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Acknowledging the iconic, but with plenty of room for the rare and unfamiliar,The Art of the Classic Western Movie Posterpresentsposter art created for several hundred classic (and not-so-classic) westerns produced from 1903 to 1978.More than 800 imagesmany reproduced as full pagemake this the most comprehensive book of western movie poster art ever published, and the definitive history of a genre often underestimated for its impact on American audiences.One of the earliest narrative films, 1903'sThe Great Train Robbery, was a western, and before commercial cinema was a decade old the form had proliferated to such an extent that practically every nickelodeon in the country used short-length shoot-'em-ups in their daily programs.The book begins with a fact-heavy introduction that details how western movies became popular as a result of America's fascination with the Wild West, as portrayed in dime novels and pulp-fiction magazines. How and when the genre archetypeswhit

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Acknowledging the iconic, but with plenty of room for the rare and unfamiliar,The Art of the Classic Western Movie Posterpresentsposter... Read more

    Publisher: Schiffer Publishing Ltd
    Publication Date: 1/28/2024
    ISBN13: 9780764367960, 978-0764367960
    ISBN10: 076436796X

    Non Fiction , Art & Photography

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    Acknowledging the iconic, but with plenty of room for the rare and unfamiliar,The Art of the Classic Western Movie Posterpresentsposter art created for several hundred classic (and not-so-classic) westerns produced from 1903 to 1978.More than 800 imagesmany reproduced as full pagemake this the most comprehensive book of western movie poster art ever published, and the definitive history of a genre often underestimated for its impact on American audiences.One of the earliest narrative films, 1903'sThe Great Train Robbery, was a western, and before commercial cinema was a decade old the form had proliferated to such an extent that practically every nickelodeon in the country used short-length shoot-'em-ups in their daily programs.The book begins with a fact-heavy introduction that details how western movies became popular as a result of America's fascination with the Wild West, as portrayed in dime novels and pulp-fiction magazines. How and when the genre archetypeswhit

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