American West: Fact, Fiction, Film

Book Reviews

 crowded prairie
The Crowded Prairie,
Michael Coyne,
1997
 Injuns

"Injuns"
Edward Buscombe,
2006
 alamocoverimage

John Wayne's Alamo
Christopher M Smallbone,
January 2014

What excites me about history is that when you scratch beneath the surface you often come up with surprising conclusions. The history of the Myth of the Alamo is no exception. My book is now available from the Amazon store.




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Dances With Wolves

Dances with Wolves, Kevin Costner



"The western had managed to remain popular largely by being
both thematically and stylistically responsive to the
nation's ever changing culture".

The Crowded Prairie , Michael Coyne p86

REVIEWS OF FILMS
FEATURING NATIVE AMERICANS


 Billy two Hats
Billy two Hats
* * * * *
Ted Kotcheff,
1974
 Broken Arrow
Broken Arrow
* * * * *
Delmer Daves,
1950
Cheyenne autumn
Bugles in the
Afternoon
* * *
Ray Rowland,
1952
Cheyenne autumn
Cheyenne Autumn
* * *
John Ford,
1964
Comanche Station
Comanche Station
* * * * *
Budd Boetticher,
1960
 Dakota Incident
Dakota Incident

Lewis R Foster,
1956
 Dances with Wolves
Dances with
Wolves
Kevin Costner,
1990
 Day of the Evil Gun
Day of the
Evil Gun
Jerry Thorpe,
1968
Drums Along the Mohawk
Drums Along
the Mohawk
John Ford,
1939
Escape From Fort Bravo
Escape From
Fort Bravo
John Sturges,
1953
Fort Apache
Fort Apache

John Ford,
1948
Fort Utah
Fort Utah

Leslie Selander,
1967
 GeronimoAn American Legend
Geronimo: An
American Legend
Walter Hill,
1992
 Gunman's  Walk
Gunman's Walk

Phil Karlson,
1958
 Hombre
Hombre

Martin Ritt,
1967
 Hondo
Hondo

John Farrow,
1953
 Indian Uprising
Indian Uprising

Ray Nazarro,
1953
 lastofthedogmen
Last of the Dogmen

Tab Murphy,
1995
thelastfrontier
The Last Frontier

Anthony Mann,
1955
 The Law and Jake Wade
The Law and
Jake Wade
John Sturges,
1958
 Little Big Man
Little Big Man

Arthur Penn,
1970
 A Man Called Horse
A Man Called
Horse
Elliot Silverstein
1970
 Meek's Cut Off
Meek's
Cutoff
Kelly Reichardt
2011
 The Missing
The Missing

Ron Howard,
2003
 My Darling Clementine
My Darling
Clementine
John Ford,
1946
 Only the Valiant
Only the Valiant

Gordon Douglas,
1951
 The Outlaw Josey Wales
The Outlaw
Josey Wales
Clint Eastwood,
1976
 therideback
The Ride Back

Allen H Miner,
1957
 rideoutforrevenge
Ride Out
For Revenge
Bernard Girard,
1957
 Run of the Arrow
Run of the Arrow

Sam Fuller,
1957
 The Searchers
The Searchers

John Ford,
1956
 Sergeant Rutledge
Sergeant Rutledge

John Ford,
1960
 Seven Men From Now
Seven Men
From Now
Budd Boetticher,
1956
 Soldier Blue
Soldier Blue

Ralph Nelson,
1970
They Died With their Boots On
They Died With
their Boots On
Raoul Walsh,
1941
 Two Rode West
Two Rode
Together
John Ford,
1961
 theunforgiven
The Unforgiven

John Huston,
1960
 Ulzana's Raid
Ulzana's Raid

Robert Aldrich,
1972
 White Feather
White Feather

Robert D Webb,
1955
 Winchester '73
Winchester '73

Anthony Mann,
1950


Other Western Film Reviews


At Gunpoint
At Gunpoint

Alfred L Werker,
1955
The Far Country
The Far Country

Anthony Mann,
1954
Gunfight at the OK Corral
Gunfight at
the OK Corral
John Sturges,
1957
 hourofthegun
Hour of the Gun

John Sturges,
1967
 libertyvalance
The Man Who Shot
Liberty Valance
John Ford,
1962
 A Man Alone
A Man Alone

Ray Milland,
1955
 manwiththegun
Man with the Gun

Richard Wilson,
1955
 thetallt
The
Tall T
Budd Boetticher,
1957
thunderovertheplains
Thunder over
the Plains
André de Toth,
1953
 vera cruz
Vera Cruz,

Robert Aldrich,
1954
 The Violent Men
The
Violent Men
Rudolf Maté,
1955
 warlock
Warlock

Edward Dmytryk,
1959
 Wichita
Wichita

Jacques Tourneur,
1955
 The Wild Bunch
The
Wild Bunch
Sam Peckinpah,
1969


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