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The Second Time Around (1961 film) Sergeants 3; The Shakiest Gun in the West; Shame, Shame on the Bixby Boys; Shanghai (film series) Shanghai Noon; The Sheepman; Shot in the Frontier; Shut My Big Mouth; Sidekicks (1974 film) Singin' in the Corn; The Singing Sheriff; Something Big (film) Son of Paleface; A Southern Yankee; Stay Away, Joe ...
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 .
The American Film Institute defines Western films as those "set in the American West that [embody] the spirit, the struggle, and the demise of the new frontier". [1] 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]
The Australian Western genre or meat pie Western is set in Australia, especially the Australian Outback or the Australian Bush. [4] The genre borrows from US traditions. The Tracker is an archetype in this form of Australian Western, with signature scenes of harsh desert environments, and exploration of the themes of rough justice, exploitation of the Aboriginals, and the thirst for justice at ...
English-language Western (genre) comedy films (263 P) L. Lost Western (genre) comedy films (1 C) S. Silent Western (genre) comedy films (1 C)
Title Director Cast Country Subgenre/notes 1960: 13 Fighting Men: Harry W. Gerstad: Grant Williams, Brad Dexter, Carole Mathews: United States: B Western The Alamo: John Wayne: John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey, Frankie Avalon, Patrick Wayne, Linda Cristal, Joan O'Brien, Chill Wills, Ken Curtis, Denver Pyle, Chuck Roberson, Guinn Williams, Richard Boone, "Big" John Hamilton
Comedy Western The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw: Raoul Walsh: Kenneth More, Jayne Mansfield, Henry Hull, Bruce Cabot, Ronald Squire, William Campbell, Sid James, Reed De Rouen, Donald Stewart,* Clancy Cooper, Gordon Tanner, Robert Morley, David Horne, Eynon Evans: United Kingdom: Comedy Western filmed in Spain Showdown at Boot Hill: Gene Fowler Jr.
This sub-genre includes the post-Western, neo-Western, and urban Western genres that include "the cowboy cult" in a modern setting that involves the audience's feelings and understanding of Western movies. [1] A neo-Western can be said to use Western themes set in the present day. [2]: 62 According to Stephen Teo in Eastern Westerns: Film and ...