THEY WENT THATAWAY

by James Horwitz ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 28, 1976

Buffalo Bill's defunct, and so are William S. Hart, Tom Mix, Hoot Gibson, Ken Maynard, Buck Jones, Fred Thomson, Harry Carey, and Coop and Hopalong and Tom Tyler--all them Powdersmoke Range pardners have ridden their watersmooth-silver stallions to Boothill, just beyond the Rainbow Trail. But Duncan Renaldo (The Cisco Kid), Tim McCoy, Joel McCrea, Gene Autry, Sunset Carson, Charles Starrett (The Durango Kid), The Lone Ranger, Randy Scott, and Duke Wayne are still alive and Horwitz makes gestures at getting an interview with each. Duke, Randy and the Ranger are as hard to rope as the Hunchback of San Clemente, but others pour forth charming memories of the silents and better B-pictures when a cowboy knew his lash from a lariat. The still rather young author, self-styled The Front Row Kid after his Saturday matinee addiction, also takes in Dodge City (a dud), Tombstone (a triumph), and the somewhat ghastly Roy Rogers Museum where Trigger is stuffed and mounted. A bit thick on the whipped nostalgia, and not up to Jon Tuska's The Filming of the West or Diana Cary's The Hollywood Posse, They Went Thataway's best moments come from the horses' mouths, especially the Joel McCrea interview.

Pub Date: Sept. 28, 1976

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Dutton

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Sept. 1, 1976

Categories: NONFICTION