WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: THE TRAIL OF ‘98
For this Western Night session, Sheila Ellis chose THE TRAIL OF ’98, an astonishing silent film from MGM studios released in 1928. Based on a novel by Robert W. Service, it tells the story of fortune hunters from across America who left (though...
WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: SARAH’S OIL
This highly uplifting tale inspired by a true story set in Oklahoma in 1913 was Kirk Ellis’s choice for this Western Night viewing. Sarah Rector (played by remarkable first-time actress Naya Desir-Johnson), is an 11-year-old firmly religious black...
WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: THE VIRGINIAN tv series episode: “Duel at Shiloh”
Join author Thomas D. Clagett for a Western Night look at The Virginian’s first-season episode “Duel at Shiloh,” adapted from the 1955 film Man Without a Star.
WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: BULLET FOR A BADMAN
Films that are flawed—not plain bad, but problematic—are welcomed at our Western Night sessions and, as it was his turn to choose, Robert Nott brought one called A BULLET FOR A BADMAN (1964). This B Western, directed by R. G. Springsteen who...
WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: THE LAST SUNSET
Compelling yet creepy is a phrase not often associated with Westerns, but we all agreed it fit THE LAST SUNSET (1961), Sheila Ellis’s choice for this session. It’s a tale of revenge wrapped in a soap opera of bent romances with a side of twisted...
WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: WINCHESTER ‘73
Noir Westerns, dark, brooding stories featuring deeply flawed characters with something gnawing at their souls and set in the wide expanses and big skies of the Old West, began showing up in the late ‘40s and into the ‘50s. Films like THE OX-BOW...
