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Pages: 329
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For many, the Westerns of 1930 to 1955 were a defining part of American culture. Those Westerns were one of the vehicles by which viewers learned the values and
Hollywood's West
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Authors: Peter C. Rollins
Categories: Performing Arts
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005-11-11 - Publisher: University Press of Kentucky

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“An excellent study that should interest film buffs, academics, and non-academics alike” (Journal of the West). Hollywood’s West examines popular percepti
Westerns
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Authors: Gary R. Edgerton
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For nearly two centuries, Americans have embraced the Western like no other artistic genre. Creators and consumers alike have utilized this story form in litera
The A to Z of Westerns in Cinema
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Authors: Paul Varner
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When the earliest filmgoers watched The Great Train Robbery in 1903, many of them shrieked in terror at the very last clip when one of the outlaws turns directl
Music and Mythmaking in Film
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This work studies the conventions of music scoring in major film genres (e.g., science fiction, hardboiled detective, horror, historical romance, western), focu