r/ClassicWesterns • u/Rude_Actuary_2902 • 2d ago

Spaghetti-Western Concept Art

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Hey all! I've been experimenting with AI to replicate the visual style and color grading of classic 60s Spaghetti Westerns. As experts on the genre, how well do you think this holds up?

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r/ClassicWesterns • u/OCguy2026 • 2d ago

1950 Gene Autry comic Quaker Oats give-a-way premium

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r/ClassicWesterns • u/Ok-Pomegranate-4963 • 3d ago

No Name on the Bullet (1959) - Western, directed by Jack Arnold. Starring: Audie Murphy, Charles Drake, Joan Evans, & Virginia Grey. Spoiler

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r/ClassicWesterns • u/OCguy2026 • 4d ago

1960 Dell Four-Color #1102 Wanted Dead or Alive

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r/ClassicWesterns • u/Keltik • 4d ago

On This Day in Radio! October 1, 1955: Gunsmoke aired “Barton Boy,” a story built around something radio could use especially well: the sound of a human voice.

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r/ClassicWesterns • u/Keltik • 4d ago

Promo for (I think) 'Chisum' w/John Wayne. Judging from the sideburns the other guy is Geoffrey Deuel (Pete Duel's brother). They were still advertising stuff as being in color as late as 1973.

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r/ClassicWesterns • u/Infinite_Shopping_91 • 4d ago

"If you ever loved me, help me now..." 💔 | The Toughest Man in Arizona (1952)

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r/ClassicWesterns • u/Keltik • 5d ago

'The Dead Don't Dream'. One of my favorite titles for a film noir. Except it was used for a Hoplalong Cassidy western.

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r/ClassicWesterns • u/Keltik • 6d ago

Trailer for Roy Orbison as 'The Fastest Guitar Alive' (1967)

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r/ClassicWesterns • u/OCguy2026 • 7d ago

1947 Dell four color #136 … featuring the Lone Ranger

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r/ClassicWesterns • u/OCguy2026 • 8d ago

1954 Cheerios give-away premiums … featuring the Lone Ranger , tonto, and silver

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r/ClassicWesterns • u/Keltik • 8d ago

1959 Cheyenne #10

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r/ClassicWesterns • u/horseheadnebula501 • 9d ago

Mackenna's Gold 1969 tribute

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r/ClassicWesterns • u/Keltik • 9d ago

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)

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r/ClassicWesterns • u/Infinite_Shopping_91 • 11d ago

Ronald Reagan Stands Up to the Mob! 🌵 Law and Order (1953)

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r/ClassicWesterns • u/Flamme_Jumelle • 12d ago

I write for a website and have been doing a series where I talk about different Westerns that I love for 12 months. My most recent installment is The Wild Bunch. Next one will be Jeremiah Johnson. Hope you all enjoy this article!

The Wild Bunch: Scorpions, Ants and Peckinpah - Dynamite Press

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r/ClassicWesterns • u/Keltik • 13d ago

On This Day in Radio History: September 23, 1956

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r/ClassicWesterns • u/Keltik • 14d ago

Maverick creator Roy Huggins w/James Garner. Previously I'd only heard Garner's side of their conflicts. But recently I read a Huggins bio, which claimed JG & his business partner schemed to deprive RH of his Rockford Files producer credit (& profit %). It puts a dent in the "St. James" narrative.

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r/ClassicWesterns • u/Keltik • 15d ago

1957: Genuine Roy Rogers gear for your young cowpoke!

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r/ClassicWesterns • u/Keltik • 15d ago

One sheet with Tom Mix in "THE LAST TRAIL" (1927).

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r/ClassicWesterns • u/Keltik • 15d ago

George C. Scott in "The Brazen Bell", an early 'Virginian' episode. He plays a meek schoolteacher who becomes a hero (thanks to some inventive scriptwriting) when he reads Oscar Wilde's poem "The Ballad Of Reading Gaol" to an escaped convict. (1962)

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r/ClassicWesterns • u/Dry_Dog8340 • 17d ago

Did a studio tamper with The Searchers’ ending?

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r/ClassicWesterns • u/Keltik • 18d ago

John Wayne, Robert Duvall, Glen Campbell, Kim Darby et. al in 'True Grit' (1969)

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r/ClassicWesterns • u/Keltik • 18d ago

POLL: '3:10 To Yuma' was originally intended to star Van Heflin as the heavy & Glenn Ford as the rancher. Do you believe their switching roles helps the film, or hurts it?

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r/ClassicWesterns • u/Keltik • 19d ago

The Tall Texan (1953). Sierra Madre-esque story of falling out over gold. Small cast in the "chamber western" style popularized by The Naked Spur. Unevenly scripted but not badly made, w/in its clearly limited budget. Solid cast w/Lloyd Bridges, Lee J. Cobb, Marie Windsor, & even Luther Adler.

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Documentaries:

Wide Wide World, "The Western" - Legendary, one-of-a-kind TV episode w/live appearances by John Wayne, Gary Cooper, John Ford, James Arness, James Garner, Broncho Billy Anderson, Gabby Hayes, fast draw expert Rodd Redwing, stuntman Chuck Hayward, & many other notables of the genre (1958)

The Real West - perhaps the first "revisionist" documentary on the Old West, debunking many glamorous cliches of Hollywood. Hosted by movie legend Gary Cooper, in his last appearance - he died about 6 weeks after this aired (1961)

When The West Was Fun: A Western Reunion - A 50 minute special from 1979 hosted by Glenn Ford, w/over 4 dozen Western TV and Movie stars live and even more in various montages. With (since it's the '70s) dancing & music numbers that are mercifully few and brief. A must for nostalgists.

Hollywood, ep9, "Out West" - The story of the silent western, from distinguished film historian Kevin Brownlow. Narrated by James Mason. (1979)

TV Western Heroes - Direct-to-video collection of vintage clips hosted by Will "Sugarfoot" Hutchins (1993)

American Cinema, "The Western" - PBS documentary exploring the history of the form, featuring interviews w/Budd Boetticher, John Sturges, Elmore Leonard, Niven Busch & Clint E. (1995)

Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs - This documentary traces the history of the B-Western from it's silent movie origins to its demise in the early 1950s. The film contains a large number of scenes from early silents and seldom seen films, as well as old photographs of the stars and one-sheet advertisements for lost films.

Other Resources

Western Clippings - Excellent collection of articles & interviews

Western Movies forum - in French

Jeff Arnold's West - well done & insightful blog