{"product_id":"the-art-of-the-classic-western-movie-posters","title":"THE ART OF THE CLASSIC WESTERN MOVIE POSTERS","description":"\u003cp\u003eAcknowledging the iconic, but with plenty of room for the rare and unfamiliar, poster art created for several hundred westerns produced from 1903 to 1978. \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e800 images, many reproduced as full-page\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, make this the most comprehensive book of western movie poster art ever published, and the definitive history of a genre often underestimated for its impact on American audiences. One of the earliest narrative films, 1903’s \u003cem\u003eThe Great Train Robbery\u003c\/em\u003e, was a western, and before commercial cinema was a decade old the form had proliferated to such an extent that practically every nickelodeon in the country used short-length shoot-’em-ups in their daily programs.\n\nThe book begins with a fact-heavy introduction that details how western movies became popular as a result of America’s fascination with the Wild West, as portrayed in dime novels and pulp-fiction magazines.\n\nHow and when the genre archetypes -- white hat vs. black hat, the cowboy’s love for his horse, the Western hero as roving do-gooder -- were set in stone is discussed.\n\nThe difference between “A” and “B” movies and which westerns fit into those categories are also explained. “A”s include such movies as \u003cem\u003eStagecoach\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDestry Rides Again\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eTrue Grit\u003c\/em\u003e, and “B”s such films as \u003cem\u003eGold Mine in the Sky\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSaga of Death Valley\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eHopalong Cassidy\u003c\/em\u003e, and the likes of Gene Autry and Roy Rogers.\n\nEach chapter devotes a special feature to a specific “western” star, writer, director, stuntman, or leading lady.\n\nAlso included are the author’s firsthand interviews conducted as far back as the mid-1970s. We are very impressed...we've never before seen so many rare, classic and even long forgotten posters in glorious full color. Everyone is here, from the early cowboys like Tex Ritter, Charles Starrett, Tim Holt, Johnny Mac Brown and Buck Jones, to giants like John Wayne, Roy Rogers and Gene Autry, to top movie stars like Jimmy Stewart, Gregory Peck, Gary Cooper and Henry Fonda. Great coverage of the serials including Zorro, William Boyd as Hopalong Cassidy, The Three Mesquiteers...it's all here, believe me!\n\nIncludes superb behind-the-scenes photos, including back lot scenes,  and artist Zoe Mozert painting Jane Russell (seen here).\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eEd Hulse \u003c\/strong\u003eis the author of \u003cem\u003eArt of the Pulps, Art of Pulp Fiction, The Tarzan Vault Collection, \u003c\/em\u003eand publisher of the long-running and excellent \u003cem\u003eBlood n Thunder\u003c\/em\u003e volumes. Foreword by\u003cstrong\u003e Jay Dee Witney\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schiffer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59641403736350,"sku":"ARTCWH","price":59.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/0684\/7006\/files\/artcwh-art-of-classic-western-movie-poster-book.jpg?v=1784506035","url":"https:\/\/shop.budsartbooks.com\/products\/the-art-of-the-classic-western-movie-posters","provider":"Bud's Art Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}