Shooting Cowboys And Indians

Andrew Brodie Smith(University of Colorado)

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Silent western films, American culture, and the birth of Hollywood

Traces the history of western films from their silent-picture origins in the 1890s to the talking pictures of the 1920s, citing the impact of western film on the overall development of the movie industry while exploring the productions of such companies as Selig Polyscope, New York Motion Picture, and Essanay.

(Performing Arts)