1. Western

2. History of the Western (1903-)
The first ever western film created was “The great train robbery” which was only 10minutes long and only had 14 scenes.

3. popular first western films
The treasure of the sierra madre(1948)
The good , the bad and the ugly(1966)
High noon(1952)
The searchers(1956)
The wild bunch(1969)

4. John Wayne Born 1907 , in Iowa Joined Hollywood in 1928
Stared in: Rio bravo , True grit , The searchers
Nickname was “Duke” because him and his duke were known as big duke and little duke , his nickname stayed with him until he died.
June 11th 1979 he was 72

5. Sub-Genres of the Western
Classical western
Acid western
spaghetti western
Contemporary western
Electric western
Euro western
Fantasy western
Florida
Curry westerns

6. Iconography of the Western
“wild west” America- deserts/mountains/rivers/monument valley
Wilderness
Revolvers/old guns
Cowboys and horses
Western hats
tribes

7. Examples of Western Films
The highest grossing western film is “dances with wolves”
In old Arizona(1929)
The squaw man(1914)
The iron horse(1924) dances with wolves

8. Actors/Directors Associated with the Western
Clint eastwood(actor)
John ford(director)
Garry cooper(actor)
Budd boetticher(director)