Classic Movies Don’t Come Much Better Filmed in black-and-white, 1939’s Stagecoach began a decades-long collaboration between classic movie star John Wayne and his most loyal director, John Ford. That it’s also the film that catapulted John Wayne to true stardom is an even better reason to like it. What’s also interesting is that his portrayal of The Ringo Kid is recognized by critics as moving the...

A Recognized Movie Classic In 1956, when The Searchers was first released, nobody knew that it would today be a widely-hailed classic movie. Nowadays, it’s especially noted as one of the greatest Westerns of all-time. Starring John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles and a young Natalie Wood, among others, it was one of the first in the cowboy genre to examine issues of racism in the old West; especially that...