Westerns have featured prominently in films almost since motion
pictures were first produced at the end of the nineteenth century and
when televisions invaded American homes in the late 1940s and early
'50s, Western programs filled the small screen landscape. Throughout
the 1950s and well into the 1960s, these shows dominated television
with such long-running successes as Bonanza, Wagon Train, and
Maverick. And though the genre has fallen on hard times over the
years, it has never died, as Hollywood continues to produce films,
mini-series, and shows that keep the west alive. In Television
Westerns: Six Decades of Sagebrush Sheriffs, Scalawags, and
Sidewinders, Alvin H. Marill looks at the genre as it was represented
from the beginning of television—from the twenty-year run of
Gunsmoke to the brutal revisionist take of Deadwood. This volume
encompasses all manifestations of the Western, including such series
as Rawhide, The Virginian, and The Wild, Wild West, as well as
movies-of the-week, mini-series, failed pilots, animated programs,
documentaries, and even Western-themed episodes of non-Western series
that provided their own spin on the genre.
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ISBN
9780810881334
Publisert
2012
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Vendor
Scarecrow Press
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
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Digital bok
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