12–13 Guida, Louis, 82 Forrest City, Arkansas, 82 Glass Eyes of Locust Bayou, 83 Guilty by Suspicion, 54, 85 Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, 60, 61 Glass Key, The, 20, 21, 85, 86 Gunfight, ,A 37, 38 Fort Smith, Arkansas, 12, 39, Gleaning, The, 74 Gyllenhaal Jake, 64 40, 41, 44, 49, 50, 53, 83 Glory Road, 67 For the Freedom of the World, 11 Goff, Norris, 25 H 45RPM, 74 Goggins, Walter, 56, 74, 75 Hallelujah, v, 1, 7–10, 16, 17, 42nd Street, 15, 16, 85, 86 Goin’ South, 58 31, 35, 86 Foster, Jodie, 46 Golden Globe Awards, 39, “Hallelujah” (song), 8 Fouke Monster, 38, 45 53, 63 Hammerstein, Oscar, 27 Fountain, William, 9 Gone with the Wind, 10, 11, Hammet, Dashiell, 20 Franciosa, Anthony, 32 16, 35 Hammontree, Doney, 82 Francisco, Betty, 11, 13 Gordy, Graham, 75 Hand of Fatima, The, 83 Francisco, Evelyn, 13, 14 Graduate, The, 54 Hanging Tree, The, 53 Frank and Jesse, 57 Granik, Debra, 67 Hangover, 59 Freeman, Morgan, 58 Grant, Cary, 12 Happy Hollow Farm (home Friedman, Ryan, 10, 87 Grapes of Wrath, The, 19 name and memoir), 4 Fright Night, 65 Gravette, Arkansas, 30 “Happy Trails” (song), 23 Fuller, Charles, 60 Greater, 74 Happy Trails Children’s Great Gatsby, The, 19 Foundation, 23 G Great Lester Boggs, The, 44 Hardy, Oliver, 3 Garbo, Greta, 12 Great Train Robbery, The, Harper, Tess, 63–64, 90; Gene Autry Show, The 2, 86 Amityville 3-D, 63; Crimes (TV series), 21–22 Green, Al, 82 of the Heart, 63–64; Ishtar, Gennett (record label), 15 Green, David Gordon, 56, 63; The Jackal, 64; The Man George Washington, 67, 85 67–68; All the Real Girls, in the Moon, 64; No Gerard, Gil, 55 68; George Washington, Country for Old Men, 64; Gerstäcker, Friedrich, 42, 77, 89 67–68; Pineapple Express, , 63; Tender Ghost Rider, 66 68; Shotgun Stories, 68; Mercies, 63 Giant, 19 Snow Angels, 68; Harrison, Bill, 41, 48 Gillis, Ann, 11, 14; The Undertow, 68 Hatley, Jacob, 83

100 Index Have Gun—Will Travel 80; Before Little Rock: Huckleberry Finn (novel), 71 (TV series), 51 Successful School Integration Hudson, Garth, 57 Hawes-Davis, Doug, 84 (TV movie), 80; Faces like Human Tornado, The, 53 Hawkes, John, 67 Ours (TV movie), 80 Hunger Games, The, 66 Hawkins, Ronnie, 82 Hindsville, Arkansas, 66 Hunnicutt, Arthur, 17, 29, 31, Hawks of Wilson Park, The, 83 Hinkle, Candyce, 40–41, 66 32, 46, 94 Hayden, Sterling, 31 Historic Arkansas Museum, 84 Hunt, David, 73–74 Haynes, Daniel L., 8 Hitt, Carl, 83 Hunter, Holly, 59 Hayward, Susan, 18 Ho, Raymond, 80 Hunter’s Blood, 62 Haywood, Big Bill, 48 Hogan, Dick, 29, 31 Huntsville, Arkansas, 82 Heart of the Rio Grande, 24 Holbrook, Hal, 61 Hyams, Joe, 57, 92 Hearts Afire (TV series), 44 Hollywood, Arkansas, v, 1 Heflin, Van, 19 Hollywood, , vii, 1, I Helena, Arkansas, 5, 26, 80 5, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, I Know Why