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- catalog abstract ""Academics have generally dismissed Hollywood's cowboy and Indian movies - one of its defining successful genres - as specious, one-dimensional, and crassly commercial. In Shooting Cowboys and Indians, Andrew Brodie Smith challenges this simplistic characterization of the genre, illustrating the complex and sometimes contentious process by which business interests commercialized images of the West." "Tracing the western from its hazy silent-picture origins in the 1890s to the advent of talking pictures in the 1920s, Smith examines the ways in which silent westerns contributed to the overall development of the film industry." "Focusing on such early important production companies as Selig Polyscope, New York Motion Picture, and Essanay, Smith revises current thinking about the birth of Hollywood and the establishment of Los Angeles as the nexus of filmmaking in the United States. Smith also reveals the role silent westerns played in the creation of the white male screen hero that dominated American popular culture in the twentieth century." "Illustrated with dozens of historic photos and movie stills, Shooting Cowboys and Indians is an engaging and substantive look at this little known chapter in popular filmmaking."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13127330.
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description ""Academics have generally dismissed Hollywood's cowboy and Indian movies - one of its defining successful genres - as specious, one-dimensional, and crassly commercial. In Shooting Cowboys and Indians, Andrew Brodie Smith challenges this simplistic characterization of the genre, illustrating the complex and sometimes contentious process by which business interests commercialized images of the West." "Tracing the western from its hazy silent-picture origins in the 1890s to the advent of talking pictures in the 1920s, Smith examines the ways in which silent westerns contributed to the overall development of the film industry." "Focusing on such early important production companies as Selig Polyscope, New York Motion Picture, and Essanay, Smith revises current thinking about the birth of Hollywood and the establishment of Los Angeles as the nexus of filmmaking in the United States. Smith also reveals the role silent westerns played in the creation of the white male screen hero that dominated American popular culture in the twentieth century." "Illustrated with dozens of historic photos and movie stills, Shooting Cowboys and Indians is an engaging and substantive look at this little known chapter in popular filmmaking."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "viii, 230 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Shooting cowboys and Indians.".
- catalog identifier "0870817469 (hardcover : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Shooting cowboys and Indians.".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Boulder : University Press of Colorado,".
- catalog relation "Shooting cowboys and Indians.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "791.43/6278 21".
- catalog subject "Culture in motion pictures.".
- catalog subject "PN1995.9.W4 S63 2003".
- catalog subject "Silent films United States History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Western films United States History and criticism.".
- catalog tableOfContents "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.".
- catalog title "Shooting cowboys and Indians : silent western films, American culture, and the birth of Hollywood / Andrew Brodie Smith.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".