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What the Cowboy Life Taught Raoul Walsh

by | Oct 24, 2010 | Western Movies

And how his work in a Pancho Villa docufilm kicked off an amazing directorial career.
Note to aspiring filmmakers: If you're looking for a film school, give Raoul Walsh's curriculum a try. It's called Life. Before he was old enough to vote, Walsh had already seen more adventure than most filmmakers do in a lifetime. He was born in New York in 1887 to a Spanish mother and Irish father. In America, Thomas Walsh designed men’


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