Stagecoach to Tombstone: The Filmgoers' Guide to the Great Westerns

by Howard Hughes

Book Overview

This is the true story of the American West on film, through its shooting stars and the directors who shot them...Howard Hughes explores the Western, running from John Ford's "Stagecoach" to the revisionary "Tombstone". Writing with panache and fresh insight, he explores 27 key films, and draws on production notes, cast and crew biographies, and the films' box-office success, to reveal their place in western history. He shows how through reinvention...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845115716
• ISBN13: 9781845115715
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.8" x 9.5"