Sweethearts of the Sage

The late Buck Rainey wrote scores of articles for Western and serial fanzines and several books. He lived in Tishomingo, Oklahoma.

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• Table of ContentsVOLUME 1A Foreword by Barbara Stanwyck      A Tribute by Charles Starrett      xiiiAuthor’s Note / Abbreviations / Acknowledgments      Introduction      xviiPART I: THE PATHFINDERS (Heroines of the Pre–1920 Era)Vedah Bertram 2 Magda Lane      Pauline Bush 2 Louise Lester      Olive Carey 6 Ann Little      Marguerite Clayton 8 Louise Lovely      Goldie Colwell 12 Louella Maxam      Grace Cunard 14 Rhea Mitchell      Mona Darkfeather 17 Mildred Moore      Florence Dye 19 Princess Red Wing      Janet Eastman 20 Vivian Rich      Bessie Eyton 20 Mann Sais      Victoria Forde 24 Evelyn Selbie      Helen Gibson 27 Nell Shipman      Myrtle Gonzales 31 Myrtle Stedman      Winifred Greenwood 33 Edythe Sterling      Texas Guinan 36 Blanche Sweet      Betty Harte 38 Jessalyn Van Trump      Carol Holloway 40 Marie Walcamp      Helen Holmes 43 Clara Williams      Edith Johnson 45 Kathlyn Williams      Winifred Kingston      PART II: THE TRAILBLAZERS (Heroines of the Twenties)Maryon Aye 98 Laura LaPlante      Barbara Bedford 98 Louise Lorraine      Madge Bellamy 101 Gladys McConnell      Sally Blane 105 Molly Malone      Evelyn Brent 108 Marilyn Mills      Mary Brian 114 Peggy Montgomery      Beatrice Burnham 118 Margaret Morris      Ethlyne Clair 119 Evelyn Nelson      Kathleen Collins 121 Marian Nixon      Betty Compson 122 Eva Novak      Pauline Curley 129 Jane Novak      Marjorie Daw 130 Kathleen O’Connor      Marceline Day 132 Peggy O’Day      Nancy Deaver 135 Gertrude Olmstead      Regina Doyle 135 Marcella Pershing      Dorothy Dwan 135 Esther Ralston      Virginia Brown Faire 137 Allene Ray      Helen Ferguson 141 Alma Rayford      Helen Foster 142 Ione Reed      Carmelita Geraghty 144 Dorothy Revier      Neva Gerber 146 Irene Rich      Eugenia Gilbert 150 Fritzi Ridgeway      Lillian Gilmore 152 Ruth Roland      Ena Gregory / Marion Douglas 153 Ruth Royce      Gloria Grey 154 Eileen Sedgwick      Dorothy Gulliver 156 Josie Sedgwick      Olive Hasbrouck 159 Duane Thompson      Wanda Hawley 161 Lotus Thompson      Josephine Hill 163 Lois Wilson      Hazel Keener 167 Dorothy Wood      Dorothy Kitchen / Nancy Drexel 168 Fay Wray      Nora Lane      PART III: THE PIONEERS (Heroines of the Thirties and Forties)Jane (Poni) Adams 240 Jean Arthur      Iris Adrian 240 Edna Aslin      Lona Andre 245 Joan Barclay      Armida 246 Lina Basquette      Virginia Belmont 259 Jeff Donnell      Pamela Blake 260 Cathy Downs      Veda Ann Borg 262 Julie Duncan      Lucile Browne 266 Penny Edwards      Reno Browne 268 Sally Eilers      Jean Carmen / Julia Thayer 269 Dale Evans      Virginia Carroll 270 Muriel Evans      Mae Clarke 272 Dorothy Fay      Phyllis Coates 275 Evelyn Finley      Mildred Coles 277 Alice Fleming      Lois Collier 278 Jane Frazee      Joyce Compton 279 Greta Granstedt      Carolina Cotton 285 Lorna Gray / Adrian Booth      Gail Davis 286 Shirley Grey      Claudia Dell 288 Virginia Grey      Katherine DeMille 290 Anne Gwynne      VOLUME 2Ellen Hall 326 Sheila Manners / Sheila Bromley      Lois Hall 326 Beth Marion      Ruth Hall 328 Blanche Mehaffey      Virginia Herrick 329 Iris Meredith      Doris Hill 330 Lynn Merrick      Verna Hillie 331 Gertrude Messinger      Jennifer Holt 333 Betty Miles      Carol Hughes 337 Lorraine Miller      Kay Hughes 339 Geneva Mitchell      Mary Beth Hughes 340 Ruth Mix      Martha Hyer 343 Pauline Moore      Lois January 347 Noel Neill      Anne Jeffries 350 Nell O’Day      Mary Ellen Kay 353 Sarah Padden      Carmen Laroux 354 Dorothy Page      Christine Larson 354 Cecilia Parker      Mary Lee 355 Jean Parker      Nan Leslie 355 Helen Parrish      Caryl Lincoln 357 Shirley Patterson      Patti McCarty 358 Sally Payne      Christine McIntyre 359 Nena Quartaro      Betty Mack 363 Marjorie Reynolds      Wanda McKay 365 Elaine Riley      Fay McKenzie 366 Lynne Roberts      Claire Rochelle 418 Linda Stirling      Estelita Rodriguez 420 June Storey      Ann Rutherford 422 Helen Talbot      Sheila Ryan 425 Ruth Terry      Nancy Saunders 427 Virginia Vale      Billie Seward 429 Victoria Vinton      Gloria Shea 430 Luana Walters      Marion Shilling 431 Barbara Weeks      Dorothy Short 434 Jacqueline Wells / Julie Bishop      Louise Stanley 435 Martha Wentworth      Eleanor Stewart 437 Joan Woodbury      Peggy Stewart 439 Polly Ann Young      PART IV: THE HOMESTEADERS (Heroines Who Distinguished Themselves in Nonprogrammer Westerns)Julie Adams 466 Katy Jurado      Lola Albright 468 Dorothy Malone      Merry Anders 470 Adele Mara      Mari Blanchard 472 Carole Mathews      Barbara Britton 473 Virginia Mayo      Peggie Castle 475 Patricia Medina      Mara Corday 477 Vera Miles      Kathleen Crowley 478 Rita Moreno      Margia Dean 479 Jeanette Nolan      Yvonne DeCarlo 481 Maureen O’Hara      Myrna Dell 485 Debra Paget      Angie Dickinson 488 Vera Hruba Ralston      Ann Doran 490 Ruth Roman      Ellen Drew 496 Katharine Ross      Joanne Dru 498 Jane Russell      Rhonda Fleming 500 Ann Sheridan      Beverly Garland 504 Barbara Stanwyck      Nancy Gates 506 Stella Stevens      Coleen Gray 507 Gale Storm      Barbara Hale 509 Gloria Talbott      Susan Hayward 511 Joan Taylor      Rita Hayworth / Cansino 514 Claire Trevor      Adele Jergens 517 Marie Windsor      Bibliography      Index of Film Titles