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Trail of the Lonesome Pine, TheTrail of the Lonesome Pine, The (1936) Recommended
Dir. Henry Hathaway
Feat. Fred MacMurray, Sylvia Sidney, Henry Fonda
This pioneering colour film is an engaging old–fashioned Western tale of loyalty, family and romance set against an age–old feud between…
Annie OakleyAnnie Oakley (1935)
Dir. George Stevens
Feat. Barbara Stanwyck, Preston Foster, Melvyn Douglas
Sharpshooter Barbara Stanwyck joins Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show for friendly rivalry with resident top gun Preston Foster. A romantic–comic…
Barbary CoastBarbary Coast (1935)
Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. Miriam Hopkins, Joel McCrea, Edward G. Robinson
Set as far out west as a Western can go – San Fransisco, circa the 1850s gold–rush days. Miriam Hopkins and Joel McCrea are two…
Miracle Rider, TheMiracle Rider, The (1935)
Dir. B. Reeves Eason, Armand Schaefer
Feat. Tom Mix, Joan Gale, Charles Middleton
Fifteen–part serial Western stars former silent star Tom Mix in a highly energetic role as a Texas Ranger who must protect a group of native…
Phantom Empire, ThePhantom Empire, The (1935)
Feat. Gene Autry, Frankie Darro, Smiley Burnette
Oddball children's serial from the thirties has singing cowboy Autry discovering the last remaining inhabitants of the lost continent of Mu living…
Cimarron (1931)
Dir. Wesley Ruggles
Feat. Richard Dix, Irene Dunne, Estelle Taylor
Set during the Oklahoma Land Rush of the 1880's, a charismatic newspaper editor claims a plot of land and resettles himself, along with his rather…
Range Feud, The (1931)
Dir. D.Ross Lederman
Feat. John Wayne, Buck Jones
A better than B–Western with a young, gangly John Wayne as a ten–galloned Romeo framed for murder while entangled in a feud with his…
Big Trail, TheBig Trail, The (1930)
Dir. Raoul Walsh
Feat. John Wayne, Marguerite Churchill, El Brendel
The film that elevated a young John Wayne from bit–part actor to leading man is this grand saga of a wagon trail, shot in an early form of 70mm.
Iron Horse, TheIron Horse, The (1924) Recommended
Dir. John Ford
Feat. George O'Brien, Madge Bellamy
An early silent western presenting an idealised portrayal of the development of the first American transcontinental railroad. Its romantic,…
American Civil WarAmerican Civil War
Robert Powell summarises the four year history of America's most costly conflict.

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