Shooting cowboys and Indians : silent western films, American culture, and the birth of Hollywood
Title:
Shooting cowboys and Indians : silent western films, American culture, and the birth of Hollywood
JLCTITLE245:
Andrew Brodie Smith.
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Publication Information:
Boulder : University Press of Colorado, c2003.
Physical Description:
viii, 230 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9780870817465
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
1. "This strange land of sunshine and beauty": selig polyscope and the invention of the western-film genre -- 2. "Plenty of soldiers, cowboys, Indians, trappers, et cetera": the Chicago studios and the 1909-1911 western-film boom -- 3. "A genuine Indian and his wife": James Young Deer, Lillian Red Wing, and the Bison-brand western -- 4. "Cogs of the big ince machine": New York Motion Picture introduces "Bison-101" western features -- 5. "The making of Broncho Billy": Gilbert M. Anderson creates the western-film hero -- 6. "The aryan": William S. Hart and the cowboy hero in the era of features -- 7. "No more laces and plumes": neighborhood theaters, boy culture, and the shaping of "shoot-'em-up" stars.