White Hats and Silver Spurs: Interviews with 24 Stars of Film and Television Westerns of the Thirties Through the Sixties

by Herb Fagen

One of Hollywood's most enduring genres, Westerns (Fort Apache, High Noon, Shane, to name but three) dominated movie screens for over forty years. And unlike other classes of films, the Western made a smooth transition to television, with shows such as Gunsmoke, Bonanza, and The Virginian leading the way.The 24 interviews in this work take us back to a time when Westerns were tops in television ratings and box office receipts. The interviewees (Lee...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786402008
• ISBN13: 9780786402007
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 253 Pages