After Fox released In Old Arizona, the first feature length western with sound, in 1929, Universal president Carl Laemmle decided that Universal's westerns shou

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Hollywood’s West examines popular perceptions of the frontier as a defining feature of American identity and history. Seventeen essays by prominent film schol

After Fox releasedIn Old Arizona,the first feature length western with sound, in 1929, Universal president Carl Laemmle decided that Universal's westerns should

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