When Did Westerns Stop Being Made?

Western films were enormously popular in the silent-film era (1894–1927). With the advent of sound in 1927–28, the major Hollywood studios rapidly abandoned Westerns, leaving the genre to smaller studios and producers.

When did they stop making Westerns?

Though high-end Hollywood westerns all but disappeared during the early 1930s — following the failure of several big-budget epics in 1930-31, just as the costly conversion to "talkies" and the full impact of the Depression hit the industry — the genre still flourished with low-budget series and serial production.

What was the last TV Western?

By 1971, production companies had acknowledged that "the Western idea is out." The two last traditional Westerns, Death Valley Days and Gunsmoke, ended their runs in 1975.