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This site is devoted to the Western as one of the oldest genre of the
cinema. You can find here a lot information about the history of this
genre, the outstanding persons of this genre, about actors and
directors of the films, and of course about the films. We'll be happy
to read your comments to the films' reviews and to know about your
favourite films. |
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Encyclopedia of Wild West Films
| Bettger, Lyle |
| Big Tree, Chief John |
| Boehm, Sydney |
| Boetticher, Budd [Oscar] |
| Bond, Ward |
| Boone, Richard |
| Borgnine, Ernest |
| Bowers, William |
| Boyd, William |
| Brady, Scott |
| Brand, Neville |
| Brando, Marlon |
| Brennan, Walter |
| Bridges, Lloyd |
| Bronson, Charles |
| Brown, Harry |
| Brown, Harry Joe |
| Brown, Johnny Mack |
| Brynner, Yul |
| Buchanan, Edgar |
| Budd Boetticher |
| Bumette, Smiley |
| Busch, Niven | |
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Barboni, Enzo (1922)
?Aka E. B. Clucher. After photographing several early Italian Westerns (including Django), Barboni directed the double-act of Mario Girotti ('Terence Hill') and Carlo Pedersoli ('Bud Spencer') in the 'Trinity' series of slapstick Westerns at Cinecitta. The double-act had first appeared in Quattro dell'Ave Maria (1968), which had enormous success in Europe. Trinity was the lazy but agile blue-eyed 'Northerner', while his brother Bam?bino ('don't ever call me Bambino') was the stout, slow-moving but tough 'Southerner'. Together, they were to become the Tom and Jerry of the Spaghetti Western - with a lot of noisy fistfights and not much bloodshed. Continuavano a chiamarlo Trinita made more money in Italy than any other Western before or since. |
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Anderson, Broncho Billy (1882-1971)
Actor, aka Gilbert M.
Anderson, real name Max Aronson. A trade advert in 1912 called him 'The World's
Greatest Photoplay Star', a large but justifiable claim, for he was undoubtably
the most prominent and proli?fic personality of the early Western. One of his
earliest roles was as a passenger in The Qreat Tram Robbery. In 1907 he
formed the Essanay Co. with George K. Spoor.
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Budgets?
?The budgets of the series or B-Western had to be kept low, since returns were limited. But there could be considerable variation, all the same. The major studios generally spent more than the independents. In The Filming of the West Jon Tuska gives several examples of such budgets. In the 1920s Paramount were spending on average $ 110,000 each on their series Westerns. |
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?The Western: a Short History
T
he western is a world of its own; a world more fully-rounded, solid and extensive, perhaps, than any other in fiction; to many more real than any but the one we actually inhabit. It is a world instantly evoked in a host of images and phrases: the good guys and the bad guys, cowboys and Indians, riding off into the sunset.
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