For the first time, this book tells the 'lost' story of the 1930s Western. Written from a concern to understand Western films primarily as products of Hollywood's studio system, it recovers the context in which Westerns were produced, exhibited and viewed in the 1930s. Peter Stanfield highlights the hitherto marginalised 'B' or 'series' Western, the significance of female audiences, the role of independent exhibitors and of censorship in shaping film production.
The book includes illustrations from the following films:
Arizona
,
The Big Trail
Billy the Kid
Cimarron
Destry Rides Again
Dodge City
In Old Arizona
, In
Old Santa Fe
Jesse James
The Lash
Let Freedom Ring
Oh, Susanna!
Oklahoma Kid
The Plainsman
Ramona
Santa Fe Trail
Stand Up and Fight
Three Godfathers
Trail of the Lonesome Pine
Tumbling Tumbleweeds
Union Pacific
Virginia City
The Virginian
, and
The Westerner
.