True Grit
$36.59
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
3 November 2026
Summary
Preeminent film historian Thomas Doherty explores the blockbuster 1969 film adaptation of the Charles Portis novel True Grit, which stars John Wayne in his only Oscar-winning performance.
The year 1969 was a tipping point for Hollywood cinema and a good year for Westerns. In 1968 the censorious Production Code was eliminated. American cinema responded immediately with a spree of theretofore unseen and unimaginable transgressions—one of which arrived in Henry Hathaway’s adapta…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780826370235 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0826370233 |
| Author: | Thomas Doherty |
| Publisher: | University of New Mexico Press |
| Imprint: | University of New Mexico Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 3 November 2026 |
| Weight: | 118g |
| Dimensions: | 178mm x 127mm x 19mm |
| Series: | Reel West Series |
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“How did macho men like Henry Hathaway and John Wayne make a movie from a novel beloved to a generation of young women? Thomas Doherty’s concise, comprehensive monograph on True Grit tracks the adaptation’s compelling Hollywood backstory to tell us why.” - Jon Lewis, author of Hollywood v. Hard Core, The Road to Romance and Ruin, and The End of Cinema As We Know It
About The Author
Thomas Doherty
Thomas Doherty is a professor of American studies at Brandeis University and a cultural historian with a special interest in Hollywood cinema. He is an associate editor of Cineaste and a film reviewer for the Journal of American History. He is the author of numerous books on cinema studies, including Hollywood and Hitler, 1933–1939.
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