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Scene from Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957), with three men in cowboy hats facing four men across a dusty street in front of wooden buildings, with an O.K. Corral sign visible.
Open signed copy of Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry, with the book's cover visible behind the title page.
Black-and-white movie poster for High Noon featuring a large close-up of Gary Cooper in a cowboy hat, with smaller action scenes and the title High Noon on the left.
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Watch the early movie The Great Train Robbery
View a scene from “Under California Stars” starring Roy Rogers
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Clint Eastwood wearing a light suit and olive shirt with tie, standing outdoors at the Cannes Film Festival.
Clint Eastwood
American actor and director
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George Marshall
American director
Author Larry McMurtry sits in a chair before shelves tightly packed with books in his bookstore.
Larry McMurtry
American author
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Anthony Mann
American director
John Sturges stands beside a film camera on the set of Bad Day at Black Rock, wearing sunglasses, a cap, and casual clothing.
John Sturges
American director
John Ford
John Ford
American director
Sam Peckinpah wearing a patterned headband looks through a film camera viewfinder while directing Cross of Iron. Another crew member is partially visible in the background.
Sam Peckinpah
American director
King, Henry
Henry King
American director
John Wayne
John Wayne
American actor
lobby card for The Comedy of Terrors
Jacques Tourneur
French-American director
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Budd Boetticher
American director
John Ford, left, and Henry Hathaway, right, both wearing hats and casual jackets, stand together outdoors on the set of How the West Was Won.
Henry Hathaway
American director
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Wesley Ruggles
American director
James Stewart in It's a Wonderful Life
James Stewart
American actor
Walter Brennan and Gary Cooper, both wearing cowboy hats and western attire, talk closely in a color lobby card for the 1940 film The Westerner.
Walter Brennan
American actor
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Joseph H. Lewis
American director
Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake stand close together in dramatic lighting, with Ladd holding a pistol, in a scene from the film The Blue Dahlia.
Alan Ladd
American actor
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Owen Wister
American novelist
Gene Autry, wearing a cowboy hat and Western suit, smiles while playing an acoustic guitar.
Gene Autry
American actor, singer, and entrepreneur
Roy Rogers in a cowboy hat and plaid shirt stands smiling beside his horse, Trigger, holding the reins in an outdoor setting, circa 1945.
Roy Rogers
American actor-singer

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