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SUMMARY:The Reel Thrilling Events of Bank Robber Henry Starr book signing with Mark Archuleta
DESCRIPTION:On Monday\, October 6\, at 7 p.m.\, the Will Rogers Memorial Museum will host author Mark Archuleta for a book signing of his title\, The Reel Thrilling Events of Bank Robber Henry Starr: From Gentleman Bandit to Movie Star and Back Again (2025\, University of North Texas Press). \nThe event is free\, and copies of the book will be available for purchase at the event. \nAbout the book: \n“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. \nWhen 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. \nStarr’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. \nThe Reel Thrilling Events of Bank Robber Henry Starr is about more than heists and Hollywood glamor. Starr’s journey is about the American myth of reinvention\, recidivism\, and the founding of the motion picture industry when racial tensions were simmering to a boil.” \n
URL:https://www.okhistory.org/calendar/event/the-reel-thrilling-events-of-bank-robber-henry-starr-book-signing-with-mark-archuleta/
LOCATION:Will Rogers Memorial Museum\, 1720 West Will Rogers Boulevard\, Claremore\, OK\, 74017
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