Idols and Axle Grease

About “Francis Irby Gwaltney”

• Gwaltney wrote eight novels His first published novel was Yeller Headed Summer 1954 , but his next, The Day the Century Ended, was the most successful critically and commercially It was reviewed favorably when it was published in 1955 and a year later, when it was made into a movie titled Between Heaven and Hell starring Robert Wagner, Buddy Ebsen, and Broderick Crawford The story concerns the tensions between rich and poor Arkansas soldiers in the South Pacific Theater brought together by the war and explores how the events changed them His other novels include Destiny s Chickens 1973 and Idols and Axle Grease 1974 , the latter based upon his childhood in Charleston He also wrote teleplays for the television shows The Fugitive and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour one of his episodes of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour was nominated for an Emmy.

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