Clint Eastwood's Sylvester Newel looks off into the distance against a blue sky in Paint Your Wagon - Paramount Pictures In 1939 John Ford surprised everyone, John Wayne included, by casting the then ...

The 1950s was the golden age for westerns, and every year of the decade produced at least one classic film that is still ...

John Wayne as Ethan Edwards in The Searchers, standing next to a horse and looking perplexed. Image via Warner Bros. Western movies are often considered to be a genre of perfection, not because ...

Since 1903's "The Great Train Robbery," Westerns have been a big part of the motion picture industry. Westerns have risen and fallen in popularity over the years, achieving significant growth in the ...