Westerns & the Old West
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I post almost exclusively about minutiae related to the Old West and Western films/pop culture. I do drawings too. 🍉
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Mad (in its early comic book form) compares Western movies to the actual Old West in "Cowboy!" from issue #20, Feb. 1955. Written by Harvey Kurtzman, artwork by Jack Davis (1/2)
November 13, 2024 at 10:19 PM
Mad (in its early comic book form) compares Western movies to the actual Old West in "Cowboy!" from issue #20, Feb. 1955. Written by Harvey Kurtzman, artwork by Jack Davis (1/2)
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"Hah! Noon!" (from Mad the Comic Book #9) written by Harvey Kurtzman with art by Jack Davis (1954)
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October 3, 2025 at 9:48 PM
"Hah! Noon!" (from Mad the Comic Book #9) written by Harvey Kurtzman with art by Jack Davis (1954)
Part 1 of 2
Part 1 of 2
Happy Birthday to Bat Masterson, born Bartholemew William Barclay Masterson 172 years ago today
November 27, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Happy Birthday to Bat Masterson, born Bartholemew William Barclay Masterson 172 years ago today
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Another (Bounty) killer thread of exegesis on the celluloid West.
One of the big influences on For a Few Dollars More is André De Toth's The Bounty Hunter (1954) starring Randolph Scott. It's fascinating to see Leone expand on scenes from The Bounty Hunter, sometimes building whole sequences from a single visual or an interesting prop.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Another (Bounty) killer thread of exegesis on the celluloid West.
I forgot to mention that the original title of For a Few Dollars More was The Bounty Killer:
One of the big influences on For a Few Dollars More is André De Toth's The Bounty Hunter (1954) starring Randolph Scott. It's fascinating to see Leone expand on scenes from The Bounty Hunter, sometimes building whole sequences from a single visual or an interesting prop.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:02 AM
I forgot to mention that the original title of For a Few Dollars More was The Bounty Killer:
Happy Birthday to the late Jeffrey Hunter, born Henry Herman McKinnies Jr. 99 years ago today
November 26, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Happy Birthday to the late Jeffrey Hunter, born Henry Herman McKinnies Jr. 99 years ago today
Happy Birthday to the late, great W.R. Burnett, born William Riley Burnett 126 years ago today
November 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Happy Birthday to the late, great W.R. Burnett, born William Riley Burnett 126 years ago today
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I’m joined by film professor and critic @jimtudor.bsky.social to discuss Anthony Mann’s classic Western, Winchester ’73.
Also sharing this fantastic poster from artist/Western historian @davidlambertart.bsky.social.
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Also sharing this fantastic poster from artist/Western historian @davidlambertart.bsky.social.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I’m joined by film professor and critic @jimtudor.bsky.social to discuss Anthony Mann’s classic Western, Winchester ’73.
Also sharing this fantastic poster from artist/Western historian @davidlambertart.bsky.social.
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Also sharing this fantastic poster from artist/Western historian @davidlambertart.bsky.social.
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
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Another great thread.
My second favorite line at the end of a movie:
"Wyatt Earp died in 1929. Among the pallbearers at his funeral were early Western stars William S. Hart and Tom Mix.
Tom Mix wept."
My second favorite line at the end of a movie:
"Wyatt Earp died in 1929. Among the pallbearers at his funeral were early Western stars William S. Hart and Tom Mix.
Tom Mix wept."
My Darling Clementine is the best Wyatt Earp film & among the least accurate, despite John Ford knowing Wyatt Earp personally. Contrary to Ford's claims, his film wasn't based on Earp's own account of his time in Tombstone, but rather an earlier film whose director also knew the lawman. A 🧵
November 25, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Another great thread.
My second favorite line at the end of a movie:
"Wyatt Earp died in 1929. Among the pallbearers at his funeral were early Western stars William S. Hart and Tom Mix.
Tom Mix wept."
My second favorite line at the end of a movie:
"Wyatt Earp died in 1929. Among the pallbearers at his funeral were early Western stars William S. Hart and Tom Mix.
Tom Mix wept."
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Well worth reading to the end of a thread combining the mythology of the Old West with the "real" fiction of the new movies.
My Darling Clementine is the best Wyatt Earp film & among the least accurate, despite John Ford knowing Wyatt Earp personally. Contrary to Ford's claims, his film wasn't based on Earp's own account of his time in Tombstone, but rather an earlier film whose director also knew the lawman. A 🧵
November 25, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Well worth reading to the end of a thread combining the mythology of the Old West with the "real" fiction of the new movies.
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I love this wild story & now I want to see a movie about a washed up Wyatt Earp pitching a career rehabbing biopic in Old Hollywood
The OK Corral did not make Wyatt Earp famous throughout the United States, only parts of Arizona & California. Earp's introduction to the rest of the nation wouldn't be as a lawman at all, but rather as the corrupt boxing referee who threw the fight for Heavyweight Champion of the World....
November 25, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I love this wild story & now I want to see a movie about a washed up Wyatt Earp pitching a career rehabbing biopic in Old Hollywood
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The article infuriated Earp & he pressed Hart to make his biopic & restore his reputation. Hart met him halfway & added Earp as a small character (played by Bert Lindley) in 1923's Wild Bill Hickok. Though barely featured, the ad copy hyped Earp as one of the three best gunmen of all time...
March 24, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The article infuriated Earp & he pressed Hart to make his biopic & restore his reputation. Hart met him halfway & added Earp as a small character (played by Bert Lindley) in 1923's Wild Bill Hickok. Though barely featured, the ad copy hyped Earp as one of the three best gunmen of all time...
