Ronald L. Davis

Ronald L. Davis is professor emeritus of history at Southern Methodist University. He is author of Just Making Movies: Company Directors on the Studio System, Words into Images: Screenwriters on the Studio System, Zachary Scott: Hollywood’s Sophisticated Cad, and Van Johnson: MGM’s Golden Boy, all published by University Press of Mississippi.

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Van Johnson

MGM's Golden Boy

University Press of Mississippi

The only full-length biography of this immensely popular screen star of the 1940s and 1950s

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Zachary Scott

Hollywood's Sophisticated Cad

University Press of Mississippi

A biography of the stage and screen star who could never escape the role of dashing villain

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Just Making Movies

Company Directors on the Studio System

University Press of Mississippi

Reflections from the filmmakers who kept screens flickering in the big studio era

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Words into Images

Screenwriters on the Studio System

University Press of Mississippi

An unprecedented view of Hollywood’s Golden Age

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