Westerns and the Trail of Tradition A Year-by-Year History, 1929-1962
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The late Barrie Hanfling wrote for Nostalgia Westerns magazine. He also had articles published in Wrangler’s Roost and Serial Report. He lived in Auckland, New Zealand.“one of the best books on Westerns film history…wonderful”—<i>Classic Images</i>; “unique...a good read”—<i>Western Clippings</i>; “well-illustrated”—<i>Wrangler’s Roost.</i>
Over the past century, the western has fluctuated in popularity. By 2010 it has come to stand, to the dismay of many, at one of its lowest points.
Beginning with 1929 and the advent of talkies (In Old Arizona), the author discusses the cultural and industry trends, the directors, producers, studios and especially the stars, and looks at the ways in which their personalities (and financial ups and downs) affected the way westerns were shot. The improvements in technology through the years, the trick horses, the fistfight choreography, the evolution of plotlines--these are fascinating indicators of the way Americans themselves were changing.
Acknowledgments
Preface
1929: The Sound Revolution
1930: The Epic Returns
1931: Best Film
1932: B Westerns in Abundance
1933: Popular, but…
1934: Jones as “King”
1935: The Coming of Cassidy—and Autry
1936: The Return of the Epic
1937: Never So Many Westerns, but...
1938: B Westerns Everywhere
1939: Stagecoach, Plus...
1940: Gene Autry’s Year
1941: The Return of Buck Jones
1942: Business as Usual
1943: Republic’s New King
1944: Tall in the Saddle
1945: Eddie Dean—In Living Color
1946: Home from the War
1947: There’s Room on the Prairie
1948: They Passed This Way
1949: “It Was All Over—but They Forgot to Tell Me”
1950: Classic Westerns
1951: On Big and Small Screen
1952: “Do Not Forsake Me”
1953: Shane
1954: Sundown on the Prairie
1955: A World Without B or Series Westerns
1956: “Name’s Ethan”
1957: There Are Some Things a Man Can’t Ride Around...
1958: Once Upon a Horse...
1959: The Year Creeps Slowly By...
1960: A New Decade—Old Players
1961: Near the End of the Trail
1962: Glorious Beginning—Sad Farewell
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index