Western Film Series of the Sound Era

Michael R. Pitts (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

480 Seiten

2017
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-7237-3 (ISBN)

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The western genre touched on ideals of honor, conquest, and freedom of spirit, and its stories packed cinemas of the early sound era. This volume covers 30 western film series produced from the mid 1930s to the early 1950s. It contains a plot synopsis and analysis of each series' place in cinema history, many photographs and illustrations and a detailed filmography.

The western genre touched on ideals of honor, conquest, and freedom of spirit, and its stories packed cinemas of the early sound era. This volume covers 30 western film series produced from the mid 1930s to the early 1950s. Included are such long-running series as Hopalong Cassidy, The Durango Kid and The Three Mesquiteers as well as those that had moderate or brief runs like The Singing Cowgirl and The Texas Rangers. Major genre stars like John Wayne, Ken Maynard, Tim McCoy, Buck Jones and Johnny Mack Brown headlined the popular Saturday matinee fare. The book contains a plot synopsis and analysis of each series' place in cinema history, many photographs and illustrations and a detailed filmography.

Michael R. Pitts has written more than 40 books on motion picture history and entertainment and has also compiled more than three dozen volumes of local history and genealogy. He lives in Chesterfield, Indiana.

Table of Contents

Preface

BILLY CARSON

BILLY THE KID

CHEYENNE HARRY

THE CISCO KID

DR. MONROE

THE DURANGO KID

FRONTIER MARSHALS

HOPALONG CASSIDY

THE IRISH COWBOYS

JOHN PAUL REVERE

LIGHTNING BILL CARSON

THE LONE RANGER

THE LONE RIDER

NEVADA JACK MCKENZIE

THE RANGE BUSTERS

RANGER BOB ALLEN

RED RYDER

RENFREW OF THE ROYAL MOUNTED

THE ROUGH RIDERS

ROUGH RIDIN’ KIDS

ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE

THE SINGING COWGIRL

THE TEXAS RANGERS

THE THREE MESQUITEERS

THE TRAIL BLAZERS

WILD BILL ELLIOTT

WILD BILL HICKOK

WILD BILL SAUNDERS

WINNETOU

ZORRO

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	10.08.2017
Zusatzinfo	137 photos, filmographies, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	785 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
ISBN-10	1-4766-7237-7 / 1476672377
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-7237-3 / 9781476672373
Zustand	Neuware