Deming, New Mexico, recently rounded up its cowboys to celebrate the rediscovery of a classic feature-length color documentary, The Cowboy, produced and directed by Elmo Williams, famed High Noon film editor. This powerful documentary depicts a lifestyle that was rapidly vanishing in the West by the mid-20th century. Williams filmed old-timers recalling the past and cowboys rounding up cattle, breaking wild mustangs and square dancing with the ladies, revealing a way of life that dates back t


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