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 ...

The Western genre has been around since the earliest days of cinema, but some of its movies have only gotten better with time. The definitive Western movies look back on the days of the American ...

In 1865, the explorer, hatmaker, and entrepreneur John Stetson founded his eponymous company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Before establishing his business, Stetson had spent time out West mingling ...

John Wayne as Ethan Edwards in The Searchers, standing next to a horse and looking perplexed. Image via Warner Bros. Western movies are often considered to be a genre of perfection, not because ...