Its Alive!, Mistress of the Apes, The Naked Witch, Mars Needs Women and Zontar, the Thing from Venus--in these movies and many others, guerrilla filmmaker Larry Buchanan single-handedly created a movie genre, the good bad picture. Fiercely independent, Buchanan wrote, produced and directed some of the best B-movies ever (and maybe even a few Cs or Ds) on shoestring budgets. Buchanan grew up in a Dallas orphanage with but one dream: to make picture shows. He shot his first full-length movie, Apache Gold (aka Grubstake), in 1952; it featured Jack Klugman in his first film role. In one hit and run, he got permission to film Naughty Dallas (aka A Stripper Is Born) at Jack Rubys Carousel Club in 1958 by promising Ruby a walk-on role, then dropped him--and his club--on the cutting room floor. Buchanan discovered Misty Rowe, the star of his most successful work, Goodbye, Norma Jean, while gazing out the window of his office. These stories and more tell what its really like to be an independent filmmaker in Hollywood.
- ISBN10 1540344622
- ISBN13 9781540344625
- Publish Date 10 November 2016 (first published 15 May 1996)
- Publish Status Active
- Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 234
- Language English