the Caged Bird Hellman, Monte, 48–49 19, 20, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, Sings (memoir), 41 Helm, Levon, 49, 57, 58, 59, 28, 29, 30, 31, 35, 37, 38, 42, “I’ll Be a Free Man in the 60, 82, 83, 90; Ain’t in It for 46, 48, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 58, Morning” (song), 32, 35 My Health, 59, 83; Coal 60, 63, 66, 67, 75, 76, 78, I’m from Arkansas, 24, 86 Miner’s Daughter, 57; End 79, 82, 87, 88, 89, 92 Indian Territory, 23 of the Line, 57, 59, 60; In Hollywood Babylon (book), 20 I Never Promised You a Rose the Electric Mist, 57; The Hollywood’s African American Garden, 54 Last Waltz, 82; Man Films (film criticism), 10 In Name Only, 12 Outside, 57; “The Night Hope, Arkansas, 52 In the Electric Mist, 57 They Drove Old Dixie Hopper, Dennis, 28, 40, 48 Ishtar, 63 Down” (song), 49; The Hornung, E. W., 2 “I Walk the Line” (song), 37 Right Stuff, 157; Shooter, Hoskins, Bob, 67 57; The Three Burials of Hot Springs, Arkansas, viii, 19, J Melquiades Estrada, 57; 25, 65, 66, 81; Hot Springs Jackal, The, 64 Wishbone Cutter, 49 Documentary Film Jackson, Juli, 73–74, 93 “Help Me Rhonda” (song), 72 Festival, viii, 84; Hot Jacksonville, Arkansas, 81 Henley, Beth, 64 Spring Documentary Jacobs, Barlow, 68 Herman’s Head (TV series), 65 Film Institute, 84 “Jar, The” (short story), 42 Hershey, Barbara, 47 Houseman, John, 42–43 Jayne Mansfield’s Car, 63 Heston, Charlton, 46 Howard, Ron, 48 J. Edgar, 67 “Hey Porter” (song), 37 How Babe Ruth Hits a Home Jimmy Stewart Show High, Fred, 82 Run, 79 (TV series), 30 Hill, Jack, vii, 48, 80; Arkansas’ Howlin’ Wolf, 82 Johnson, Ben, 46, 56 Hemingway (TV movie), Hoxie, Arkansas, 80 Jones, Shirley, 65

Index 101 Jonesboro, Arkansas, 54 The Proud Rebel, 20; Shane, Little Rock, Arkansas, vii, 1, 2, Jordan, Louis, 17, 25–26, 38, 89, 19–20; This Gun for Hire, 11, 13, 14, 15, 21, 25, 28, 29, 91; Beware, 26; Follow the 19, 20; Two Years before the 31, 44, 49, 52, 53, 54, 55, 58, Boys, 26; Look-Out Sister, Mast, 19, 21 59, 60, 61, 62, 65, 66, 67, 26; Reet, Petite, and Gone, Lail, Tyler, viii 68, 73, 74, 75, 76, 80, 81, 26; “Saturday Night Fish Lake, Veronica, 20 82, 83, 84; Before Little Rock: Fry” (song), 26; Swing Langdon, Harry, 13 Successful Arkansas School Parade of 1946, 26 Lange, Jessica, 64 Integration, 80; Little Rock Judd, Ashley, 66 Lash! The Hundred Great Scenes Central: 50 Years Later (TV Judge, The, 63 of Men Being Whipped in movie), 82 (book), 21, 87 Living Dark, 74 K Last Command, The, 31 Living Legends of Gospel Kael, Pauline, 58, 91 Last Movie, The, 28 (disc set), 82 Kane, Joe, 49 Last Ride, The, 45 Lloyd, Harold, 16 Karras, Alex, 44 Last River, The (photo collec- Lofland, Jacob, 71 Kazan, Elia, 31–32 tion), 71, 88 London, England, 12, 76 Kazan: The Master Director Last Round-Up, The, 23 Lone