The Old West in fact and film : history versus Hollywood / Jeremy Agnew.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Agnew, Jeremy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Western films.

Motion pictures and history.

West (U.S.)--In motion pictures.

West (U.S.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (267 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For many years, movie audiences have carried on a love affair with the American West, believing Westerns are escapist entertainment of the best kind, harkening back to the days of the frontier. This work compares the reality of the Old West to its portrayal in movies, taking an historical approach to its consideration of the cowboys, Indians, gunmen, lawmen and others who populated the Old West in real life and on the silver screen. Starting with the Westerns of the early 1900s, it follows the evolution in look, style, and content as the films matured from short vignettes of good-versus-bad in

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; Chronology; One. Setting the Stage; Two. Cowboys and Their Cows; Three. The Magic Begins; Four. Flickering Images; or, How Did They Do That?; Five. Location, Location, Location; Six. Our ""Cowboy"" Heroes; Seven. ""I see by your outfit...""; Eight. Firepower; Nine. Itchy Trigger Fingers; Ten. Enforcers of the Law; Eleven. From Lacy to Racy -Wine, Wimmen and Song; Twelve. The Boys in Blue; Postscript; Appendix A: Who Does What? A Brief Tour Behind the Camera; Appendix B: Cowboy Action Shooting; Filmography; Chapter Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781283740180

1283740184

9780786493111

0786493119

OCLC:

817224898