Western Film Highlights

The Best of the West, 1914-2001
Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-0-7864-4501-1
Verlag: McFarland

Buch, Englisch, 213 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 413 g

Westerns have had their heyday, but they remain popular. The greatest films from 1914, when ""The Squaw Man"", ""The Virginian"", ""Salomy Jane"", ""The Spoilers"", ""The Rose of the Rancho"" and ""Chip of the Flying U"" were the genre's best, through 2001, when ""American Outlaws"" and ""Texas Rangers"" were tops, are the subject of this work. For each year, the author names the outstanding western films in the following categories: picture, screenplay (original and adaptation), direction, cinematography, music, male and female leading roles, and male and female supporting roles. Also for each year, the author lists the westerns that received Academy Award nominations (and those that won), makes note of the births and deaths of notable actors, directors, producers, composers, cinematographers, authors and other such personalities, and describes the genre's significant achievements.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hoffmann, Henryk

Über Autor(innen)

Henryk Hoffmann was born in Poznan, Poland, where he worked as an English teacher, translator and interpreter, and for many years served as vice-president of the Film Society Kinematograf' 75. A member of the Western Writers of America, he now lives in Pennsylvania, where he teaches Latin and coaches soccer in a boarding school.