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7 hours ago · Masterfully played by its cast and crew, Hell or High Water stands as the best neo-Western movie of its generation. 9. Dances with Wolves. Prolific filmmaker and actor Kevin Costner made his ...
- The Edisonade
- Frontier Justice, American Anarchism, and The Knights-Errant
- How Do You Like Your Western?
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The what? Why are we talking about Thomas Edison? The very first films that belong to the Western genre were a series of silent short films shot at Edison Studios in 1904. These nascent, Western gems included veteran performers from Buffalo Bill‘s Wild West Show, a production that showcased the skills of the Old West acquired by performers who’d li...
The harshness and the isolation of the “uninhabited” West is a hallmark of the genre. Americans had already come to terms with the idea of Manifest Destiny. Much to no one’s surprise, most Americans from this era believed that moving West and conquering the land they found there was a directive from God. These people believed that the values, organ...
Pulp writer Frank Gruber, best known for his Westerns and detective stories, codified seven basic plots for Westerns. Rather than re-invent the wheel here, let’s just borrow a bit of Mr. Gruber’s thinking for our survey of the genre. 1. Union Pacific story:The plot concerns construction of a railroad, a telegraph line, or some other type of modern ...
Now that it seems like we’ve tied this somewhat-complicated genre up with a nice, neat bow, let’s take a look at some of the highest-profile exceptions to the rule — and the subgenres to which they belong.
By the late 1930s, the Western film was widely regarded as a "pulp" genre in Hollywood, but its popularity was dramatically revived in 1939 by major studio productions such as Dodge City starring Errol Flynn, Jesse James with Tyrone Power, Union Pacific with Joel McCrea, Destry Rides Again featuring James Stewart and Marlene Dietrich, and ...
Dec 7, 2023 · Filmmakers learned long ago that having the name of a popular historical character in a film title was like having a famous movie star in the film, but without paying them. Here are the best Western box-office titles of the year: Wyatt Earp and Bass Reeves, Butch Cassidy and The Wild Bunch, Butch vs. Sundance, Unforgiven True Grit, and Once ...
During the years 1930-1954, approximately 2700 western films were churned out. Les and I put together the following numbers and graphs for those of you into trivia or nitty-gritty statistics. (From Old Corral collection)
Nov 10, 2007 · From the birth of "the movies" through the classical Hollywood era (1920-1960), the western played not only a vital role as a popular narrative form — and one that would comprise nearly a fifth...
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Jul 16, 2024 · Westerns are historically an immensely popular genre that has persisted for the entire history of film production. They were quite popular during the silent film era before reaching their zenith during “the Golden Age of Westerns” between the 1940s and 1960s. Spaghetti Westerns took over in the 1970s and the genre saw a resurrection during
