Of the eight features in this Monogram B-Westerns collection, two are in color (Cinecolor), and they both star Rod Cameron, who might have reached a higher rung in the star ladder, had he gotten better breaks. Had he played a bad cop of a loser crook like Sterling Hayden in The Killing, we’d know him better than we do today. The two Cameron films in the collection, Fort Osage and Wagons West, are smart, better than average in their writing and particularly sympathetic to American Indians. T

July 2012
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- Sieber Goes Down
- Why were post-mortem photos taken of Harvey Logan a.k.a. Kid Curry?
- How much did a good cowboy hat cost, and how long did it last?
- What were the pay scales for Old West lawmen?
- Did cowboy poets perform in the Old West?
- What happened to real-life saloon owner Al Swearengen, famously portrayed in HBO’s Deadwood?
- Cheyenne: The Complete Third Season
- Monogram Cowboy Collection, Vol. 2
- The Big Trail
- Welcome to Hard Times / Day of the Evil Gun
- Harley Brown
- 10 for 10: Coeur d’Alene, ID
- West’s Best Greasy Spoons
- The Corny Old West
- A Proud People
- Mr. Hornaday’s War
- If Walls Could Talk
- Lord of Lightning
- Sioux War Dispatches
- Here Lies Hugh Glass
- The Legacy of the Ranger Belt
- Up and Down in the Black Hills
- West From Salt Lake
- July 2012 Events
- Fireworks & Festivities
- The Peacemaker’s Clone
- Was Geronimo a Drunk?
- Honorable Warriors
- Gunfight at the Eco-Corral
- Warner Bros. Theater Screenings
- Hollywood’s Honest Abe
- Phil Collins