And With Him Came the West

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Plante, Mike, film director. .

Grasshopper Film (Firm), publisher, film distributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (77 min.)

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. Grasshopper Film 2019

Summary:

After the moment of the Gunfight at the OK Corral in late 1881, Wyatt Earp became famous in his own time. He was already known within the western territories as a tough lawman. The gunfight represented the epitome of what the wild west stood for: good guys against bad guys in a thrilling duel. The real event was 30 seconds long. The motivations behind it have complicated details. But Wyatt wanted us to forget all that. He was never shot in a gunfight and lived into old age. By chance, at a championship boxing match at the turn of the century - which became the first feature-length movie - Earp saw the power of cinema in action. He decided he could rewrite history through the magic of movies, hanging out in Hollywood in the 1920s to try to get a movie made about his life. And it actually worked.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from title screen

OCLC:

1181838896

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license