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Western Films
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Author : Brian Garfield
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988
Western Films written by Brian Garfield and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Performing Arts categories.
An encyclopedia of more than 2000 western feature films shown in the United States since the advent of the talkies, from Abilene Town to Zandy's Bride. It lists not only the credits, but also ranks the great figures who shaped this influential genre, such as John Ford, Clint Eastwood, John Wayne and Howard Hawkes.
100 Greatest Western Movies Of All Time
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Author : Philip Armour
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2011-06-01
100 Greatest Western Movies Of All Time written by Philip Armour and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-01 with Reference categories.
A fun, opinionated, illustrated look at Westerns—with great photographs from great movies This unique compendium of short essays about, and evocative photos from, the 100 greatest Western movies of all time is the authoritative new resource on the subject—and the ideal illustrated gift book for all cowboy enthusiasts and cinema fans. Beyond being eminently browseable and lavishly illustrated, the book—compiled by the editors of the popular Western magazine American Cowboy—is sure to generate hot debate over its “top 100” list, and it covers plenty of movies that appeal to a wide variety of ages and tastes—from The Ox-Bow Incident, High Noon, and Shane to The Wild Bunch, High Plains Drifter, and Unforgiven. Each essay makes the case for why the selected movie belongs in the top 100—and included are five movies you’ve never heard of but should immediately put high on your list. The introduction sets forth the criteria for the selections while also presenting a short history of the genre.
The Western
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Author : David Lusted
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-10-13
The Western written by David Lusted and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-13 with Performing Arts categories.
The Western introduces the novice to the pleasures and the meanings of the Western film, shares the excitement of the genre with the fan, addresses the suspicions of the cynic and develops the knowledge of the student. The Western is about the changing times of the Western, and about how it has been understood in film criticism. Until the 1980s, more Westerns were made than any other type of film. For fifty of those years, the genre was central to Hollywood's popularity and profitability. The Western explores the reasons for its success and its latter-day decline among film-makers and audiences alike. Part I charts the history of the Western film and its role in film studies. Part II traces the origins of the Western in nineteenth-century America, and in its literary, theatrical and visual imagining. This sets the scene to explore the many evolving forms in successive chapters on early silent Westerns, the series Western, the epic, the romance, the dystopian, the elegiac and, finally, the revisionist Western. The Western concludes with an extensive bibliography, filmography and select further reading. Over 200 Westerns are discussed, among them close accounts of classics such as Duel in the Sun, The Wild Bunch and Unforgiven, formative titles like John Ford's epic The Iron Horse, and early cowboy star William S. Hart's The Silent One together with less familiar titles that deserve wider recognition, including Comanche Station, Pursued and Ulzana's Raid.
Western Movies
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Author : Michael R. Pitts
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 1997
Western Movies written by Michael R. Pitts and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Performing Arts categories.
A comprehensive reference volume of the most popular, enduring film genre: feature-length (over 40 minutes) Westerns, including 16mm, 8mm, Super 8mm, videocassettes and videodiscs. Each entry has film title, release company and year, running time, b&w/color notation, cast listing, plot synopsis, brief critical review. A master list of cowboys and their horses is provided and the book is comprehensively indexed.
The Western Films Of Robert Mitchum
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Author : Gene Freese
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2019-11-22
The Western Films Of Robert Mitchum written by Gene Freese and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-22 with Performing Arts categories.
Robert Mitchum was--and still is--one of Hollywood's defining stars of Western film. For more than 30 years, the actor played the weary and cynical cowboy, and his rough-and-tough presence on-screen was no different than his one off-screen. With a personality fit for western-noir, Robert Mitchum dominated the genre during the mid-20th century, and returned as the anti-hero again during the 1990s before his death. This book lays down the life of Mitchum and the films that established him as one of Hollywood's strongest and smartest horsemen. Going through early classics like Pursued (1947) and Blood on the Moon (1948) to more recent cult favorites like Tombstone (1993) and Dead Man (1995), Freese shows how Mitchum's nuanced portrayals of the iconic anti-hero of the West earned him his spot in the Cowboy Hall of Fame.
