Western film highlights : the best of the West, 1914-2001 / Henryk Hoffmann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoffmann, Henryk, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Western films--United States--History and criticism.

Western films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (214 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Incorporated, publishers, [2009]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Westerns may have had their heyday, but they remain popular. The greatest films from 1914, when The Squaw Man and The Virginian were among the genre's best, through 2001, when American Outlaws and Texas Rangers were tops, are the subject of this work. For each year, the author names the outstanding western films in the following categories: picture, screenplay (original and adaptation), direction, cinematography, music, male and female leading roles, and male and female supporting roles. Also for each year, the author lists the westerns that received Academy Award nominations (and those that w

Contents:

Cover; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Preface; Annual Entries 1914 through 2001; Appendix A. Top 100 Films; Appendix B. Top 100 Novels Filmed; Appendix C. Top 10 NonfictionBooks Filmed; Appendix D. Top 25 Short Stories/Novellas Filmed; Appendix E. Top 50 Songs Used; Appendix F. Top 20 Authors; Appendix G. Top 20 Screenwriters; Appendix H. Top 20 Directors; Appendix I. Top 20 Cinematographers; Appendix J. Top 20 Composers; Appendix K. Top 20 Leading Men; Appendix L. Top 20 Leading Ladies; Appendix M. Top 20 Supporting Actors; Appendix N. Top 20 Supporting Actresses

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Notes:

"The present work is a reprint of the illustrated case bound edition of Western film highlights : the best of the West, 1914-2001, first published in 2003 by McFarland."--title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 8, 2015).

ISBN:

1-4766-0865-2