Martha Crawford Cantarini, Chrystopher J. Spicer

Fall Girl

My Life as a Western Stunt Double

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Throughout the 1940s and 1950s, acclaimed horse trainer and show rider Martha Crawford Cantarini was among the busiest of Hollywood's elite corps of female stunt riders. She was the regular stunt double for such actresses as Eleanor Parker, Anne Baxter and Shirley MacLaine, appearing in films ranging from Elvis Presley's debut feature Love Me Tender to the epic Western The Big Country. Martha also hosted a Las Vegas television program in the 1960s, while her palomino Frosty gained fame as "the gambling horse" after rolling a seven at the Thunderbird Casino craps table. This fascinating insider's memoir of the American entertainment industry recounts Martha's personal and professional associations with Clark Gable, Ronald Reagan, Jean Simmons, and other Hollywood luminaries.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. April 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 390g
• ISBN-13: 9780786447534
• ISBN-10: 0786447532
• Artikelnr.: 28178707

Autorenporträt

Martha Crawford Cantarini has been honored with the Golden Boot Award and was inducted into the Hollywood Stuntmen's Hall of Fame. She lives in British Columbia.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments     
Prologue     
Preface     
1. Riding to Hollywood     
2. Yellow Sky     
3. Flying High     
4. Higher Learning     
5. Interrupted Melody     
6. Texas Lady     
7. Coming Back     
8. The Rains of Ranchipur     
9. Love Me Tender     
10. The King and Flicka     
11. Dakota Incident     
12. My Tin Star Year     
13. The Seventh Sin     
14. April Love     
15. The Big Country     
16. The Sheepman     
17. The Law and Jake Wade     
18. Ride a Crooked Trail     
19. It's All in the Game     
20. Las Vegas     
21. Thunderbird     
22. The Horse of Many Miracles     
Epilogue     
Index