Edwin S. Porter’s, The Great Train Robbery hit the silver screen in 1903. Filmed in the wilds of New Jersey, it lasted just nine minutes. It was the...
The First of the Silver Screen Cowboys
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Movies
Mescal Reborn
The stores of Far Haven and the rebirth of an iconic film location are both tales of redemption. Beginning with the deadly nighttime ambush of a...
Jeremiah Johnson
Half a century later, it’s still the best mountain man movie ever made. Long before there was a grid to live off of, there were mountain men,...
Eye for Eye
L.J. Martin makes a movie. Western author L. J. Martin, with more than 40 novels to his credit, is not one to wait for things to happen: he...
1883: The Wagons West Story
Innovative filmmaker Taylor Sheridan’s new series captures the grit and the glory of the trail. When True West spoke to creator Taylor Sheridan in...
Christopher Mitchum
The reluctant Western star shares memories of his acting career. "Dad started acting just about the time I was born, in 1943,” Christopher...
What History Has Taught Me: Samuel K. Dolan
Writer, Producer, Historian Samuel K. Dolan is a writer and Emmy Award-winning television producer based in Montana. His career in film and...
Bruce Boxleitner
James Arness made all the difference in his storied film and television career. In 1976, Gunsmoke’s James Arness was about to take on the lead role...
Best of the West 2022: True Westerner of the Year
Riding - and Writing - for the Brand! Phil Spangenberger If you have ever spoken to Phil Spangenberger about the Old West, historical firearms,...
Mr. Authenticity
Many fans of Westerns, especially the True West maniacs, are guilty of picking them apart for the anachronisms all too often found in such...
Shooting Back
The Real Deal: Ben Johnson The November 2021 cover story “Ben Johnson: A True American Cowboy” by Marshall Trimble struck a sentimental chord with...
Dern’d If You Do
Some of the most memorable roles in Western cinema history were portrayed by Bruce Dern during his long and storied career. It’s no surprise that...