From Wikipedia: “George Frances “Gabby” Hayes was born in 1885, the third of seven children in Wellsville, New York, and did not come from a cowboy background. In fact, he did not know how to ride a horse until he was in his forties and had to learn for movie…
Many people think the movie High Noon is the best western of all time. The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture. But Director Howard Hawks and actor John Wayne felt differently (this was the McCarthy era) and responded to the “liberal preachiness of this ‘un-American’ film…
You can’t have a blog about the cowboy lifestyle without mentioning John Wayne (1907-79). Marion Robert Morrison was born in Iowa and moved to California at age four. A local fireman called him “little duke” after Marion’s huge Airedale Terrier dog, Duke. He kept the name after that. Morrison attended…
