John Wayne is one of the most legendary actors of all time, and during the 1950s and 60s, "The Duke" owned the Western genre.

The legendary actor loved one celebrated Western so much that he honored its unforgettable hero in a deeply personal way.

In 1956, a movie from a celebrated director headlined by one of the biggest stars of that era was ravaged by some critics at the time. A critic even dismissed the movie as being for "children," while ...

This is the film that influenced the likes of Spielberg, Scorsese, and George Lucas.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Photo Credit: WB) “When the horizon’s at the bottom, it’s interesting. When the horizon’s at the top, it’s interesting. When the ...

The box office appeal of John Wayne combined with the imprint of John Ford makes "The Searchers" a contender for the big money stakes. It's a western in the grand scale - handsomely mounted and in the ...

Ethan Edwards, an embittered veteran, returns to Texas after the Civil War and discovers that Comanche Indians have killed his family and kidnapped his niece. Along with Martin Pawley, who was adopted ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Actress Vera Miles played Laurie Jorgensen in The Searchers, and before ...

John Wayne and John Ford collaborated on some of the Hollywood Golden Age’s best-loved Westerns from She Wore a Yellow Ribbon to The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. Perhaps their most famous was 1956’s ...

John Wayne's The Searchers co-star enraged John Ford for what he did to Duke on set The Searchers featured an appalling mistake by Ward Bond that had to be covered up for years to avoid the "terrible ...

The Museum of the Moving Image in New York City has announced the lineup for its annual 70mm festival, which, in an age of ubiquitous digital projection, celebrates the cinematic power that the ...

John Ford cut his directorial teeth making silent westerns, the most famous of which is the railway-building epic The Iron Horse (1924). But he didn't make a sound western until 1939, the classic ...