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While in Hollywood, Earp befriended William S. Hart, who prided himself on the authenticity of his Westerns. In March 1922, Hart alerted Earp to an LA Times article slandering the Earps as murderous bandits & claiming that Wyatt was killed. Attached is the article. Almost every detail wrong & insane
March 24, 2025 at 8:32 PM
While in Hollywood, Earp befriended William S. Hart, who prided himself on the authenticity of his Westerns. In March 1922, Hart alerted Earp to an LA Times article slandering the Earps as murderous bandits & claiming that Wyatt was killed. Attached is the article. Almost every detail wrong & insane
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Boxing fans were livid. Only Earp seemed to have seen this punch to the groin & Fitzsimmons sued to contest his decision. The trial was national news. Papers outright stated that Earp fixed the fight & began publishing outlandish tales about his past. One painted the Earps as murderous stagerobbers
March 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Boxing fans were livid. Only Earp seemed to have seen this punch to the groin & Fitzsimmons sued to contest his decision. The trial was national news. Papers outright stated that Earp fixed the fight & began publishing outlandish tales about his past. One painted the Earps as murderous stagerobbers
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The OK Corral did not make Wyatt Earp famous throughout the United States, only parts of Arizona & California. Earp's introduction to the rest of the nation wouldn't be as a lawman at all, but rather as the corrupt boxing referee who threw the fight for Heavyweight Champion of the World....
March 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The OK Corral did not make Wyatt Earp famous throughout the United States, only parts of Arizona & California. Earp's introduction to the rest of the nation wouldn't be as a lawman at all, but rather as the corrupt boxing referee who threw the fight for Heavyweight Champion of the World....
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My Darling Clementine is the best Wyatt Earp film & among the least accurate, despite John Ford knowing Wyatt Earp personally. Contrary to Ford's claims, his film wasn't based on Earp's own account of his time in Tombstone, but rather an earlier film whose director also knew the lawman. A 🧵
March 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
My Darling Clementine is the best Wyatt Earp film & among the least accurate, despite John Ford knowing Wyatt Earp personally. Contrary to Ford's claims, his film wasn't based on Earp's own account of his time in Tombstone, but rather an earlier film whose director also knew the lawman. A 🧵
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A must-follow account for anybody who is interested in the history of the American West and/or film and books about it
The Virginian, The Ox-Bow Incident & Lonesome Dove are a few classic Westerns that wrestle with the messy morality of hanging men on a lawless frontier. Few Westerns wrestle with the messy reality.
Here's the story of "Black Jack" Ketchum...
Here's the story of "Black Jack" Ketchum...
November 11, 2024 at 8:40 PM
A must-follow account for anybody who is interested in the history of the American West and/or film and books about it
R.I.P. Jimmy Cliff
In The Harder They Come, Cliff's character Ivan sees Sergio Corbucci's Django in a crowded Kingston theater...
In The Harder They Come, Cliff's character Ivan sees Sergio Corbucci's Django in a crowded Kingston theater...
November 24, 2025 at 10:29 PM
R.I.P. Jimmy Cliff
In The Harder They Come, Cliff's character Ivan sees Sergio Corbucci's Django in a crowded Kingston theater...
In The Harder They Come, Cliff's character Ivan sees Sergio Corbucci's Django in a crowded Kingston theater...
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Amazingly it just keeps escalating.
On May 11, 1950, while working on the Rawlins National Bank in Wyoming, a construction crew unearthed a whiskey barrel that contained a human skeleton with its skull cap sawed off & an odd pair of shoes. Dr. Lillian Heath, now in her 80s, was asked if she knew anything about it...🧵
November 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Amazingly it just keeps escalating.
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This is the damnedest story I've read in ages. Wild West? No shit...
On May 11, 1950, while working on the Rawlins National Bank in Wyoming, a construction crew unearthed a whiskey barrel that contained a human skeleton with its skull cap sawed off & an odd pair of shoes. Dr. Lillian Heath, now in her 80s, was asked if she knew anything about it...🧵
November 24, 2025 at 5:33 AM
This is the damnedest story I've read in ages. Wild West? No shit...
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Helluva thread. Good grief.
On May 11, 1950, while working on the Rawlins National Bank in Wyoming, a construction crew unearthed a whiskey barrel that contained a human skeleton with its skull cap sawed off & an odd pair of shoes. Dr. Lillian Heath, now in her 80s, was asked if she knew anything about it...🧵
November 23, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Helluva thread. Good grief.
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Wherever you think this story is going to go, you're incorrect.
On May 11, 1950, while working on the Rawlins National Bank in Wyoming, a construction crew unearthed a whiskey barrel that contained a human skeleton with its skull cap sawed off & an odd pair of shoes. Dr. Lillian Heath, now in her 80s, was asked if she knew anything about it...🧵
November 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Wherever you think this story is going to go, you're incorrect.
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I've read some weird and disturbing Old West stories, but this one... hoo boy.
On May 11, 1950, while working on the Rawlins National Bank in Wyoming, a construction crew unearthed a whiskey barrel that contained a human skeleton with its skull cap sawed off & an odd pair of shoes. Dr. Lillian Heath, now in her 80s, was asked if she knew anything about it...🧵
November 23, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I've read some weird and disturbing Old West stories, but this one... hoo boy.
Happy 59th Birthday to Vincent Cassel, born Vincent Crochon
November 24, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Happy 59th Birthday to Vincent Cassel, born Vincent Crochon
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Oh, this is the /good/ good stuff right here.
On May 11, 1950, while working on the Rawlins National Bank in Wyoming, a construction crew unearthed a whiskey barrel that contained a human skeleton with its skull cap sawed off & an odd pair of shoes. Dr. Lillian Heath, now in her 80s, was asked if she knew anything about it...🧵
November 23, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Oh, this is the /good/ good stuff right here.