John Wayne's first leading role came in 1930 with the pre-code Western The Big Trail, directed by Raoul Walsh, and it set the ...
Elliot Lavine, programmer of pre-Code films at the Castro Theatre (every Wednesday through March 30), was raised in Detroit, moved to the Bay Area in the 1970s with the thought of becoming a filmmaker ...
Far from being relics of the past, Westerns have undergone bold transformations in recent decades Once defined by dusty towns, black-and-white morality, and gunslinging sheriffs, the Western genre has ...