Beginning in the mid-1940s, the bleak, brooding mood of film noir began seeping into that most optimistic of film genres, the western. This book covers the stylistic shift in westerns in mid-20th century Hollywood, offering close readings of the first noir westerns, along with revealing portraits of the eccentric and talented directors who brought the films to life.
Beginning in the mid-1940s, the bleak, brooding mood of film noir began seeping into that most optimistic of film genres, the western. This book covers the stylistic shift in westerns in mid-20th century Hollywood, offering close readings of the first noir westerns, along with revealing portraits of the eccentric and talented directors who brought the films to life.
The author of multiple books on film history, David Meuel has also published two books of poems, more than two dozen short stories, and hundreds of articles on subjects ranging from U.S. national parks to high technology. He lives in Gig Harbor, Washington.
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Table of Contents Preface 1 Introduction: The Dark Cowboy Rides into Town 5 1. The Darkening West: Conscience and Cruelty Collide in William Wellman's The Ox-Bow Incident, Yellow Sky and Track of the Cat 21 2. The Tyranny of Troubled Pasts: Escape and the Futility of It in Raoul Walsh's Pursued and Colorado Territory 38 3. Where Treachery Springs Eternal: Staying Human in the Harsh Worlds of André de Toth's Ramrod and Day of the Outlaw 55 4. "The topography of menace": Painting the Western Black in Robert Wise's Blood on the Moon 70 5. Westerns Shaken and Stirred: Sam Fuller Upends Genre Conventions in I Shot Jesse James and Forty Guns 81 6. Delving Deeper into the Dark Side: Gregory Peck's Noir-ish Heroes in Henry King's The Gunfighter and The Bravados 97 7. Deliverance on a Down Note: The Tortured, Grimly Determined Heroes of Anthony Mann's Devil's Doorway, The Naked Spur and Man of the West 115 8. Nightmare in Broad Daylight: Evil Poses as the Law in Allan Dwan's Silver Lode 140 9. Helping the Western to Grow Up: The Complex, Shaded Characters in Delmer Daves' 3:10 to Yuma and The Hanging Tree 150 10. "They're going to kill us, Mrs. Mims": Horror and Absurdity Ride Together in Budd Boetticher's The Tall T and Ride Lonesome 168 11. Darkness in Shinbone: Noir Is Busting Out All Over in John Ford's The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 185 Conclusion: Ride On, Dark Cowboy 197 Fifty Additional Noir-ish Postwar Westerns Worth Seeing 199 Chapter Notes 205 Bibliography 209 Index 211
Table of Contents Preface 1 Introduction: The Dark Cowboy Rides into Town 5 1. The Darkening West: Conscience and Cruelty Collide in William Wellman's The Ox-Bow Incident, Yellow Sky and Track of the Cat 21 2. The Tyranny of Troubled Pasts: Escape and the Futility of It in Raoul Walsh's Pursued and Colorado Territory 38 3. Where Treachery Springs Eternal: Staying Human in the Harsh Worlds of André de Toth's Ramrod and Day of the Outlaw 55 4. "The topography of menace": Painting the Western Black in Robert Wise's Blood on the Moon 70 5. Westerns Shaken and Stirred: Sam Fuller Upends Genre Conventions in I Shot Jesse James and Forty Guns 81 6. Delving Deeper into the Dark Side: Gregory Peck's Noir-ish Heroes in Henry King's The Gunfighter and The Bravados 97 7. Deliverance on a Down Note: The Tortured, Grimly Determined Heroes of Anthony Mann's Devil's Doorway, The Naked Spur and Man of the West 115 8. Nightmare in Broad Daylight: Evil Poses as the Law in Allan Dwan's Silver Lode 140 9. Helping the Western to Grow Up: The Complex, Shaded Characters in Delmer Daves' 3:10 to Yuma and The Hanging Tree 150 10. "They're going to kill us, Mrs. Mims": Horror and Absurdity Ride Together in Budd Boetticher's The Tall T and Ride Lonesome 168 11. Darkness in Shinbone: Noir Is Busting Out All Over in John Ford's The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 185 Conclusion: Ride On, Dark Cowboy 197 Fifty Additional Noir-ish Postwar Westerns Worth Seeing 199 Chapter Notes 205 Bibliography 209 Index 211
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