The Reel Thrilling Events of Bank Robber Henry Starr
From Gentleman Bandit to Movie Star and Back Again
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The Reel Thrilling Events of Bank Robber Henry Starr
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Mark Archuleta
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Mark Archuleta
Born in 1873, Cherokee outlaw Henry Starr had survived shootouts and death sentences and lived long enough to witness the invention of moving pictures. In 1919, after Starr was released from the Oklahoma State Penitentiary, a hotshot movie producer convinced him he had the looks, charisma, and “wild and woolly” life story to become the next big movie star.
When filming began in 1920, powerful organizations aligned to censor Starr, attempting to prevent him from exposing Oklahoma’s corrupt legal system and the government’s mistreatment of the Cherokee. The Women's Christian Temperance Union pressured theater owners to ban his film, state and federal lawmakers drafted legislation to stymie theatrical distribution, and police and district attorneys threatened to send him back to prison.
Starr's only film, the biographical movie A Debtor to the Law, is lost to history, but through surviving memorabilia, newspaper accounts, and interviews with people who worked with him on set, author Mark Archuleta traces how the reformed gentleman bandit attempted to use the power of cinema to reframe his life story and redeem himself in the eyes of the public, his family, and the Cherokee Nation.
The book is published by University of North Texas Press. The audiobook is published by University Press Audiobooks.
©2025 Mark Archuleta (P)2026 Redwood Audiobooks批評家のレビュー
“Original, groundbreaking, meticulously researched, deftly written, informative, and an absolutely fascinating read from cover to cover.” (Midwest Book Review)
“A fascinating and well-researched account of a Western outlaw and moviemaker who lived on the border between myth and history.” (Richard Slotkin, author of A Great Disorder)
“This captivating narrative illuminates the porous boundary between banditry and showbiz in the post-frontier period.” (Michael J. Hightower, PhD, author of Banking in Oklahoma Before Statehood)