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Max Brand
Frederick Schiller Faust [1892-1944]
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"Cowboys are all right, but they need a good laundering, most of the time." "All the crookedness ain't outside the law . . . the real fine work begins on the inside and stays there."
On writing Westerns: “There has to be a woman, but not much of a one.
A good horse is much more important.” — Frederick Schiller Faust
— author Max Brand
— author Max Brand
Frederick Schiller Faust was born 29 May 1892 in Seattle, Washington. He attended the University of California at Berkeley, where he began to write prolifically. He joined the Canadian Army in 1915, but deserted the next year and went to New York City, where he began selling stories to the 'pulp' magazines. Faust tried to enlist in 1917 when the United States joined World War I, but was turned down. He continued to write for the pulps, especially Street & Smith’s weekly Western Story Magazine, often with two serials and a short novel in a single issue, published under various pen names; the pen name 'Max Brand' is the best known.
Faust married Dorothy Schillig in 1917, and the couple had three children. In 1921 he had a severe heart attack, and for the rest of his life suffered from chronic heart disease. In 1925, the family moved to Europe, renting a villa in Florence, Italy. He continued to write furiously, and was 'broken-hearted' that his pulp work was successful and his poetry (for which he used his real name) was a critical and commercial failure.
Due to the political tensions in Europe, Faust and his family returned to the United States in 1938, settling in Hollywood, where he worked as a scriptwriter for a number of film studios. He was paid $3,000 a week (roughly a year's pay for an ordinary worker), and made further big bucks from the Dr. Kildare franchise at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios.
When World War II broke out, Faust – even though he was over 50 years old and had a chronic heart condition – managed to get a job as a battlefield correspondent, and was killed by shrapnel in Italy on 12 May 1944.
Faust wrote more than 500 novels and over 400 short stories & novellas using twenty pseudonyms, including George Owen Baxter, George Challis, Evan Evans, John Frederick, Frederick Frost, David Manning & Peter Morland.
His works have been made into 80 movies, including the popular Dr. Kildare series and the Destry remakes.
L i n k s
Max Brand official website
Max Brand entry at Wikipedia
Max Brand credits [1917-66] at Internet Movie Database
Max Brand pages at Fantastic Fiction, U.K.
browse books by Max Brand on Amazon
browse books by Frederick Schiller Faust on Amazon
Western Novels & Stories
 | "The Collected Stories of Max Brand" [18 stories 1994] Edited by Robert & Jane Easton Univ NE Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [12/94] for $50.00 Western tales include "Above The Law" [1918], "Outcast Breed" [1934], and "The Sun Stood Still" [1934]; stories in other genres include "A Special Occasion" [1934]; "The Claws of The Tigress" [1935]; "Fixed" [1936]; the love story "Honor Bright" [1948]; "Internes Can't Take Money" (the 1936 debut of Dr. Kildare); "John Ovington Returns" [1918]; "The King" [1948]; "Miniature" [1939]; "Our Daily Bread" [1940]; "Pringle's Luck" [1937]; "The Silent Witness" [1938]; the action-packed spy story "The Strange Villa" [1935]; "Virginia Creeper" [1937]; "The Wedding Guest" [1934]; and "Wine On The Desert" [1936] |
 | "The Black Rider and Other Stories" [1996] Edited by Jon Tuska Univ NE Press hardcover [1/96] for $40.00 Four Western tales not previously published in book form: the Christmas story "The Power of Prayer" [1922 novella]; "The Dreams of Macdonald" [1923 novella]; "The Black Rider" [1925 novella]; and "Partners" [1938 short story] |
 | "The Ghost Wagon and Other Great Western Adventures" [1996] Edited by Jon Tuska Univ NE Press hardcover [1/96] out of print/used Four mystery tales set in the Old West, not previously published in book form: "A Matter of Honor" [1921 novella]; "The Ghost Wagon" [1921 novella]; "Rodeo Ranch" [1923 novella]; and "Slip Liddell" [1938 novella] |
