Films and television shows featuring real working cowboys have made America’s icon famous worldwide since 1894. In America’s first...
1883: The Wagons West Story
Innovative filmmaker Taylor Sheridan’s new series captures the grit and the glory of the trail. When True West spoke to creator Taylor Sheridan in...
Western From Head to Toe
Brian Lebel’s Old West Auction in Mesa, Arizona, is always a movie collector’s paradise. All Images Courtesy Brian Lebel’s Old West Auction Unless...
The Duke Stars on a New Stage
His personal belongings tell a lot about the big man. The wooden crate is 8-by-8-by-8 feet. Inside the oversized box are bag after bag of unopened...
Quigley’s Sharps – Cinema’s Most Famous Gun?
Among the most recognizable silver screen firearms, this Shiloh rifle has earned “star” status in its own right. John Wayne’s...
Hollywood’s West of the Imagination
Brian Lebel’s 31st Old West Auction hammered out Hollywood history for avid collectors of Western memorabilia. The term “west of the...
“I’m Your Huckleberry” Has a Double Meaning for Old Tucson
Saving the old girl is more than a dream. Everyone wants to save “Hollywood in the Desert”—the Old Tucson Studios that hosted more than 400 films...
Marion Morrison Becomes John Wayne Marion Michael Morrison, was named for his grandfather Marion Mitchell Morrison, a Civil War veteran...
Marion Michael Morrison, was named for his grandfather Marion Mitchell Morrison, a Civil War veteran. They were of Irish and Scots-Irish descent. ...
Stagecoach – The Legend At 80
John Ford and John Wayne’s classic Western film changed the course of cinema history.
Norman Rockwell’s Duke
In 1973, John Wayne sat inside Norman Rockwell’s studio in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, so the artist could paint a portrait of the actor. The...
The John Wayne Memorabilia exhibit in Los Angeles featured his costume trousers with sewed-on belt loops. Aren’t belt loops an early 20th-century development?
The John Wayne Memorabilia exhibit in Los Angeles featured his costume trousers with sewed-on belt loops. Aren’t belt loops an early 20th-century...
Was the large-loop lever rifle featured in John Wayne Westerns ever used in real life?
John Wayne used the large-loop lever on his rifles in several movies, and TV’s Rifleman used one as early as 1958. Was it ever used in real...