Treasures 5: The West, 1898 - 1938

Synopsis

10-hour set celebrating the dynamic, gender-bending, ethnically diverse West that flourished in early movies but has never before been seen on video. The forty films contained in this collection present a very different - and much more varied - view of the American West than in the defining sound Westerns which followed. The films include curiosities as well as a handful of masterpieces, particularly MANTRAP (1926), with Clara Bow giving a career-best performance as a flirtatious manicurist in the Canadian backwoods. The set also features travelogues from ten Western states; newsreels about Native Americans and documentaries about such Western subjects as cattle ranching in Santa Monica; riding the rails; how vaqueros made horsehair ropes; the birth of the canned fruit industry; and the beginning of the water wars

Language

English

Country

United States

Notes

More information about the release can be found on the National Film Preservation Foundation website: http://www.filmpreservation.org/dvds-and-books/treasures-5-the-west

Subjects

Film studies

Keywords

cattle ranches; newsreel films; silent films; westerns; travelogues

Credits

Cast

Clara Bow

Distribution Formats

Type

DVD

Format

Region 0 NTSC

Price

$22.92

Availability

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Duration/Size

596 minutes

Year

2016

Publisher

Name

National Film Preservation Foundation

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Address

USA

Distributor

Name

Image Entertainment

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Online Retailer

Name

amazon.com

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