 | "The Max Brand Companion" [1996] Edited by Jon Tuska & Vicki Piekarski Greenwood Press 9½x6½ hardcover [12/96] for $129.95 publisher's book page |
 | "Tales of The Wild West" [2000] by Max Brand
Leisure Books mass pb [9/2000] for $4.50 Topeka Bindery library hardcover [9/2000] for $11.48 includes "The Champion"; "Lake Tyndal"; "The Laughter of Slim Malone"; "Master and Man"; "The Taming of Red Thunder"; "The Two-Handed Man"; and "Viva! Viva!" |
 | "The Golden West: Stories From Louis L'Amour, Zane Grey & Max Brand" [2003] Edited by Jon Tuska
Three novellas by three legendary masters of Western adventure: "The Trail To Crazy Man" by Louis L'Amour [1908-88] (rewritten later as "Crossfire Trail"); "Tappan's Burro" by Zane Grey [1872-1939]; and "Jargan" by Max Brand Leisure Books mass pb [4/2003] for $5.99 |
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"More Tales of The Wild West" [2006] by Max Brand
Leisure Books mass pb [2/2006] for $5.99 includes "A First Blooding"; "A Lucky Dog"; "Above The Law"; "Blondy"; "Crazy Rhythm"; "Death In Alkali Flat"; and "One Man Posse" |
"Alcatraz: The Wild Horse" [1923 & 1959]
republished as "Devil Horse" [1974]
"Ambush At Torture Canyon" []
"Bandit of The Black Hills" []
"The Bells of San Filipo" [1926] Dorchester/Leisure PB 7/95)
minor/miner Jim Gore & heroic Don Cristobal [El] Estaban after gold & silver
"Beyond The Outpost" by Peter Henry Morland [1925]
"Big Game" []
"The Black Signal" by David Manning [1925]
republished same title by Max Brand [1986]
"Blackie and Red" []
"Blood On The Trail" [](Dodd Mead HB 57, Pocket PB 5/59) / Dave Reagan & wolf
"The Blue Jay" []
"Border Bandit" []
"The Border Kid" []
"The Bronze Collar" by John Frederick [1924]
"Brothers On The Trail" []
"Bull Hunter" by David Manning [1924] republished same title by Max Brand [1981]
"Bull Hunter's Romance" by David Manning [1924]
"Children of Night" [1923 & 1928]
"Clung" [1924 U.K.]
republished same title [1969], republished as "Ghost Rider" 91971]
"Dan Barry's Daughter" [1924]
"Dead or Alive" []
"Destry Rides Again"
1927 Destry Rides Again
 | 1932 feature film [Universal April 1932]
Promoted as Tom Mix's first sound feature. After being framed & imprisoned, Destry returns for revenge. When the sheriff is killed before he can talk, Destry tracks down the killer and then goes after the gang leader. (The 1939 James Stewart version is quite different.) Directed by Benjamin Stoloff; based on the 1927 novel by Max Brand; starring Tom Mix, Claudia Dell, Zasu Pittsm, Stanley Fields, Earle Foxe, Edward Peil Sr., Francis Ford, Edward LeSaint & Tony the Horse video/DVD not available; full credits from IMDb 11"x17" poster available at AllPosters.com |
1939 feature film
Directed by George Marshall; loosely based on the novel by Max Brand;
starring Marlene Dietrich, James Stewart & Brian Donlevy; listed at National Film Registry 1996
DVD + DVD=B00157OICS VHS=B00004R7B6 •
credits from IMDb
1950 Destry Rides Again
1954 Destry Rides Again
"Devil Horse" [1974] republication of "Alcatraz: The Wild Horse" [1923 & 1959]
"The Dude" []
"The False Rider" []
"Fightin' Fool" []
"Fighting Four" []
"Flaming Irons" []
"The Garden of Eden" [1927] /1481960857
"Ghost Rider" [1971] original title "Clung" [1924 & 1969]
"The Granduca" []
"Gray Cloud" []
"The Guide To Happiness" [1924 U.K.]
republished as "The Trap At Comanche Bend" by David Manning [1928] and same title by Max Brand [1995]
"Gun Gentlemen" [1924 U.K.]
republished same title by David Manning [1928] and by Max Brand [1993]
"The Gun Tamer" []
"Gunfighter's Return" [1979]
republication of "Jim Curry's Test" by David Manning [1925]
"Gunman's Legacy" []
"Gunman's Reckoning" [1976] republication of "Donnegan" [1923] by G.O.B.
"Gunmen's Feud" [1982]
republication of "Jerry Peyton's Notched Inheritance" by David Manning [1925]
"The Hair-Triggered Kid" []
"Happy Jack" [] (DoddMead HB 30, Warner pb 5/72)
"Happy Valley" []
"Harrigan" [1926]
"Hired Guns" [] DoddMead HB 7/48, Pocket pb 5/50)
"His Third Master" [1925 U.K.]
