The new Netflix Western anthology film from Joel and Ethan Coen, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, is the best Western comed…
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Best of the West 2019: Western Movies The Future is Female? In Westerns, the future is here!
Ever since The Virginian, Owen Wister’s genre-defining Western novel, female characters have traditionally been portraye…
What History Has Taught Me: Red Steagall
Red Steagall is a musician, poet and actor who shares stories of the American West. His performances include a White Hou…
All Ty-ed Up Actor Ty Hardin’s name was a nod to a gunfighter.
Orison Whipple Hungerford, Jr.—nicknamed Ty by his grandmother—was trying to make it in Hollywood in the ‘50s. He went …
The Strike and the Spinoff An actor walks out, and a new series is born.
Clint Walker, who died recently, is best known for portraying the title character of “Cheyenne” for seven TV seasons bet…
Recycling a Western A money-saving effort resulted in a hit TV Western.
“Sugarfoot,” the late ‘50s TV Western produced by Warner Brothers, wasn’t a new idea. It was based on a 1954 film The B…
Andy Devine Thanks to a childhood accident Andy Devine’s voice was best described as a dual-tone wheeze...
Andy Devine was born in Flagstaff, Arizona on October 7th, 1905 but when he was a year old the family moved to Kingman w…
O’Brien at the Movies The actor made his mark in two big Westerns.
Edmond O’Brien is probably best known for his roles in a number of film noir movies and television shows. But he made a…
Two Wyatts from Henry Fonda The actor is one of few who portrayed Wyatt Earp more than once.
Henry Fonda is one of the few actors to portray Wyatt Earp in two films—more or less. The first: My Darling Clementine …
Tom Mix Superstar of the Roaring Twenties
The movie fans of the 1920’s wanted flamboyance to personify the age that became “The Roaring Twenties.” It was the age …