Television Westerns: Six Decades of Sagebrush Sheriffs, Scalawags, and Sidewinders - Hardcover
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Television Westerns: Six Decades of Sagebrush Sheriffs, Scalawags, and Sidewinders - Hardcover
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by Alvin H. Marill (Author)
Westerns have featured prominently in films almost since motion pictures were first produced at the end of the nineteenth century and when televisions invaded American homes in the late 1940s and early '50s, Western programs filled the small screen landscape. Throughout the 1950s and well into the 1960s, these shows dominated television with such long-running successes as Bonanza, Wagon Train, and Maverick. And though the genre has fallen on hard times over the years, it has never died, as Hollywood continues to produce films, mini-series, and shows that keep the west alive.
In Television Westerns: Six Decades of Sagebrush Sheriffs, Scalawags, and Sidewinders, Alvin H. Marill looks at the genre as it was represented from the beginning of television--from the twenty-year run of Gunsmoke to the brutal revisionist take of Deadwood. This volume encompasses all manifestations of the Western, including such series as Rawhide, The Virginian, and The Wild, Wild West, as well as movies-of the-week, mini-series, failed pilots, animated programs, documentaries, and even Western-themed episodes of non-Western series that provided their own spin on the genre.Author Biography
Alvin H. Marill (1934-2010) was the author of many books about performing arts, including The Complete Films of Edward G. Robinson. His books for Scarecrow include Keeping Score: Film and Television Music, 1988-1997 (1998), More Theatre: Stage to Screen to Television (2002), Movies Made for Television, 1964-2004 (2005), More Theatre III: Stage to Screen to Television: Since 2001 (2007), and Movies Made for Television, 2005-2009 (2010).
Number of Pages: 190
Dimensions: 0.8 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN
Publication Date: June 01, 2011
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