The Unofficial Steve Reeves Page

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Steve Reeves Links

• All Natural Muscular Development Magazine  -- Two recent editorials written by Steve are available here.
• Bodybuilding
• Classical Fantasie
• Eddy's Essay on Hercules  -- Slick tribute to Steve and several other actors who played Hercules, including Steve's Mr. Universe rival, Reg Park.
• Hercules
• Iron Men on the Net  -- Vintage bodybuilder pictures, "for all who remember or just appreciate the beautiful men who represented physical perfection long before things got out of hand."
• Lou Ferrigno - The Ultimate Hercules -- Yeah, riiight. Attractive fan site with a poll to select the most popular Hercules. Visit and vote for Steve!
• The Many Faces of Hercules  -- An absolute must for lovers of sword and sandal epics, this fabulous site has excellent graphics and aims to include pictures of all the major actors in the genre. Also has a page of resources for finding videos. Graphics intensive, but well worth the wait!
• Men Whipped in Movies
• Movie Celebrity Beards  -- Fabulous color pic of Steve as Hercules as well as other bearded actors. Woof!
• Muscle Man
• Muscle Memory  -- Contains the Internet Bodybuilding Database, with historical contest information on hundreds of bodybuilders (including all of Steve's contests), and a picture gallery.
• Péplums et films historiques
-- en français.
• SRIS   -- The official Steve Reeves site by the Steve Reeves International Society, with membership information and affiliated products, including videos.
• Steve Reeves Fact Sheet (at E! Online)
• Steve Reeves Film Credits (at Mr. Showbiz)
• Steve Reeves Filmography (at the Internet Movie Database)
• Steve Reeves Photo Gallery -- Includes several pictures of Steve in bondage in his movies. Kinky!
• Steve Reeves Signed Photographs Page  -- Commercial site with nice selection of autographed photos.
• Steve Reeves Unchained  -- parody of a typical Steve Reeves movie with captioned stills. Kind of mean, but really funny!
• Uncuts -- Can you guess what Steve has in common with Spiro Agnew, Sean Connery, Hugh Hefner, and Tony Orlando?

 = The liBEARian's picks of sites worth their bandwidth in solid gold
 = Commercial site (does not constitute an endorsement of the products and services offered therein)

Steve Reeves Bibliography

Black, Michael A. "The Long Journey of Hercules." Baby Boomer Collectibles, October 1996.

Eames, John Douglas. The MGM Story: The Complete History of Fifty Roaring Years. New York: Crown, 1975.
Information on Steve's films Athena, The Giant of Marathon, The Thief of Bagdad, Morgan the Pirate, The Son of Spartacus, and Sandokan the Great. Films produced or released by the studio are grouped by year of release. See 1954, 1960, 1961, 1962, and 1965.

Flacassier, Stephen. "Immense and Immortal." Cult Movies 23, 1997.

__________. Muscles, Myths, and Movies: An Acquired Taste on Video Guide to the Cinematic Adventures of Hercules. Elk Grove Village, Ill.: Rabbit's Garage, 1994.
Comprehensive and highly enjoyable resource with detailed plots and evaluations of most of Steve's "sword and sandal" epics.

Fritscher, Jack. "Steve Reeves' Screentest." Drummer 19, 1977.

Helmer, George. "Steve Reeves Speaks!" Cult Movies 18, 1996.

Hirschhorn, Clive. The Warner Brother Story. New York: Crown, 1979.
Information on Steve's films Hercules, Hercules Unchained, and The White Warrior. Films produced or released by the studio are grouped by year of release. See 1959, 1960, and 1961.

Merritt, Greg. The Guide to Muscle Films and Television. Los Angeles, Calif.: Merritt Enterprises, 1996.
Brief synopses of movies starring bodybuilders and musclemen.

Moore, Milton T., Jr. Steve Reeves: A Tribute. Dallas, Tex.: the Author, 1982.

__________. Steve Reeves: One of a Kind. Dallas, Tex.: the Author, 1983.

"A Pictorial Display of Steve Reeves, Hercules of Moviedom." Muscular Development 1(10), October 1964.

Reeves, Steve, with James A. Peterson. Powerwalking. Indianapolis, Ind.: Bobbs-Merrill, 1982.

__________, with John Little and Bob Wolff. Building the Classic Physique the Natural Way. 1997.

Saltarelli, Mario. "Hercules and Beyond." Cult Movies 20, 1997.

Schwarzenegger, Arnold, with Bill Dobbins. Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding. New York: Simon and Schuester, 1985.
Pictures of and references to Steve are scattered throughout the text.

Steve Reeves Poster Book: Mr. America, Mr. World, Mr. Universe, Hercules of the Screen.

Vachula, Richard J. "Steely Steve." Chicago Times Magazine 1(6), July/Aug. 1988.

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