1. "This strange land of sunshine and beauty": selig polyscope and the invention of the western-film genre -- 2. "Plenty of soldiers, cowboys, Indians, trappers, et cetera": the Chicago studios and ...

Legendary Western director John Ford's long-lost movie, The Scarlet Drop, was recently found 106 years after it premiered, but what is the film, and why is its recovery so important? For decades, The ...

Infusing the Western genre with comedic elements dates back to the 1910s. Famed silent-era comedians such as Harold Lloyd and Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle starred in Western comedy shorts like Two-Gun ...

Western movies are hailed as a crucial cornerstone of classic cinema and recognized as an iconic piece of America's pastime, known for their thrilling adventures of ruthless outlaws and lone ...

The French director also stars in his new silent movie, born out of his desperate urge to return to the Oldenburg Film Festival: "I needed something that I could make for not a lot of money and fast." ...