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“The Cowboys” and the Encyclopaedia Britannica

Posted on July 17, 2011 by John Putnam

Gregory McNamee writes in his Encyclopaedia Britannica blog about the great John Wayne western, The Cowboys. McNamee calls the movie a contrarian film, not because of the poor treatment Long Hair, played by Bruce Dern, gives to Wil Anderson, Wayne’s … Continue reading →

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Where did all the Westerns go?

Posted on July 11, 2011 by John Putnam

“Where did all the Westerns go?” Bob Kuhn asked in his blog. And it jerked me awake, right out of my fog. I thought long and hard but couldn’t answer him. It’s a serious question, and not just a whim. … Continue reading →

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Stagecoach – the bell cow of Western movies

Posted on July 9, 2011 by John Putnam

They showed it at the Bob Hope Theater, not the Ritz or the Fox from the old days, and as part of the Classic Cinema Series in Stockton, the town that the TV show “Big Valley” made famous. But it … Continue reading →

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“Out of the Past” – Robert Mitchum Westerns

Posted on July 8, 2011 by John Putnam

A great article by Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times Film Critic, on Robert Mitchum and his western movies appeared recently. A parallel column in LA Weekly gives more insight to the remarkable career of this great actor. Of all the … Continue reading →

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The world-shaking power of a Western

Posted on July 5, 2011 by John Putnam

In an Autry Libraries blog posted July 5, 2011, the role of one of the greatest western movies ever made, HIGH NOON, starring Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly, is highlighted as helping in the fall of Poland, a fall that precipitated … Continue reading →

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