The beginning (1894-1927)
Acclaim and awards: Samuel Goldwyn, Howard Hawks, Fritz Lang, and how Walter Brennan became a real character (1934-39)
The apotheosis of Walter Brennan (1940)
Primal Brennan: Gary Cooper, Humphrey Bogart, Frank Capra, Jean Renoir, Howard Hawks (1940-44)
Western Brennan: Bob Hope, Henry Fonda, John Wayne, John Ford, Howard Hawks (1944-48)
Western Brennan redux: Robert Mitchum, James Stewart, Spencer Tracy, John Wayne The far country, Bad day at Black Rock, Rio Bravo (1948-58)
The real McCoys: America's grandpa (1957-63)
The politics of becoming Walter Brennan (1960-73)
The legacy years (1969-74).
