Publisher's Synopsis
By the early 1930s, hundreds of B-westerns were being cranked out every year by studios. Their clean cut stars represented American values and ideals. They were heroes to the nation's children who flocked to see their action films at Saturday matinees where the good guy always beat the bad guy. The "Classic Western Films Poster Book: 1930-1935" presents posters from nearly 40 westerns, from director Raoul Walsh's widescreen film, "The Big Trail" (1930), to "Westward Ho" (1935), both starring John Wayne, and everything in between. Films represented in this volume include: 1930: "The Big Trail" and "Billy the Kid" 1931: "Cimarron," "Fighting Caravans" and "The Hard Hombre." 1932: "The Big Stampede," "Hidden Gold," "Law and Order," "Mark Off the Spur," "McKenna of the Mounted," "Texas Tornado" and "Two Fisted Law." 1933: "Phantom Thunderbolt," "Riders of Destiny," "Sagebrush Trail," and "Under the Tonto." 1934: "Belle of the Nineties," "Blue Steel," "Honor of the Range," "The Lucky Texan," "Mystery Mountain," "The Star Packer," "The Trail Beyond," "Viva Villa!," "Wagon Wheels," "When a Man Sees Red" and "When the Kellys Rode." 1935: "Annie Oakley," "Barbary Coast," "Border Brigands," "The Crimson Trail," "The Dawn Rider," "Fighting Shadows," "Lawless Range," "The New Frontier," "Paradise Canyon," " The Ruggles of Red Gap," "Timber Terrors" and "Westward Ho." Great western film stars represented include Richard Arlen, Wallace Beery, Buck Jones, Lane Chandler, Gary Cooper, Bob Custer, Richard Dix, Hoot Gibson, Walter Huston, Johnny Mack Brown, Ken Maynard, Tim McCoy, Tom Mix, Randolph Scott, Barbara Stanwyck and the Duke himself, John Wayne. 50 Pages/Color on White Paper
