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Silver Hair and Golden Voice

Silver Hair and Golden Voice


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About the Author: Foreword
Chapter 1: Growing up in Halifax with Brother Frank
An Explosive Infancy
The Bite of the Acting Bug
My One-Night Wrestling Career
Dancer or Target
Radio Waves and Waves on Radio

Chapter 2: Going to Toronto--and Going to War
Toronto Beckons
How I Started the Second World War
Ducks, Banjos, Hockey Rinks, and Celebrities
Out of the Booth and Into Uniform
To Jump or Not to Jump
My War

Chapter 3: Inventing Film for Canada--or Trying to
Flying and Fighting in the Bush / Pioneers and Pilots
The Wages and Litigation of Sin

Chapter 4: Doing Everything and Anything on Radio
Radio Keeps Food on the Table
More than Just Mary
Not Exactly Everybody's Teacup

Chapter Five: Inventing Television--or Trying to
What To Do with Television
Madhouse or Hell (Avoid the Cable If You're Able)
Commanding Space
Don't Get Hit on Hit Parade
Hypnotizing the Nation

Chapter Six: On Stage--and Off
Preparing for Television
Friend or Foe
My Best Friend Always
Career Versus Career
Scorpion's Sting
Hazards of Success
Holding it Together

Chapter Seven: Stage and Screen--Away from North America
Roaring Twice on the Same Day
The War That Never Ended
Cigars, Noses, and Love
Cancellation

Chapter Eight: Making It in America--Or Trying To
A Sour Note
Goldfinger and my Golden Wrist
Being a Barbarian or Not (When in Rome, Hold Your Horses)

Chapter Nine: Back to Canada
My Trans-Atlantic Shuffle
Warden of the Plains
A Canadian Cowboy Flick
Playing Hockey on Film
True Confessions
Vaudeville in Kleinberg
Enemies, Neighbours, and Founding Fathers
Diversifying
The Esso Man--Murray Westgate
Commanding the Seaway

Chapter Ten: Go Big--or Stay Home
Foxy Meets Lord Buttons
A Horse and a Hero
The Real Bad Guys
On a Lighter Note
Waiting, and Waiting, and Waiting
Around Town
Clint's Turtle, Fred

Chapter Eleven: Hollywood Was a Mistake
Leaving Hollywood and Going Fishing
Back to Canada
Being a Target--Again
Maintaining the Law

Chapter Twelve: Who's Austin Willis?
Coming Home
Final Confessions
Goodbye

Epilogue: Austin Willis Comes to Granville Ferry
Afterword by Ron Foley Macdonald
Timeline
Acknowledgements


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781771088527
  • Publisher: Nimbus Publishing (CN)
  • Publisher Imprint: Nimbus Publishing (CN)
  • Height: 203 mm
  • No of Pages: 176
  • Spine Width: 13 mm
  • Weight: 277 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1771088524
  • Publisher Date: 19 Oct 2020
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: Austin Willis, from Halifax to Hollywood
  • Width: 135 mm


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