John Wayne & Dean Martin Are Revengeful Brothers In This Overlooked, Violent Western
When you think of a John Wayne and Dean Martin on-screen meet-up, most likely it’s Howard Hawks’ 1959 Western Rio …
Western legends
The Searchers Theory: John Wayne’s Ethan Is Really Debbie’s Father
A popular theory for The Searchers suggests that John Wayne’s Ethan Edwards is really the father of his kidnapped niece …
Kurt Russell And Val Kilmer’S Classic Western Tombstone Is Filled With Timeless Scenes, But These 10 Are The Very Best The Film Has To Offer
Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer’s classic Western Tombstone is filled with timeless scenes, but these 10 are the very best …
The Longest-Running Western Of All Time Didn’T Get The Series Finale I Believe It Deserved
CBS’ Gunsmoke ran for 20 years, and I don’t think it got the send-off such a long-running series deserved. The …
What Happened To Wyatt Earp’S Wife, Mattie, After Tombstone
Wyatt Earp’s (Kurt Russell) wife, Mattie (Dana Wheeler-Nicholson), had an unceremonious exit from Tombstone, but what happened to the real-life …
Working On Bonanza Made Lorne Greene Feel Young Again
Lorne Greene was truly a man of the West. He lived and breathed Bonanza both inside and outside of the …
Hurts, Don’T It?: Kurt Russell’S First Tombstone Scene Is Still One Of The Western Genre’S Best Character Introductions 31 Years Later
Kurt Russell’s introduction as Wyatt Earp in Tombstone is just about perfect. Despite having relatively few Western credits to his …
John Wayne & Robert Mitchum Finally Teamed Up In 1966’S El Dorado After Years Of Separately Dominating The Western Genre, And It Was Totally Worth The Wait
John Wayne and Robert Mitchum were two of the biggest Western stars of their day, and their eventual team-up in …
Ken Curtis’ Colorado Accent Helped Make His Acting Career
Ken Curtis’ character, Festus Haggen, on the 1955 series Gunsmoke, had a face only a true Western die-hard could love. …
John Wayne, Sydney Poitier, And Charlton Heston Led An Army Of Actors In This Religious Epic
George Steven’s 1965 Oscar-nominated film The Greatest Story Ever Told is one of Hollywood’s grandest religious epics with a star-studded …