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• #2,723. Sergeant York (1941) - The Men Who Made the Movies

  

  On October 8, 1918, Alvin C. York, a Corporal in the United States Army serving in France, led an attack against a German machine gun nest, during which he... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2022 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,722. The Roaring Twenties (1939) - The Men Who Made the Movies

  

  Director Raoul Walsh and his three screenwriters (Jerry Wald, Richard Macauley and Robert Rossen) pack a whole lot of story into The Roaring Twenties, one of th... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2022 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,721. Beau Geste (1939) - The Men Who Made the Movies

  

  The most popular film version of Percival Christopher Wren’s classic novel, director William A. Wellman’s Beau Geste opens with a mystery; a unit of French... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2022 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,720. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) - The Men Who Made the Movies

  

  Frank Capra and the everyman: a winning combination!Whether portrayed by Jimmy Stewart (Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, It’s a Wonderful Life), Clark Gable (It... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2022 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,719. Bird of Paradise (1932) - The Men Who Made the Movies

  

  Shortly after seeing King Vidor’s 1932 adventure / romance Bird of Paradise, Orson Welles commented that he thought its star, Dolores Del Rio, represented “the... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2022 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,718. Wings (1927) - The Men Who Made the Movies

  

  This year marks the 95th anniversary of Wings, a WW I action / drama / romance that took home the very first Academy Award for Best Picture. Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2022 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• 2,717. The Big Parade (1925) - The Men Who Made the Movies

  

  Released only seven years after the Armistice that ended World War I, King Vidor’s The Big Parade gave audiences what, at the time, was the harshest depiction o... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2022 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,716. The True History of the Kelly Gang (2019) - 21st Century Westerns...

  

  While it may not be as historically accurate as its title suggests, director Justin Kurzel’s The True History of the Kelly Gang is an engaging account of a... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2022 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,715. The Last Rites of Ransom Pride (2009) - 21st Century Westerns Triple...

  

  Though unquestionably a unique entry in the western genre, writer / director Tiller Russell’s The Last Rites of Ransom Pride, with its jump cuts, quick... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2022 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,714. The Salvation (2014) - 21st Century Westerns Triple Feature

  

  An American western produced in Denmark and shot in South Africa, director Kristian Levring’s The Salvation is a gritty, hard-hitting revenge movie that, right... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2022 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,713. How the West Was Won (1962) - The Wild West

  

  Man, would I love to see this movie in Cinerama!A process that utilized three projectors working in unison, beamed onto a large, curved screen, Cinerama was... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2022 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,712. The Hallelujah Trail (1965) - The Wild West

  

  I first saw The Hallelujah Trail on television in the '80s. My father noticed it was playing one afternoon, and told me it was “hilarious”, so the two of us... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2022 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,711. No Name on the Bullet (1959) - The Wild West

  

  Audie Murphy was one of the most decorated U.S. soldiers of World War II. Having lied about his age, he enlisted in 1941 when he was 16, and three years later... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2022 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,710. Cattle Annie and Little Britches (1981) - The Wild West

  

  Now here’s a fun-filled western for you!Directed by Lamont Johnson and based on a true story, Cattle Annie and Little Britches stars Amanda Plummer as Annie, a... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2022 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,709. Forty Guns (1957) - The Wild West

  

  A horse-drawn wagon carrying three men makes its way down a lonely dirt path. Suddenly, dozens of gunmen on horseback, led by a woman riding a white steed,... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2022 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,708. The Culpepper Cattle Co. (1972) - The Wild West

  

  A revisionist western directed by Dick Richards and co-produced by Jerry Bruckheimer (his first ever credit as a producer), The Culpepper Cattle Co. stars Gary... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2022 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,707. The Stranger Wore a Gun (1953) - The Wild West

  

  Director Andre De Toth followed up his 1953 horror classic House of Wax with yet another movie shot in 3-D: the Randolph Scott western The Stranger Wore a Gun. Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2022 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,706. Barbarosa (1982) - The Wild West

  

  “The Mexicans have a saying: what can’t be remedied must be endured”.This line is spoken early on by the title character of director Fred Schipisi’s 1982 wester... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2022 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,705. The Hunting Party (1971) - The Wild West

  

  Though released the same year as a handful of lyrical westerns (McCabe Mrs. Miller, The Hired Hand), director Don Medford’s 1971 film The Hunting Party, with... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2022 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,704. El Topo (1970) - The Wild West

  

  To say Alejandro Jodorowsky’s El Topo is a strange motion picture is an understatement, and perhaps even an injustice.This trippy 1971 film is as much a... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2022 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES