【欢迎朗读】跟读 “William S. Hart and the early 'Western' film第一段

Lesson 21

William S. Hart and

the early 'Western' film

威廉.S. 哈特和早期限的‘西部’影片

First listen and then answer the following question.

听录音，然后回答以下问题。

How did William Hart's childhood prepare him for his acting role in Western films?

William S. hart was, perhaps, the greatest of all Western stars, for unlike Gary Cooper and John Wayne he appeared in nothing but Westerns. From 1914 to 1924 he was supreme and unchallenged. It was Hart who created the basic formula of the Western film, and devised the protagonist he played in every film he made, the good-bad man, the accidental-noble outlaw, or the honest-but-framed cowboy, or the sheriff made suspect by vicious gossip; in short, the individual in conflict with himself and his frontier environment.