The 1940s were a decade that saw the rise of the Western movie genre, led by names like John Wayne and John Ford, who brought the American frontier and the Wild West to life on the big screen. The ...

From shocking violence to racist casting, beloved Westerns like Cimarron and The Lone Ranger are now considered unwatchable.

John Wayne as Ethan Edwards in The Searchers, standing next to a horse and looking perplexed. Image via Warner Bros. John Ford is known as a Western legend who was an essential pioneer of the genre, ...

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