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An edition of The Overlook Film Encyclopedia (1994)

The Overlook Film Encyclopedia

The Western (The Overlook Film Encyclopedia)

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Overlook Hardcover
Language
English
Pages
416

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Cover of: The Overlook film encyclopedia.
The Overlook film encyclopedia.
1994, Overlook Press
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Cover of: The Overlook Film Encyclopedia
The Overlook Film Encyclopedia: The Western (The Overlook Film Encyclopedia)
May 1, 1994, Overlook Hardcover
Hardcover in English - Subsequent edition

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CONTENTS:

The thirties : the rise and rise of the series western -- The forties : the resurgence of the genre -- The fifties : Indians and psychopaths : a genre redefined -- The sixties : the western goes international -- The seventies : the western in transition -- The eighties : the eighties and beyond -- All-time western rental champs -- Most successful westerns : inflation adjusted -- Biggest money-making western stars -- Critic’s top tens -- Western Oscars -- Selected sound westerns and their novel sources -- Select bibliography.

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Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
416
Dimensions
11.9 x 9.3 x 1.5 inches
Weight
4.4 pounds

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL8129585M
Internet Archive
overlookfilmency00phil
ISBN 10
0879515171
ISBN 13
9780879515171
Library Thing
714103
Goodreads
2111060

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Joseph Von Sternberg's essay in poetic realism, the silent outing Underworld (1927), was the dominant influence on the gangster film as it emerged during the late 1920s.
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