The Sagebrush Trail
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Author : Richard Aquila
language : en
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Release Date : 2015-04-16
The Sagebrush Trail written by Richard Aquila and has been published by University of Arizona Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-16 with History categories.
The Sagebrush Trail is a history of Western movies but also a history of twentieth-century America. Richard Aquila’s fast-paced narrative covers both the silent and sound eras, and includes classic westerns such as Stagecoach, A Fistful of Dollars, and Unforgiven, as well as B-Westerns that starred film cowboys like Tom Mix, Gene Autry, and Hopalong Cassidy. The book is divided into three parts. Part 1 traces the birth and growth of Westerns from 1900 through the end of World War II. Part 2 focuses on a transitional period in Western movie history during the two decades following World War II. Finally, part 3 shows how Western movies reflected the rapid political, social, and cultural changes that transformed America in the 1960s and the last decades of the twentieth century. The Sagebrush Trail explains how Westerns evolved throughout the twentieth century in response to changing times, and it provides new evidence and fresh interpretations about both Westerns and American history. These films offer perspectives on the past that historians might otherwise miss. They reveal how Americans reacted to political and social movements, war, and cultural change. The result is the definitive story of Western movies, which contributes to our understanding of not just movie history but also the mythic West and American history. Because of its subject matter and unique approach that blends movies and history, The Sagebrush Trail should appeal to anyone interested in Western movies, pop culture, the American West, and recent American history and culture. The mythic West beckons but eludes. Yet glimpses of its utopian potential can always be found, even if just for a few hours in the realm of Western movies. There on the silver screen, the mythic West continues to ride tall in the saddle along a “sagebrush trail” that reveals valuable clues about American life and thought.
The Old West In Fact And Film
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Author : Jeremy Agnew
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2012-11-08
The Old West In Fact And Film written by Jeremy Agnew and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-08 with Performing Arts categories.
For many years, movie audiences have carried on a love affair with the American West, believing Westerns are escapist entertainment of the best kind, harkening back to the days of the frontier. This work compares the reality of the Old West to its portrayal in movies, taking an historical approach to its consideration of the cowboys, Indians, gunmen, lawmen and others who populated the Old West in real life and on the silver screen. Starting with the Westerns of the early 1900s, it follows the evolution in look, style, and content as the films matured from short vignettes of good-versus-bad into modern plots.
The Hall Of Fame Of Western Film Stars
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Author : Ernest N. Corneau
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1969
The Hall Of Fame Of Western Film Stars written by Ernest N. Corneau and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Here they are all in one book The greatest collection of western film stars ever assembled--beginning with Broncho Billy Anderson and ending with the arrival of the television cowboy heroes. The author's work covers a span of over fifty years and will acquaint the reader with alll the matinee idols of the western genre...Tom Mix, Buck Jones, Hoot Gibson, from the Silent Flickers, the cliff-hanging Serials, the early Talkies and the Classic Westerns.
The Golden Corral
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Author : Ed Andreychuk
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 1997-08-15
The Golden Corral written by Ed Andreychuk and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-08-15 with Performing Arts categories.
A perfect blend of characterization, action and poetic images, John Ford's Stagecoach (1939) made "A" Westerns a viable product for Hollywood in the sound era. By 1990, the Western had again been on a downswing when Dances with Wolves became both a critical and commercial success. This work examines these two films and twelve others--Red River, High Noon, Shane, The Searchers, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, The Alamo, The Magnificent Seven, Ride the High Country, How the West Was Won, The Wild Bunch, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and Unforgiven--that hold unique spots in the genre's history. Full filmographic data are provided for each, along with an essay that blends plot synopsis, historical perspectives and the movie's place in the Western genre.
Westerns
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Author : Janet Walker
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-11-26
Westerns written by Janet Walker and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-26 with Social Science categories.
First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.