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Western novels, films and pulps gave birth to Western comics, which were very popular, particularly from the late 1940s until c. 1967, when the comics began to turn to reprints. This can particularly be seen at Marvel Comics , where Westerns began c. 1948 and thrived until 1967, when one of their flagship titles, Kid Colt Outlaw (1949–1979 ...
The Western is a genre of fiction typically set in the American frontier (commonly referred to as the "Old West" or the "Wild West") between the California Gold Rush of 1849 and the closing of the frontier in 1890, and commonly associated with folk tales of the Western United States, particularly the Southwestern United States, as well as Northern Mexico and Western Canada.
Pages in category "Western (genre) characters" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Ahmed ...
This is a list of some notable authors in the western fiction genre. Part of a series on: Westerns; Media; Film; ... Lists of Western films; List of Western fiction ...
The Light of Western Stars (1940 film) The Light of Western Stars (1918 film) The Light of Western Stars (1925 film) The Light of Western Stars (1930 film) Lone Cowboy (film) The Lone Star Ranger (1923 film) The Lone Star Ranger (1930 film) Lonely Are the Brave; A Long Ride from Hell; The Lusty Men
Film Date Director Country Source work Author Date Type 1: Jeremiah Johnson: 1972: Sydney Pollack: USA: Crow Killer: The Saga of Liver-Eating Johnson (uncredited) Raymond Thorp & Robert Bunker: 1969 [1] ¤ Non-fiction: 1: Mountain Man (uncredited) Vardis Fisher: 1965: Novel
The term "Western", used to describe a narrative film genre, appears to have originated with a July 1912 article in Motion Picture World magazine. [13] Most of the characteristics of Western films were part of 19th-century popular Western fiction, and were firmly in place before film became a popular art form.
Until 1903, films had been one-reelers, usually lasting 10 to 12 minutes, [1] reflecting the amount of film that could be wound onto a standard reel for projection, hence the term. Edwin S. Porter was a former projectionist and exhibitor who had taken charge of motion-picture production at Thomas Edison 's company in 1901 .