You've probably heard of Hollywood's most famous cowboy, John Wayne. Often referred to as "The Duke," Wayne starred in over 100 movies, many of them Westerns, over his 50-year career. The small city ...

John Wayne had a few actors he didn't like, including his successor Clint Eastwood, who he thought was taking the Western genre in the wrong direction. However, there was another actor he hated for a ...

Thomas Butt is a senior writer. An avid film connoisseur, Thomas actively logs his film consumption on Letterboxd and vows to connect with many more cinephiles through the platform. He is immensely ...

The Kentucky native worked often with director Andrew V. McLaglen and did lots of Westerns on screens big and small. By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Faulkner died Aug. 26 of natural causes at a health ...

Marion Morrison belongs on the Mount Rushmore (or should we say, Monument Valley?) of movie stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood. Never heard of him? We bet you have. He went by John Wayne. The ...

For decades, the Western triumphed over all other genres in Hollywood. Horse operas were popular on the big and small screens, with many actors paying their industry dues as cowboys, outlaws, lawmen, ...

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