Films of the Cisco Kid SC (1998 WOY) comic books
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Published May 1998 by WOY Publications.$8.00
1st printing.
By Francis M. Nevins.
The Films of the Cisco Kid follows in the footsteps of our best selling western book The Films of Hopalong Cassidy by the same author.
Francis M. Nevins begins by introdusing us to William Sidney Porter, better known as O. Henry, who created the Cisco character (not a Mexican but an Anglo and not a romantic rogue but a cold hearted killer) in the 1907 short story "The Caballero's Way." Then he covers the various transformations of Cisco in short silent movies of the Nineteen Teens, in the first three Cisco features starring Warner Baxter, in the later features where Cisco was played in turn by Cesar Romero, Duncan Renaldo, Gilbert Roland, and Duncan Ren again.
The long chapter on The Cisco Kid TV series (1950-1956) includes the vivid reminiscences of Renaldo's double Troy Melton, Leo Carillo's double Bill Catching, and ace Western director Paul Landres. The final chapter, on the 1994 Cisco TV movie starring Jimmy Smits, is followed by a complete filmography including credits for each of the 156 episodes of the television series.
Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 240 pages, B&W.