Ranger, The (TV series), 21 Discusses His Films Last Vegas, 59 Long Pants, 13 (book), 32 Last Waltz, The, 82, 83 Long Road Home (TV movie), Keaton, Diane, 64, 65 Lauck, Chester, 25 51 Keeler, Ruby, 12, 15 Laurel, Stan, 3 Long Season, A, 81 Kelly, Frankie, 82 Ledger, Heath, 63 Look-Out Sister, 26 Keo, Arkansas, 69 Lee, Robert E., 5 Loren, Sophia, 20 Kern, Jerome, 27 Legend of Boggy Creek, The, Lorentz, Pare, 79, 80; The Plow King, Eddie, 74 38, 45 that Broke the Plains, 79; Kismet, 29 Leland, John, 53 The River, 79–80 Klein, Joe, 41, “Let My People Go” (song), 8 Loring, Hope, 4 Koon, David, 51, 91–92 Liberating Paris (novel), 44 Lou Grant (TV series), 47 Kubrick, Stanley, 14 Library of Congress, 82 Lowe, James B., 6, 7 Lighton, Louis, 4 Lowe, Rob, 57 L Lighton, William Rheem, vii, 4 Lucas, Josh, 67, 68; American LaBeef, Sleepy, 35 Ligon, Douglas, 68 Psycho, 67; A Beautiful LaBelle, Patti, 60 Lincoln, Abraham, 5, 44 Mind, 67; Glory Road, 67; Ladd, Alan, 15, 17, 19–21, 22, 31, Lincoln Portrait, A (orchestral J. Edgar, 67; Parker Lewis 90; The Blue Dahlia, 19, 20; work), 27 Can’t Lose (TV series), 67 Botany Bay, 21; Boy on a Lindbergh, Charles, 51, 67 Lucas, Sam, 6 Dolphin, 20; The Glass Key, Little Orphan Annie, 14 Lucky Dog, The, 3 20; The Great Gatsby, 19; Little Richard, 53 Lum and Abner, 25; The Bashful

102 Index Bachelor, 25; Dreaming Out Melvin and Howard, 58 Mr. Visit Show, The, 76 Loud, 25; Two Weeks to Memphis, Tennessee, 5, 22, 28, Mud, 71–73, 77, 78 Live, 25 33, 44, 51, 76, 82; Memphis Murder, My Sweet, 17 Lynn, Loretta, 57 Symphony Orchestra, 44 Murder, She Wrote (TV series), Mencken, H. L., 39, 81 51 M Men in White, 14 Murphy, Audie, 31 Madam Satan, 13 Mercer, Simon, 83 Murphy, Ben, 54 Mallrats, 66 Micheaux, Oscar, 11 Music’s Easier, 82 Maltese Falcon, The, 20 Midnight Special, 73 My Dog Skip (memoir), 59 Malvern, Arkansas, 62 Midsummer Night’s Dream, A, My Music and My Life Mammoth Springs, Arkansas, 15 (memoir), 27, 94 63 Miller, Dick, 48 Man from Hope, The, 44 Miller, Glenn, 31 N Mangold, James, 38 Mimieux, Yvette, 46 Nancarrow, Conlon, 83 Man in the Moon, The, 64, 89 Minelli, Liza, 46 Nash, John, 70 Man Outside, 57 Mineola, Arkansas, 24 Nashville, Tennessee, 76; Man O’ War, 4, 79 Modern Dancing (book), 14 Nashville Film Festival, 76 Manuel, Richard, 57 Monster and the Stripper, The, National Cowgirl Hall of Man Who Wasn’t There, The, 63 vii, 38, 62, 86 Fame, 22, 23 Marcus Welby, M.D. Monster’s Ball, 63, 86 Naturalist, The, 84 (TV series), 51 Montana, Patsy, 16 Neal, Patricia, 32 Martin, Steve, 65 Monticello, Arkansas, 30 Needham, Hal, viii, 50, 51–52, Marty Stouffer’s Wild America Moore, A. D. “Gatemouth,” 82 55, 91; Cannonball Run, 51; (memoir), 83, 93 Moore, Rudy Ray, 53; Disco Have Gun—Will Travel Marvin, Lee, 29 Godfather, 53; Dolemite, 53; (TV series), 