Jonah Hex, the 2010 movie, was a disaster at the box office. But Jonah Hex is a fine movie, in some respects; Josh Brolin’s performance as the lead...
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The Magnificent Seven
The Magnificent Seven is a terrifically satisfying Western, and 2010 marks its 50th anniversary. The picture launched several actors, including...
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
In October, Warner Brothers is launching its Humphrey Bogart collection ($99.98) that will box up 42 of Bogart’s choicest pictures on 12 discs,...
“That Cockeyed Little Old Thing”
The Rounders was Director and Screenwriter Burt Kennedy’s first shot at making a Western comedy, and it’s one of his best. Other movies about aging...
Legal Executions in the Western Territories, 1847-1911
Legal Executions in the Western Territories, 1847-1911, is a wonderful encyclopedic reference—a must for libraries and scholars interested in the...
I’m the Man You Thought You Killed
John Davis, his current alias, is like no other Westerner in fact or fiction. San Francisco strumpet salesman, con man and killer for hire, he uses...
Old West Shootists
The Johnson-Sims Feud: Romeo and Juliet, West Texas Style (University of North Texas Press, $24.95), by Bill O’Neal, features as the star-crossed...
Cowgirl 101 in Apache Country
I rode a Mexican Mustang named Pancho through areas that would have felt downright claustrophobic during the days of Apache reign. While astride...
Uberti’s Wild West
Benelli USA wanted the characters, location and props in its latest Uberti ads, online catalog and videos to have an authentic Old West look and...
Trailing Alfred Jacob Miller in the West
Alfred Jacob Miller was 27 years old when Scotsman Capt. William Drummond Stewart visited his Baltimore studio in 1837. Stewart thought his upcoming...
A Crotchety Cowboy Mentor
Some 30,000 pictures ago, Gil Gustavsen and Cheryl Stapleton thought they were going in a totally different direction. Both transplants to Arizona,...
“Old Timer” and “Friend Dixon”
"Yes, I knew Charlie Russell—though not too well. I have always regretted that I did not know him better,” Maynard Dixon told an aspiring biographer...