Ken Curtis Stayed Just As Dirty As His Character On Gunsmoke
Ken Curtis had a unique, long-running role on Gunsmoke, where he played Festus for over 300 episodes. Curtis was sprinting …
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Giving Clint Eastwood Complete Control Kept Him In The Bridges Of Madison County
Clint Eastwood’s quiet romance “The Bridges of Madison County” was released in June of 1995, right into the middle of …
One Production Mistake On A Fistful Of Dollars Cost Millions
A lone stranger wanders through the countryside. He walks into a small town that, at first, looks deserted. When the …
True Grit’S Tv Rights Sparked A Legal Battle With John Wayne
Just how much is an Academy Award worth? That’s exactly what John Wayne wanted to know after he starred in …
Old Hollywood’ Gladly Came To John Wayne’S Aid On The Set Of The Shootist
When producer Mike Frankovich set out to make “The Shootist,” he did not initially pursue John Wayne for the role …
2 More Yellowstone Spinoffs In Development
Yellowstone is getting two new spinoffs set in different time periods as the original series comes to a close. Previous …
Yellowstone Sets Second Half Of Final Season For 2024, Announces Spinoffs 1944 And 2024
Prepare to bid farewell to one generation of Duttons… and welcome two more. The second half of Yellowstone’s fifth season, …
The Surprising Western Roots And Life Lessons Of Val Kilmer
The new biographical/autobiographical film about Val Kilmer was saved to my Amazon Prime Video watchlist along with dozens of other …
One Of Sam Elliott’S Now-Iconic Roles Almost Didn’T Happen
Thirty years after the release of the classic western Tombstone, one of the things Sam Elliott recalls most vividly is …
There Was Only One Fake Mustache Among The Cast Of Tombstone
In 1993, “Tombstone” assembled a cast for the ages to tell the story of Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and the …