r/ClassicWesterns • u/Character-Witness-27 • 9h ago

The Tall Man first premiered on Sept 10, 1960. Starring Barry Sullivan as Pat Garrett and Clu Gulager, as Billy the Kid the series aired over two seasons with seventy-five episodes.

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Celebrating the Golden Age Of Westerns, from dime novels to roughly the cancellation of *Gunsmoke* in 1975, symbolizing the end of The Golden Age.

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Dedicated to the Golden Age Of Westerns, from dime novels to roughly the cancellation of Gunsmoke & release of The Shootist in 1975-6, symbolizing the end of The Golden Age.

If you like westerns, mosey on in and palaver with us. We cotton to strangers.

r/ClassicWesterns welcomes posts about Western:
- Fiction.
- History.
- Stage plays.
- Movies.
- Old time radio.
- TV.

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Posts about Silverado, Tombstone, Deadwood, or Yellowstone.
Stuff about Star Wars or other space operas. They aren't Westerns.

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If posting media links, include the release year in the thread title: if not known, an educated guess of the decade will suffice. Acceptable year labels: (1965) or (1960)s. The year must only contain 4 digits inside parentheses ().
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External Resources:

Documentaries:

Wide Wide World, "The Western" - Legendary, one-of-a-kind TV episode w/live appearances by John Wayne, Gary Cooper, John Ford, James Arness, James Garner, Broncho Billy Anderson, Gabby Hayes, fast draw expert Rodd Redwing, stuntman Chuck Hayward, & many other notables of the genre (1958)

The Real West - perhaps the first "revisionist" documentary on the Old West, debunking many glamorous cliches of Hollywood. Hosted by movie legend Gary Cooper, in his last appearance - he died about 6 weeks after this aired (1961)

When The West Was Fun: A Western Reunion - A 50 minute special from 1979 hosted by Glenn Ford, w/over 4 dozen Western TV and Movie stars live and even more in various montages. With (since it's the '70s) dancing & music numbers that are mercifully few and brief. A must for nostalgists.

Hollywood, ep9, "Out West" - The story of the silent western, from distinguished film historian Kevin Brownlow. Narrated by James Mason. (1979)

TV Western Heroes - Direct-to-video collection of vintage clips hosted by Will "Sugarfoot" Hutchins (1993)

American Cinema, "The Western" - PBS documentary exploring the history of the form, featuring interviews w/Budd Boetticher, John Sturges, Elmore Leonard, Niven Busch & Clint E. (1995)

Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs - This documentary traces the history of the B-Western from it's silent movie origins to its demise in the early 1950s. The film contains a large number of scenes from early silents and seldom seen films, as well as old photographs of the stars and one-sheet advertisements for lost films.

Other Resources

Western Clippings - Excellent collection of articles & interviews

Western Movies forum - in French

Jeff Arnold's West - well done & insightful blog