After the pressure of a world war in 1917-18, America had been prosperous. They had been on the winning side of the war, and the country’s morale was at an all-time high. Money seemed to flow freely as people celebrated freedom itself, creating the ‘roaring twenties’. The American Dream seemed attainable for all, […]

Once, western films were the standard fare of Hollywood. In fact, Hollywood was founded on the popularity of the ‘rootin’, tootin’ western one-reeler. Real cowboys were employed in the silent film era. They knew how to ride, how to shoot and rope, and a man had to do what a […]