The HAVE GUN - WILL TRAVEL Companion $29.95

Written by Martin Grams, Jr.
and Les Rayburn
Foreword by Peter Boone

"In the books there's a name for a man like you. A Paladin. That's a gentleman knight in shiny armor, and all armed with a cause and righteousness and a fine pointed lance . . . and yet a mercenary. A man who hires out for gold. What was your price, my noble Paladin?"

You've read the Richard Boone biography, now read the book about Have Gun - Will Travel! Over 150 actors, writers, directors, production crew have been exclusively interviewed for this project!

• Did you know that Paladin once graced the cover of Time magazine?
• Did you know that John Dehner, radio's Paladin, was previously an animator for Walt Disney studios, and drew scenes for Bambi and Fantasia?
• Do you know all the details about the 30 years+ court case regarding the Rhode Island mechanic who claimed he created the Paladin character-- and took CBS to court?
• Did you know the not-so-happy story why Sam Rolfe, co-creator of HGWT, left the series during the middle of the third season?

You can learn all these and many more when you purchase your copy of The Have Gun- Will Travel Companion, due for release in October of 2000! This book also includes:

• All 106 radio broadcasts, including official script titles, plots, complete cast lists (who played who), rehearsal and recording dates and times, writers, directors, etc.
• All 225 television episodes, which includes the same information stated above.
• A chapter documenting (with photos) each and every HGWT collectable!
• All summer reruns and mid-season pre-emptions are documented as well! At the present time, there has not yet been a publication that has listed every episode with correct titles and airdates. Many have not even listed all 225 broadcasts! The authors have gone to great lengths to finally straighten out all of those errors. This book will finally offer the definitive broadcast dates, titles and production information.

 

Includes exclusive interviews with: Byron Paul, Lorna Thayer, Don Taylor, Hal Needham, Lawrence Dobkin, Raymond Guth, Al Ruscio, Harry Bartell, Jack Doner, Virginia Gregg, Warren Stevens, Shimon Wincelberg, Frank R. Pierson, Russel Arms, Dick Beals, Ray Kemper, Marian Seldes, Anthony Caruso, Bethel Leslie, Sidney Pollack, Chris Alcaide, Sam Rolfe, Herman Groves, Tommy Cook, Betsy Jones-Moreland, Harry Morgan, John Dehner, Fintan Meylar, Andrew V. McLaglen, John Fiedler, Albert Ruben, Gary Walberg, Leonard Klatzkin, Jeremy Slate, Frank Sentry, Mary Gregory, Wilton Schiller, Don Keefer, Brad Dexter, Bruce Gordon, Berni Gould, Malvin Wald, Fleet Southcott, Herb Rudley, S. John Launer, Wayne Heffley, Calvin Clements, Phillip Pine, and many, many others who talked with the authors personally for this book!

Eventually, it occurred to me that -- if my ambititon was to be realized -- it might be up to me to make such a contribution. This is my attempt to satisfy that quest.

Thirty-one of more than 200 daytime dramas were selected for intense examination and reflection. Others are highlighted in cross-references throughout the text. Favorite performers surface in 158 brief profiles, some with photographs.

The volume explores creators, producers, directors, actors, actresses, announcers, musicians, sound technicians, advertisers, agencies, networks, audiences, ratings and the timeslots for each drama. Heavy use of anecdotal, behind-the-scenes trivia, much of it never published, is included. The influence of individual series on others of the genre is interwoven into the narrative.

The book includes appendices, photos, notes, annotated bibliography and index.

For me, this project was a labor of love. From three decades of collecting memorabilia to years of research and writing, joy was packed into every day. I wanted to make it the most comprehensive, exhaustive volume on the topic ever produced. Indeed, it is the first major treatise to be released in 33 years dealing exclusively with the radio soap opera genre. To my knowledge, it may be only the second volume singularly pertaining to its subject since radio's Golden Age faded.

I attempted to capture the pathos and heartache, hope and contentment experienced by the soap opera heroes and heroines in their ongoing daily struggles. To the reader I leave the judgment of how well I succeeded.

-- Jim Cox

 

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