51; Riverboat Massacre in Marble City, 42 Dolemite (soundtrack), 53; (TV series), 51; Smokey and Matthau, Walter, 32 The Human Tornado, 53; the Bandit, 51–52; Spirit of May, Elaine, 42 Petey Wheatstraw, 53 St. Louis, 51; Stuntman!: McCabe, Dan, 75 Moore, Sarah, 84 My Car-Crashing, Plane- McCarthy, Joseph, 31, 32, 87 Moorhead, Agnes, 18 Jumping, Bone-Breaking, McConaughey, Matthew, 71 Morris, Willie, 59 Death-Defying Hollywood McGehee, Arkansas, 21 Morrison, Van, 82 Life (memoir), 51 McKinney, Nina Mae, 8 Motel, 54 Nemec, Corin, 65, 67 McKinnon, Ray, 56, 62, 73, 74, “Motherless Child” (song), 8 “New Train” (song), 77 75; The Accountant, 74; Mottler, Mike, 80 Newbern, George, 65 Chrystal, 62, 74–75; Mud, Mountain View, Arkansas, 15 Newport, Arkansas, 58 73; Randy and the Mob, 75 Mountains of the Moon, 41 New York City, New York, 2, McLaughlin, Frederic, 14 Mount Ida, Arkansas, 66 11, 12, 14, 25, 27, 29, 79, 81

Index 103 New York Times, 53 Ouachita River, 81 Paxton, Bill, 56 Nichols, Jeff, viii, 56, 64, 68–73; Our Own Sweet Sounds (book), Peck, Gregory, 44 Midnight Special, 73; Mud, vii Pena, Paul, 77 71–73; Shotgun Stories, 64, Outlaw Josey Wales, The, 46 Pest, Bob, 76 68–69; Take Shelter, 69–71, Owens, Freeman Harrison, vii, Pest, Judy, 76 73, 85 4, 79, 90; America’s Answer: Petey Wheatstraw, 53 Nicholson, Jack, 48, 58 Following the Fleet to Petit Jean Mountain State Park, Nielsen Rating, 4 France, 79; Devil Dogs at 66 “Night They Drove Old Dixie Belleau Wood, 79; Flying Phoenix, Joaquin, 38 Down, The” (song), 49 with the Marines, 4, 79; Piazza, Ben, 53–54, 90; The Niles Essanay Silent Film How Babe Ruth Hits a American Dream (play), 53; Museum, viii Home Run, 79; Race of Brothers, 54; The Nixon, 59 the Age, 79 Death of Bessie Smith (play), No Country for Old Men, 64 Oxford American, viii 53; Endgame, 53; Guilty by North Little Rock, Arkansas, Ozark Foothills Film Fest, 76 Suspicion, 54; The Hanging 10, 44, 45, 59, 66 Ozark Romance, An, 16 Tree, 53–54; I Never Notorious Elinor Lee, The, 11 Promised You a Rose Garden, P 54; Rocky V, 54; Tell Me O Pack Train, 21 That You Love Me, Junie Oates, Warren, 49 Page Miss Glory, 12, 15, 30 Moon, 54; Waltz across October Sky, 64, 86 Painted Veil, The, 12 Texas, 54; Winesburg, Officer and a Gentleman, ,An 62 Palance, Jack, 19 Ohio (play), 53; The Zoo Off to War (TV series), 81 Palmer, Augusta, 83 Story,(play), 53 Oklahoma!, 29 Palmer, Robert, 83 Pickens, Slim, 45 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Pals of the Golden West, 22 Pierce, Charles, 42, 45–47, 49, 19, 24 Paper Chase, The, 42, 55, 86 89, 90; Charles B. Pierce Old Chisholm Trail, The, 24 Paradise Lost: The Child Awards, 73, 75; The Barbaric Old Explorers, 27 Murders at Robin Hood Beast of Boggy Creek, 46; “Old Man River” (song), 27 Hills, 81 Bootleggers, 45; Carny, 