Twisting in Air: The Sensational Rise of a Hollywood Falling Horse

Twisting in Air chronicles the gritty and glittery era when an extraordinary group of horses made Western...
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Author: Carol Bradley
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Twisting in Air: The Sensational Rise of a Hollywood Falling Horse by Bradley, Carol

Twisting in Air: The Sensational Rise of a Hollywood Falling Horse

$50.65

Twisting in Air: The Sensational Rise of a Hollywood Falling Horse

$50.65
Author: Carol Bradley
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Twisting in Air chronicles the gritty and glittery era when an extraordinary group of horses made Western movies come alive and explores how one of them, Cocaine, overcame a debilitating injury to become the fastest falling horse of all. Falling horses came into being in the 1940s after movie studios agreed to abide by the Hollywood Production Code's ban on cruelty to animals and stop using deadly trip wires, tilt chutes, and covered pits to topple unsuspecting horses. Filmmakers still wanted to depict horses falling in battle, however, so they went looking for a new wave of "acting" horses who could tumble to the ground on command.

Cocaine was a thoroughbred-quarter horse mix who doubled many times for John Wayne's horse Dollor and appeared in a number of Westerns directed by John Ford. Coke was one of only a couple dozen horses who mastered the demanding athleticism required to fall safely at will. Twisting in Air offers an absorbing look at the dark early history of stunt horses in movies and the development of falling horses, the stunt riders who owned, trained, and depended on them, and the behind-the-scenes circumstances in which they performed.


Author: Carol Bradley
Publisher: Bison Books
Published: 10/01/2024
Pages: 232
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781496239006

About the Author
Carol Bradley is a former newspaper reporter and the author of Saving Gracie: How One Dog Escaped the Shadowy World of American Puppy Mills and Last Chain on Billie: How One Extraordinary Elephant Escaped the Big Top. She grew up in Tennessee and now lives in Montana.

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