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Hollywood, Westerns and the 1930s: The Lost Trail (Exeter Studies in Film History)
Peter (Se Stanfield
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Hardcover. For the first time, this book tells the 'lost' story of the 1930s Western. Written from a concern to understand Western films primarily as products of Hollywood's studio system, it recovers the context in which Westerns were produced, exhibited and viewed in the 1930s. Series: Exeter Studies in Film History. Num Pages: 272 pages, 26 halftones, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; APFA; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 630.
For the first time, this book tells the 'lost' story of the 1930s Western. Written from a concern to understand Western films primarily as products of Hollywood's studio system, it recovers the context in which Westerns were produced, exhibited and viewed in the 1930s. Peter Stanfield highlights the hitherto marginalised 'B' or 'series' Western, the significance of female audiences, the role of independent exhibitors and of censorship in shaping film production.
Includes illustrations from the following films: Arizona, The Big Trail, Billy the Kid, Cimarron, Destry Rides Again, Dodge City, In Old Arizona, In Old Santa ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Exeter Press
Condition
New
Series
Exeter Studies in Film History
Number of Pages
268
Place of Publication
Exeter, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780859896931
SKU
V9780859896931
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About Peter (Se Stanfield
Peter Stanfield is Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of Kent. His main area of interest is the cultural history of American film, with a particular focus on film genres and cycles, and popular music and film. His current research is concentrated on and around post-war film cycles, in particular boxing movies, Mickey Spillane adaptations, Mark Hellinger Productions, ... Read more
Reviews for Hollywood, Westerns and the 1930s: The Lost Trail (Exeter Studies in Film History)
‘ . . . a remarkably solid and thorough treatment of the Western film from 1929 (the year of In Old Arizona and The Virginian) to 1941 (the year of Belle Starr and Billy the Kid). Noting that “1930s Westerns can be read as complex allegorical narratives, which articulate issues of national cohesion, American identity and experiences of modernity”(12), Stanfield ... Read more