46; Olympia, 80 Paradise Lost 2: Revelations, 82 The Legend of Boggy Creek, One False Move, 62, 64 Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory, 82 45; Josey Wales, “One Has My Name (The Paragould, Arkansas, 51, 74 46; The Skyjacking, 46; The Other Has My Heart)” Paris, Arkansas, 42 Sterile Cuckoo, 46; Sudden (song), 24 Parker, Isaac (Judge), 39, 44 Impact, 46; The Town That Orderly, The, 73–74 Parker Lewis Can’t Lose Dreaded Sundown, 46; Ormandy, Eugene, 27 (TV series), 65 Winds of Autumn, 45; Osceola, Arkansas, 22 Parler, Mary Celestia, 82 Winterhawk, 45–46 Ouachita Mountain, 66 Pass the Ammo, 65 Piggott, Arkansas, 33, 83

104 Index Pilgrimage, 16, 85 Purcell, Lee, 51 the Bandit, 50, 51; Pineapple Express, 68 Pyle, Denver, 46 White Lightning, 50 Pine Bluff, Arkansas, 1, 2, 4, 12, Rhythm of the Rio Grande, 30 13, 59 Q Rhythm on the Range, 11 Pine Ridge, Arkansas, 11 Quaid, Dennis, 43 Right Stuff, The, 57 Pitfall, 17 Ritter, John, 62 Pittsburg, Kansas, 31 R Ritter, Tex, 24, 30 Plow That Broke the Plains, The Race of the Age, 79 River, The, 79 79 Racy Brothers (band), 82 Riverboat (TV series), 51 Polk, Oscar, 10, 11; Gone With Raffles, The Amateur Robards, Jason, 58 the Wind, 10; The Green Cracksman, 2 Roberts, Marguerite, 40 Pastures (play), 10; The Ragsdale, William, 64, 65 Robertson, Robbie, 82 Notorious Elinor Lee, 11; Randy and the Mob, 74, 75, 85 Robeson, Paul, 27 Underworld, 11; You Can’t Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan, 59 Robinson, Edward G., 61 Take It with You (play), 10 Red Badge of Courage, The, 31 Hall of Fame, Pollard, Harry A., 5–7, 92 Redford, Robert, 19, 58 26 Polyscope Company, 2 Reet, Petite, and Gone, 26 Rocky, 54 Porgy and Bess (opera), 27 Reifenstahl, Leni, 80 Rodriguez, Dionicio, 44 Porter, Edwin S., 2 Reign over Me, 53 Rogers, Arkansas, 80 Portis, Charles, 38–41, 92 Remick, Lee, 32 Rogers, Ginger, 14 Powell, Dick, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, Renaud, Brent, 76, 81; Dope Rogers, Roy, 11, 17, 21, 22, 23, 28, 31, 35, 38, 56, 92; Blessed Sick Love (TV movie), 81; 24, 94 Event, 15; The Conqueror, Little Rock Central 50 Years Rogers, Will, 4 18; Cornered, 17; The Enemy Later (TV movie), 82; Off Rohwer Relocation Center, 54 Below, 18; Footlight Parade, to War (TV series), 81–82 Rollerball, 41 15; 42nd Street, 15; A Renaud, Craig, 76, 81; Dope “Roller Ball Murder” (short Midsummer Night’s Dream, Sick Love (TV movie), 81; story), 41 15; Murder, My Sweet, 17; Little Rock Central 50 Years Rollins, Howard E., Jr., 60 Page Miss Glory, 15; Pitfall, Later (TV movie), 82; Off Romance of the Ozarks, A, 16 17; Split Second, 18; Stage to War (TV series), 81–82 Rooster Cogburn, 38 Struck, 15; Star-Spangled Revenge of Bigfoot, 44 Rope, 31 Rhythm, 15; The Tall Revenge of the Creature, 28 Rosalie Goes Shopping, 65 Target, 17 Revenge of , 64 Rothafel Samuel, 79, 92 Price, Leontyne, 27 Revenge of the Nerds II, 64 Rovinsky, Elise, 73 Primary Colors, 42 Reynolds, Burt, 50, 51, 56; Roy Rogers Show, The Proud Rebel, The, 20 Cannonball Run, 51; (TV series), 22 Pryor, Barbara, 49 Deliverance, 50; Riverboat Rubinstein, Artur, 26 Pulitzer Prize, 60, 80 (TV series), 51; Smokey and Rule, John, 84

