The other night the 1946 John Ford film My Darling Clementine popped up on one of the channels. I’ve always enjoye…
Tag: Theater
Deadwood’s Al Swearingen The rise and fall of the notorious purveyor of sin and his infamous saloon.
The night shall be filled with music, and the cares that infest the day shall fold up their tents… and…silently steal aw…
Boom Town Belles in the Old West What kind of reception did the traveling sideshows or circuses or drama/theater groups receive?
What kind of reception did the traveling sideshows or circuses or drama/theater groups receive? Were any of these finan…
A Theater for a Boomtown Jack Langrishe brought entertainment to Deadwood.
Jack Langrishe opened up the first theater in Deadwood in the summer of 1876. And for more than three years, the facili…
Tombstone’s Night Life
The most imposing and best known in theater in Tombstone was Schieffelin Hall, inspired by the town founder. For two dec…
A ‘Gem’ of a Saloon
Al Swearengen—yes, the real one, on whom the TV character was based—built the Gem Saloon in Deadwood in 1877. It was th…
Lotta Crabtree When she finished the smoky room was full of shouting, cheering miners.
During the time the famous dancer Lola Montez was living in Grass Valley, the only woman who was friendly to her was the…
Marie Delores Eliza Rosanna Gilbert aka Lola Montez
The women who played the frontier theaters—singers, dancers and actresses—had a head start on the road to success …
Western Films in Arizona
Theaters were a popular form of entertainment in early Arizona and the first moving pictures came to the towns in the 18…
Building Your Western Library Thomas P. Collins, Bard of the Western Theater
Tom Collins—theater historian and presenter—has enjoyed a lifelong passion for acting and directing. At the University o…