"Hunted Riders" []
"The Invisible Outlaw" [1932]
"The Iron Trail" []
"The Jackson Trail" []
"Jerry Peyton's Notched Inheritance" by David Manning [1925]
republished as "Gunmen's Feud" by Max Brand [1982]
"Jim Curry's Test" by David Manning [1925]
republished as "Gunfighter's Return" by Max Brand [1979]
"King of The Range" [] (Dodd Mead HB 33, Pocket pb 5/49+1/74)
lite humor, like tall tale; lazy Carrick Dunmore seeks cousin Rodman Furneaux; heliograph signals!;
outlaw leader Tankerton, Beatrice Kirk, boy Jimmy Larren, horses Excuse Me & Gunfire
"The King Bird Rides" []
"Larramee's Ranch" []
"The Last Showdown" []
"The Long Chance" []
"The Long, Long Trail" [1974] republication of same title by G.O.B [1923]
"Longhorn Feud" []
"Luck of The Spindrift" []
"Man From Mustang" []
"Marbleface" [] (Dorch/Leisure pb)
"Mistral" []
"Montana Rides!" []
"Montana Rides Again" []
"Mountain Fugitive" [] (Dorch/Leisure pb)
"Mountain Riders" []
"The Night Horseman" [1920] sequel to "The Untamed" (Dodd Mead HB 52, Pocket pb 12/54)
unreal people, quite melodramatic; Whistlin Dan Barry & wolf Black Bart & horse Satan;
Kate Cumberland & dad Joe & cowboy Buck Daniels
"On The Trail of Four" []
"Outlaw Breed" []
"Outlaw Valley" []
"Outlaw's Code" []
"Pillar Mountain" []
"Pleasant Jim" []
"Rancher's Revenge" []
"The Rangeland Avenger" [1985] republication of same title by G.O.B [1924]
"Rawhide Justice" []
"Rescue of Broken Arrow" []
"Return of The Rancher" [] (Dorch/Leisure pb)
"Ride The Wild Trail" []
"Riders of The Plains" []
"Riders of The Silences" [1920] as John Frederick
republished as "Luck" [1926] as Max Brand
"Rippon Rides Double" []
"Rustlers of Beacon Creek" []
"Seven of Diamonds" [] (Dodd Mead 29; Warner pb 10/71)
twisty plot: Mike Tirell & brother [killed] & horse Molly & lovely Kate Lawrence & bank money
& jewel treasure; bad guys Dan Finch & Nick Bramber/Chandos
"Seven Trails" []
"The Seventh Man" [1921]
"The Sheriff Rides" []
"Showdown" []
"Singing Guns" []
"Six Golden Angels" []
"Slow Joe" []
"Smiling Charlie" []
"Smiling Desperado" []
"Smuggler's Trail" []
"Song of The Whip" []
"Speedy" []
"Steve Train's Ordeal" []
"The Stingaree" []
"The Streak" []
"Tenderfoot" []
"Thunder Moon" []
"Tiger" [1923 U.K.]
"Tragedy Trail" []
"Trail Partners" []
"Trailin' " [1920]
"The Trap At Comanche Bend" by David Manning [1928]
first published as "The Guide To Happiness" by Max Brand [1924 U.K.]
republished this title [1928] and this title by Max Brand [1995]
"Trouble Kid" []
"Trouble Trail" [] (DoddMead HB 26, Warner pb 11/72)
"The Untamed" [first novel 1919] + motion picture in 1920 starring Tom Mix
"Valley of The Vanishing Men" []
"Valley Thieves" []
"Valley Vultures" []
"Vengeance Trail" []
"Way of The Lawless" [1978] republication of "Free Range Lanning" by G.O.B. [1921]
"The Whispering Outlaw" [] (Dorch/Leisure pb)
"Wooden Guns" [1993] republication of same title by G.O.B. [1925]
★ ★
RONICKY DOONE series
"Ronicky Doone" [1926] (Dorch/Leisure pb)
"Ronicky Doone's Reward" [] (Dorch/Leisure pb)
"Ronicky Doone's Treasure" [] (Dorch/Leisure pb)
★ ★
SILVERTIP series
"The Shadow of Silvertip" [1994] republication of same title by G.O.B. [1925]
"Silvertip" []
"Silvertip's Chase" []
"Silvertip's Roundup" []
"Silvertip's Search" []
"Silvertip's Strike" []
"Silvertip's Trap" []
"Stolen Stallion" [] (DoddMead HB 8/45, GrossetDunlap HB 5/47, Pocket pb 5/48)
★ ★
Max Brand Western Trio Editions
http://www.amazon.com/Five-Star-First-Westerns-Crystal/dp/1594141614/
http://www.amazon.com/Flaming-Fortune-Western-Trio-First/dp/0786237945/
http://www.amazon.com/Max-Brand-Fugitive-Western-Trio/dp/0843958723/
