Why Did Chuck Norris & David Carradine Never Stop Fighting? Producer/Director Steve Carver Remembers

World Karate Champion pitted against KUNG FU's TV star seemed to be the perfect matchup for a blockbuster movie. And...it was! The movie, from Producer/Director/photographer Steve Carver (April 5, 1945-January 8, 2021) was "Lone Wolf McQuade." Turns out the film delivered a fight both on screen and off. Director Carver, who recently died of COVID-19, had previously worked with both Karate champion Chuck Norris and TV Kung Fu legend David Carradine. Their on-screen styles of fighting were disparate and, during filming of the fight scenes, they clashed and, according to Carver, really went after each other. What resulted was a good guy/bad guy chemistry that helped turn the modern day, spaghetti style action movie into a bona fide hit. An AFI graduate, Steve Carver got his professional filmmaking start cutting trailers for Roger Corman and eventually helmed his first feature film, "The Arena" (1974), for Corman's New World Pictures. Carter's stock company of actors included several of Sam Peckinpah's stalwarts, including L. Q. Jones, R. G. Armstrong and Warren Oates. Plus, he worked with composers Francesco De Masi and Maestro Ennio Morricone. But, Steve's first love had always been photography. That passion led him to a two decades long project of photographing actors and actresses that resulted in Carver's acclaimed book, "WESTERN PORTRAITS: The Unsung Heroes & Villains of the Silver Screen" (2019, Edition Olms), co-authored by C. Courtney Joyner. The November 2019 book launch and signing was held at The Autry Museum and we taped a special all-star edition of A WORD ON WESTERNS to commemorate the unveiling. Gathered for that event were over 30 of the celebrities whose photos grace the pages. We were proud to host and record the event and so very glad that Steve was able to hear all of the wonderful comments, the congratulations and to bask in the glow of his beautiful book. This episode of A WORD ON WESTERNS is dedicated to Steve Carver and includes footage not previously seen. It is from July 15, 2015, when we were still taping the interviews in the Autry's cafe. We are all saddened by the loss of our friend and are proud to share his legacy. Rest in Peace.

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