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Westerns. The Western is a film genre defined by the American Film Institute as films which are "set in the American West that [embody] the spirit, the struggle, and the demise of the new frontier ." [1] Generally set in the American frontier between the California Gold Rush of 1849 and the closing of the frontier in 1890, [2] : 557 the genre ...
Category:1939 Western (genre) films - Wikipedia. This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:1939 films. It includes 1939 films that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. 1934. 1935. 1936. 1937. 1938. 1939. 1940. 1941. 1942. 1943. 1944. 1880s. 1890s. 1900s. 1910s. 1920s. 1930s. 1940s. 1950s.
Jeepers Creepers is a 1939 American musical comedy starring Roy Rogers, with the popular hillbilly comedy troupe the Weaver Brothers and Elviry. Rogers plays a Sheriff in a town where a rich industrialist cheats a poor family out of their land when coal is discovered there. [1]
The Western film genre, a cornerstone of American cinema, encapsulates the spirit, struggles, and mythos of the American West. Originating in the early 20th century, Westerns have since become a globally recognized and influential genre , portraying tales of adventure , lawlessness, and heroism set against the backdrop of the untamed American ...
Feb 4, 2016 · The Good, the Bad and the Beautiful: A brief history of Western cinema (in seven films) Until it died out in the 1970s, the Western movie was the defining American artform, an evolving self-image, chronicling the way the country saw itself. There were creation myths that justified the purging of the Native Americans, progressive films that did ...
Stagecoach. 1939 1h 36m Approved. 7.8 (54K) Rate. 93 Metascore. A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo and learn something about each other in the process. Director John Ford Stars John Wayne Claire Trevor Andy Devine. 8.
Nov 10, 2007 · This 10-minute, one-reel film, with its sequential plot, multiple locations and climactic gunfight, set the standard for both the western and narrative filmmaking.