Index 105 Run of the Arrow, 29 Probation, 12–13; Page Miss South of Heaven, West of Hell, Russell, Jay, 59; Ain’t in It for Glory, 12; The Secret Call, 64 My Health, 59; End of the 12; What Ann Brought South of Reno, 62 Line, 59; My Dog Skip, 59; Home (play), 12; Youth on Spacek, Sissy, 57, 59, 64 Tuck Everlasting, 59 Parole, 12; Ziegfeld Follies Spirit of St. Louis (film), 51 Russell, Kurt, 63 (revue), 12 Split Second, 18, 31 Russellville, Arkansas, 63 Sheen, Charlie, 65 Spoor, George K., 2, 3 Shepard, Sam, 64, 71, 73 Springdale, Arkansas, 66 S Shepherd of the Hills, The, 24 Stage Struck, 15 Saga at Death Valley, 24 Sheridan, Tye, 71 Staples, The, 82 Sägebrecht, Marianne, 66 Shooter, 57 , 15 San Diego, California, 55 Shotgun Stories, 64 Star Trek (TV series), 54; Star San Francisco, California, 76 Show Boat, 27 Trek New Voyages: Phase II “Saturday Night Fish Fry” Shreveport, , 45 (TV series), 55 (song), 26 Silkwood, 63 Steenburgen, Mary, viii, 57, Saturday Night, Sunday Simon, Neil, 61 58–59; Cross Creek, 59; Elf, Morning, 82 Simple Plan, A, 63 59; End of the Line, 57, 59; Schulberg, Budd, 32, 34, 93 Sims, Derrick, 56, 73 Goin’ South, 58; In the Scorsese, Martin, 47, 48, 82 Sinofsky, Bruce, 81 Electric Mist, 57; Last Vegas, Scott, Arkansas, 69 Six Gun Mesa, 21 58–59; Melvin and Howard, Search, The( TV movie), 82 Skyjacking, The, 46 58; Nixon, 59; What’s Eating Searchers, The, 20 Slaughter on Tenth Avenue, 28 Gilbert Grape, 59 Secret Call, The, 12 Sling Blade, 62–63, 68, 85 Sterile Cuckoo, The, 46 Secret Sins of the Father (TV “Slippin’ Around” (song), 24 Stevens, George, 19 movie), 51 Slow Southern Steel, 83 Stewart, Jimmy, 12, 30, 51 Segal, Steven, 61 Smith, Jaclyn, 45 Stick to Your Guns, 24 Selig, William N., 2, 89 Smoke in the Wind, 49 St. Louis, Missouri, 2, 51 September 30, 1955, 43, 55, 62 Smokey and the Bandit, 50, Story of Vernon and Irene Castle, Seven Minutes, The, 43, 55, 62 51, 52 The, 14 Shadow Mountain, 49 Snoop Dogg, 53 Stouffer, Marty, vii, 83, 93; Shadow of Chikara, The, 49 Snow Angels, 68 Marty Stouffer’s Wild Shadow of the Hatchet-Man, 76 Soldier’s Play, A (play), 60 America (memoir), 83; Wild Shane, 19, 21, 22, 78, 85, 86 Soldier’s Story, A, 60, 86 America (TV series), 83; Shannon, Bookmiller, 47 Son-of-a-Gun, The, 3 Wild America: Dangerous Shannon, Michael, 68, 69, Sons of New Mexico, 21 Encounters (TV special), 83; 72, 73 So Sad about Gloria, vii, 44 Wild America: Wacky Babies Shannon, Peggy, 11, 12–13, 15, Southern Arkansas University, (TV special), 83 20, 28, 30; Girls on 73 Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 5, 6, 7

