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The Invention of the Western Film
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Description| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Author(s) | Scott Simmon |
| Subtitle | A Cultural History of the Genre's First Half Century |
| Published | 30th June 2003 |
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A Cultural History of the Genre's First Half Century
The Invention of the Western Film ranges across literature, visual arts, social history, ideology, and legend to provide, for the first time, an in-depth exploration of the early Western, from short kinetoscopes of the 1890s through 'classic' features of the 1940s. By examining the American Indian's rise and demise during the silent era, B-Westerns of the 1930s, and film noir-influenced Westerns of the 1940s, Scott Simmon's pioneering study silhouettes the genre's evolution against a myriad of cultural forces. This lively, encyclopedic book revitalizes familiar Western icons John Wayne and John Ford, and recovers forgotten masterworks from the Western film's formative years.Translation missing: en.general.search.loading