Beginning in the mid-1940s, the bleak, brooding mood of film noir began seeping into that most optimistic of film genres, the western. This book covers the stylistic shift in westerns in mid-20th century Hollywood, offering close readings of the first noir westerns, along with revealing portraits of the eccentric and talented directors who brought the films to life.  Meer

Presents a critical appreciation of an unusually fertile period for the production of great silent films: late 1927 through early 1929, in the midst of the tumult and upheaval of Hollywood’s transition from silent to sound.  Meer