106 Index Strauss, Peter, 61 Thirsty Dead, The, 50 Three Burials of Melquiades Streep, Meryl, 63 thirtysomething (TV series), 64 Estrada, The, 57 Strode, Woody, 46 This Gun for Hire, 19, 20 Three for the Road, 65 Strong Man, The, 13 Thomason, Harry, 42, 43–45, Three Stooges, 26 Studlar, Gaylyn, 20, 88 47, 54, 59, 91; The Blue and Thunder Mountain, 49 Stuntman!: My Car-Crashing, the Gray (TV series), 44, , 28 Plane-Jumping, Bone- 45; The Day It Came to Tobacco Road, 31 Breaking, Death-Defying Earth, 44; Designing Tony Awards, 52, 61 Hollywood Life (memoir), Women (TV series), To the Stars (memoir), 55, 93 viii, 51, 92 44; Encounter with the Town That Dreaded Sundown, , 46 Unknown, 44; Evening The, 46 Summer of My German Shade (TV series), 44, 54; Travis, Randy, 57, 67 Soldier, The (book and The Fall Guy( TV series), Tree Grows in Brooklyn, A, 5 TV movie), 41 44; The Great Lester Boggs, Tree Is a Tree, A (memoir), 8 Sundance Film Festival, 66 44; Hearts Afire (TV series), “Trouble in Mind” (song), 83 Swanson, Gloria, 4 44; The Last Ride, 45; The Trucker, 66 Sweetser, Lauren, 67 Man from Hope (campaign True Grit, 38, 42, 55, 77, 85, 86; Swing Parade of 1946, 26 biopic), 44; Redneck 1969 version, 39–40, 77, 85, Swink, Kim, 66, 89 County, 44; Revenge of 86, 91; 2012 version, 41, 56, Bigfoot, 44; So Sad About 77; novel, 38–39, 92 T Gloria, 44 Tucker: The Man and His Takei, George, 54–55, 93 Thompson, Christopher, Dream, 65 Take Me Back to Oklahoma, 31 73, 74 Tuck Everlasting, 59 Take Shelter, 69–71, 73, 85 Thomson, Virgil, 80 Turkey Scratch, Arkansas, Tall Target, The, 17 Thornton, Billy Bob, 42, 56, 57, 82 Taylor, James, 49 62–63, 89; Bad Santa, 63; Twilight on the Trail, 24 Tell Me That You Love Me, Bandits, 63; Chopper Chicks Two-Gun Jordan and his Jivin’ Junie Moon, 54 in Zombietown, 61–62; Cowhands (band), 26 Tender Mercies, 63, 86 Chrystal, 62; Hunter’s Two-Lane Blacktop, vii, 49, 55, Tenting Tonight on the Old Blood, 62; Jayne Mansfield’s 85 Camp Ground, 24 Car, 63; The Judge, 63; The Two Weeks to Live, 25 Terror, The, 48 Man Who Wasn’t There, 63; 2001: A Space Odyssey, 14 Terry, Christopher, 83 Monster’s Ball, 63, 85; One Two Years before the Mast, 19, 21 Texarkana, Arkansas, 45, 56, 83 False Move, 62; Primary Tympany Five (band), 25 Tharpe, Rosetta, 82, 83 Colors, 42; A Simple Plan, That Awful Mrs. Eaton, 12 63; Sling Blade, 62–63; U That Certain Woman, 12 South of Heaven, West of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, 5, 6, 7, 8, The Band, 57, 82, 83, 90, 91 Hell, 64; South of Reno, 62 16, 35, 86, 92, 93