http://www.amazon.com/Good-Badman-Western-Trio-Five/dp/1594146918/
http://www.amazon.com/Love-Danger-Western-Trio-Five/dp/1594146934/
http://www.amazon.com/Overland-Kid-Western-Trio-Five/dp/0786218460/
http://www.amazon.com/Red-Rocks-Secret-Western-Trio/dp/159414401X/
http://www.amazon.com/Rifle-Pass-Western-Trio-Five/dp/1594145067/
http://www.amazon.com/Slumber-Mountain-Western-Trio-Gunsmoke/dp/0754080781/
http://www.amazon.com/Treasure-Well-Western-Trio-Five/dp/1594143943/
http://www.amazon.com/Wheel-Fortune-Western-Trio-Five/dp/1594143927/
... and more {code from search on max brand western trio)
★ ★
writing as George Owen Baxter
"Brother of The Cheyennes" [1934]
"Call of The Blood" [1934]
"Donnegan" [1923]
republished as "Gunman's Reckoning" by Max Brand [1976]
"Free Range Lanning" [1921]
republished as "Way of The Lawless" by Max Brand [1978]
"The Gauntlet" [1922]
"The Killers" aka "Three On The Trail" [1928]
"King Charlie" [1925 U.K.]
republished as "King Charlie's Riders" by David Manning [1925] and by Max Brand [1993]
"The Long, Long Trail" [1923] republished same title by Max Brand [1974]
"The Rangeland Avenger" [1924] republished same title by Max Brand [1985]
"Red Devil of the Range" [1934]
"Rusty" [1937]
"The Shadow of Silver Tip" [1925] republished same title by Max Brand [1994]
"Tiger Man" [1929]
"The Trail To San Triste" [1927]
"Train's Trust" [1923]
"The Whispering Outlaw" [1925]
"Wooden Guns" [1925] republished same title by Max Brand [1993]
Dr. Kildare
Max Brand wrote short stories & novels in many genres. His 1936 tale "Internes Can't Take Money" established the characters of Dr. Kildare and his mentor,
cranky Dr. Gillespie, about whom Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios made a series of popular Dr. Kildare movies from 1937 to 1942, with novelizations
by Brand and others. WMGM-AM in New York City broadcast a weekly radio series from February 1950 to August 1951. NBC-TV broadcast 190 episodes
of a weekly TV series starring Richard Chamberlain & Raymond Massey from 1961 to 1966, which included paperback novelizations of several episodes.
Those books are all mostly out of print; whatever is available in print and on DVD is gradually being coded here.
http://www.amazon.com/Dr-Kildare-Scrapbook-Guide-Television/dp/1593936354/
http://www.amazon.com/Story-Dr-Kildare-1/dp/161081018X/ = audio
Dr. Kildare stories & novels
http://www.amazon.com/Young-Dr-Kildare-Max-Brand/dp/B0007HZNGM/
http://www.amazon.com/Dr-Kildare-Takes-Charge/dp/B000DEM4CU/
http://www.amazon.com/Dr-Kildares-Trial-Max-Brand/dp/0884115321/
http://www.amazon.com/Dr-Kildares-Search/dp/B000CZ3SX4/
Dr. Kildare movies series
'Dr. Kildare' character's movie & TV credits at IMDb
"Internes Can't Take Money" [1937] VHS=6303560075
starring Joel McCrea as Kildare
"Young Dr. Kildare" (1938]
starring Lew Ayres as Kildare & Lionel Barrymore as Dr. Gillespie
"Calling Dr. Kildare" [1939]
"The Secret of Dr. Kildare" [1939] DVD=B000EWBOGS VHS=B00000JGI0
"Dr. Kildare's Strange Case" [1940] DVD=B00006AUGJ VHS=B00006AUKK
"Dr. Kildare Goes Home" [1940]
"Dr. Kildare's Crisis" [1940]
"The People vs. Dr. Kildare" [1941]
"Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day" [1941]
"Dr. Kildare's Victory" [1942]
"Dr. Kildare" television series [M.G.M. 1961-66]
191 episodes exec produced by Norman Felton; starring Richard Chamberlain & Raymond Massey
VHS/DVD not available • series credits at IMDb • Dr. Kildare entry at Wikipedia
"Young Dr. Kildare" television series [MGM-TV 1972-73]
24 episodes starring Mark Jenkins & Gary Merrill
VHS/DVD not available • series credits at IMDb
Kindle Editions
