Ansel Adams started with with a Kodak No. 1 Box Brownie. Sometimes I do get to places just when God’s ready to have somebody click the shutter,”...
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Heil Hitler Away (German Version)
Johann Suter Reise Reichtum an Gold, um Verluste inspiriert die Nazi-Western Der Kaiser von Kalifornien. Für diejenigen unter Ihnen, die sich...
Why do we have so few photos of Tombstone from the Fly studio?
Why do we have so few photos of Tombstone from the Fly studio? Supposedly, C.S. Fly and his wife took thousands of shots during their time in...
Why do cowboys always mount the horse from the left side?
Why do cowboys always mount the horse from the left side? Oscar Trusty Alexandria, Louisiana The custom of mounting a horse from the left side dates...
Do you know anything about lawman Commodore Perry Owens and his missing loot?
Do you know anything about lawman Commodore Perry Owens and his missing loot? I read about it in a 1978 issue of Lost Treasure magazine. Darin Lee...
In many Westerns, the women have long hair or long hair pulled back in a bun.
In many Westerns, the women have long hair or long hair pulled back in a bun. Was that the fashion of the day? Sydna Lefebvre Tacoma, Washington...
I’ve been watching the miniseries Comanche Moon.
I’ve been watching the miniseries Comanche Moon, which features an Indian attack on a town. Did that ever really happen? John Redshaw, True West...
In a six-team stagecoach you had the leaders and the wheelers.
In a six-team stagecoach you had the leaders (front two animals) and the wheelers (ones closest to the coach). Do you know what the middle team of...
Calling All Clint Fans
Word just came in that Fox/MGM is releasing a “Man With No Name” blu-ray collection in June. Sergio Leone’s first and second Spaghetti Westerns, A...
Ride with the Devil
Ride with the Devil, is one of the best movies of the last 20 years, and one of the least appreciated. Critics gave Ang Lee’s picture about the...
Stagecoach
John Ford’s Stagecoach made John Wayne, who had been around for more than a decade, a star. When Criterion’s Stagecoach arrives on May 25, it will...
Under the Diehard Brand
Beginning in the 1930s, L. Ron Hubbard was among the most popular pulp fiction writers of his generation. Now his entertaining stories are being...