Index 107 Under Siege, 61 “One Has My Name (The West of Memphis, 81 Under Siege (TV movie), 61 Other Has My Heart)” West of Wyoming, 21 Under the Hollywood Sign, 54 (song), 24; Saga at Death What Ann Brought Home, 12 Undertow, 68 Valley, 24; “Slippin’ What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, Underworld, 11 Around” (song), 24; Stick to 59, 85, 86 University of Arkansas, viii, 43, Your Guns, 24; Tenting Whirl of Life, 14 44, 46, 74, 80, 81, 82 Tonight on the Old Camp White, Brian, 73 University of Arkansas at Little Ground, 24; Twilight on the Whitehead, Jim, 48 Rock, 73 Trail, 24 White Lightning, 50, 51 University of Central Arkansas, Walden, Robert, 47 White River, 71 42, 47, 60 Walken, Christopher, 61 White River Kid, The, 66–67, 86 University of Texas, 21 Walking On, 82 Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Urban Cowboy, 43 Walk the Line, 38 (play), 52 Wallace, Michele, 7 Who’s the Boss (TV series), 54 V Walter, Bruno, 27 Wild America (TV series), 83; Valley Inn, 66 Waltz Across Texas, 54 Wild America: Dangerous Van Dyke, Jerry, 65, 92 Ward, Richard, 58 Encounters (TV special), 83; Van Dyke, Willard, 80, 89 War Eagle, Arkansas, 75, 77, 92 Wild America: Wacky Babies Van Springsteen, Alice, 21 Warfield, William, 17, 25, (TV special), 83 Venice International Film 26–27, 28; A Lincoln Wilder, Billy, 51 Festival, 80 Portrait (orchestral work), Wild One, The, 29 Vidor, King, 7–8, 10, 89, 93; 27; Green Pastures (TV spe- Wilkins, Alan, 69 The Big Parade, 7; The cial), 27; My Music and My Williams, Tennessee, 64 Crowd, 7; Hallelujah, 7–10; Life (memoir), 27; Old Williams, Walter, 82 A Tree is a Tree (memoir), 8 Explorers, 27; “Old Man Williamson, Sonny Boy, 82 Villines Brothers, 82 River” (song), 27; Show Wilson, Dennis, 49 Vocalion (record label), 15 Boat, 27 Wilson, Robert E. Lee, 8 Voight, Jon, 50 Washington, Denzel, 60 Winds of Autumn, 45 Watch Your Step, 14 Winesburg, Ohio (play), 53 W Waters, Muddy, 82 Wings, 4 Wahlestedt, Thor, 73 Water, Water Everywhere, 4 Winslow, Arkansas, 49 , 11 Wayne, John, 18, 31, 39, 40, 56 Winterhawk, 45–46, 55, 86 Wakely, Jimmy, 17, 21, 22, 24, Weaver, Frank, 11 Winters, Shelley, 47 38, 88; Brand of Fear, 21; Weaver, June, 11 Winter’s Bone, 67, 85 Heart of the Rio Grande, 24; Weaver, Leon, 11 Wishbone Cutter, 49 I’m from Arkansas, 24; The Webb, Chick, 25 Witch Hazel Advent, 84 Old Chisholm Trail, 24; Western Justice, 2 Witherspoon, Reese, 38, 71

108 Index WKRP in Cincinnati (TV York, Joe, 84 Z series), 54 You Can’t Take It with You Ziegfeld, Florenz, 12 Wonder Valley, vii, 35 (play), 10 Ziegfeld Follies (revue), 12 Woodard, Stacy, 80 Young, Jeff, 32 Zoo Story, The (play), 53 Woody, 65 Youngfield, Hailee, 40 Young Lovers, The, 50 Y “Your Arkansas Traveler” Yellville, Arkansas, 47, 49 (short story), 32 Yoakum, Dwight, 62 Youth on Parole, 12

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