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 | "Classic Westerns: 13 Novels by Max Brand" for Kindle [2008]
Kindle Edition from B&R Samizdat Express [8/2008] for $0.89 "The Essential Max Brand Collection (13 Books)" for Kindle Kindle Edition from Amazon [undated] for $4.99 "in a single file, with active table of contents"; both above contain "Alcatraz: The Wild Horse" [1923]; "Black Jack" [1926]; "Bull Hunter" [1924]; "Gunman’s Reckoning" aka 'Donnegan' [1923]; "Harrigan" [1926]; "The Night Horseman" [1920] sequel to 'The Untamed'; "The Rangeland Avenger" [1924]; "Riders of The Silences" [1920]; "Ronicky Doone" [1926]; "The Seventh Man" [1921]; "Trailin'" [1920]; "The Untamed" [1919]; and "Way of The Lawless" [1921] |
 | "The Collected Works of Max Brand: 17 Westerns In One Volume" for Kindle [2009]
Kindle Edition from Halcyon Classics [11/2009] for $1.99 "active table of contents for easy navigation"; includes "Hole-in-the-Wall Barrett" [1919]; "Riders of The Silences" [1919]; "The Untamed" [1919]; "Trailin’" [1920]; "The Night Horseman" [1920]; "Way of the Lawless" [1921]; "Ronicky Doone" [1921]; "The Seventh Man" [1921]; "Ronicky Doone’s Reward" aka 'The Reward' [1922]; "Gunman’s Reckoning" aka 'Donnegan' [1923]; "Alcatraz: The Wild Horse" [1923]; "The Rangeland Avenger" [1924]; "Bull Hunter" [1924]; "Black Jack" [1926]; "Ronicky Doone’s Treasure" [1926]; "Harrigan" [1926]; and "The Garden of Eden" [1927] |
Other Works
"The Village Street and Other Poems" by Faust [1922]
http://www.amazon.com/Max-Brands-Best-Poems-Centennial/dp/0931832969/
 | "Murder Me!" [magazine serial 1937; book 1995] by Max Brand A 1937 police procedural finally published in book form. New York police detectives Campbell and O'Rourke investigate the apparent suicide of a millionaire philanthropist who was about to be accused of bribery and corruption. St. Martin's Press 8½x5¾ hardcover [11/95] out of print/many used |
Movies & Television
Max Brand credits [1917-66] at Internet Movie Database
browse Max Brand on DVD at Amazon
"The Cavalier (1928) DVD=B0002B9256 VHS=6305889171
| | "Destry Rides Again" feature film [Universal April 1932] Promoted as Tom Mix's first sound feature. After being framed & imprisoned, Destry returns for revenge. When the sheriff is killed before he can talk, Destry tracks down the killer and then goes after the gang leader. (The 1939 James Stewart version is quite different.) Directed by Benjamin Stoloff; based on the 1939 ??? novel by Max Brand; starring Tom Mix, Claudia Dell, Zasu Pittsm, Stanley Fields, Earle Foxe, Edward Peil Sr., Francis Ford, Edward LeSaint & Tony the Horse video/DVD not available; full credits from IMDb |
"Destry Rides Again" [1939]
Directed by George Marshall; based on the novel by Max Brand;
starring Marlene Dietrich, James Stewart & Brian Donlevy; listed at National Film Registry 1996
DVD + DVD=B00157OICS VHS=B00004R7B6 •
credits from IMDb
"The Desperadoes (1943) DVD=B0007MANYE VHS=6304091974
"Uncertain Glory" [Warner Bros. April 1944]
Directed by Raoul Walsh; co-written by Joe May, László Vadnay & Max Brand; starring Errol Flynn, Paul Lukas,
Faye Emerson, Lucile Watson, James Flavin, Douglass Dumbrille, Dennis Hoey & Sheldon Leonard
VHS=6303295304;
full credits from IMDb
"Rainbow Over Texas (1946) VHS=B00000EZWX
"Branded" [1950] DVD=B0007Y08U6 VHS=6301661877
"My Outlaw Brother (1951) VHS=B00005BJTE
Works About Max Brand
 | "Max Brand: The Big Westerner" [1970] by Robert Easton Univ OK Press pb [5/75] out of print/used Univ OK Press hardcover [11/70] out of print/many used |
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