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Born in Oklahoma into the Chickasaw Nation, Wallace Fox directed films over the span of four decades. Known primarily for Westerns and mystery films, his output starred such famed actors as Bela Lugosi, Bob Steele, and Lon Chaney. ReFocus: The Films of Wallace Fox includes analysis of some of his best known films, including Wild Beauty, Gun Town, The Corpse Vanishes, Bowery at Midnight, Career Girl and Brenda Starr, Reporter. It reclaims the history and artistry of this major talent.
Contents
Introduction: Wallace Fox and the B Film
Between Compliance and Resistance: Mapping the Careers of Wallace Fox and Nipo Strongheart in Early Hollywood
Indian Agents and Indigenous Agency at Universal: Wild Beauty (1946) and Gun Town (1946)
Neglected Western Traditions and Indigenous Cinema in the 1945-46 Series Westerns of Wallace Fox
The Corpse Vanishes and the Case of the Missing Brides
"Like a crazy nightmare": Noirish Vampirism and Deviance in Bowery at Midnight
Voices and Vaults: Pillow of Death
Wallace Fox and America's "Career Girls"
She Made Her Own Deadline: Fox's Brenda Starr, Reporter
Bathos in the Bowery
Infernal Devices: Wallace Fox's Aeroglobe, Cosmic Beam Annihilator, and the Pit of Everlasting Fire
A Fox in the Wild: Ramar of the Jungle and the Crisis of Representation