Hollywood,Westerns and the 1930s

For the first time, this book tells the 'lost' story of the 1930s Western. Written from a concern to understand Western films primarily as products of Hollywood's studio system, it recovers the context in which Westerns were produced, exhibited and viewed in the 1930s. Peter Stanfield highlights the hitherto marginalized 'B' or 'series' Western, the significance of female audiences, the role of independent exhibitors and of censorship in shaping film production.