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Shall We Gather at the River?
Shall We Gather at the River? Readers of Jeff Arnold’s West received the news this week that we’d all been dreading. Jeff Arnold passed away on 5th...
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Jeff Arnold: The Man in the White Hat
A remembrance from a member of Jeff’s family To all the e-pards and westernistas out there, a very warm “Hello”. My name is James and I am Jeff’s nephew. He kindly mentioned me a few times in these...
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Duel At Apache Wells (Republic, 1957)
This post is part of Legends of Western Cinema Week 2024, hosted by the fine folks at Along the Brandywine Hamlette’s Soliloquy Meanwhile, in Rivendell… While Duel at Apache Wells is *not* a Legend of...
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The Westerns of Samuel Fuller
Cult director Samuel Fuller was not one of the more prolific exponents of our noble genre – he directed just four big-screen Westerns. But he was a significant one. His Western output is distinctive –...
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Ride the High Country Country (Reel West) by Robert Nott
In 2023, the University of New Mexico Press launched a series of newly-written books covering the (noble) genre of Western cinema. Branded as Reel West, the series explores “individual Western films...
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Best Westerns: A List of Lists
The greatest oaters according to critics, filmmakers, and… As dedicated readers will know, Jeff Arnold didn’t particularly go for ‘best-of’ or ‘favourites’ lists until the very end. If you haven’t...
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McCrea Ranch in Thousand Oaks, California
When asked, Joel McCrea proudly named his occupation as ‘rancher’. His first ranch was purchased in 1933 and he lived on that same land for 57 years, until his passing in 1990. Happily for Westernistas...
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Ride ‘Em Cowboy (Universal, 1942)
For a Fistful of Dollars, an Old West Movie Set Can Be Yours In October, the New York Times published an article with the above headline about a real estate listing for the Sable Ranch in Santa...
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The Arizonian (RKO, 1935)
“That’s what it takes to make peace in the west” The Arizonian was not a film known to this writer prior to recently spotting it lurking unloved in the darker, smaller hours of the TV schedule. Turns...
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The Frisco Kid (Warner Brothers, 1979): Another View
Jousting with Jeff… The time has come, the walrus said… to publish our first post devoted to a dissent from one published by Jeff Arnold. Jeff was a superb historian and critic but all his fans...
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The Westerns of Robert Aldrich
The Erratic Mr. Aldrich When it came to his series of profiles of Western filmmakers Robert Aldrich wasn’t top of Jeff Arnold’s list. The output wasn’t huge – six features – and Jeff was not a fan. At...
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The Three Outlaws (Associated Film Releasing Corporation, 1956)
They bore the mark of Satan, they bore the mark of Cain So says the title song of The Three Outlaws, a yarn about the exploits of real-life outlaws Butch Cassidy, Bill Carver (also known as Will...
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Kid Blue (Marvin Schwartz Productions / 20th Century Fox, 1973)
Hippie Western Kid Blue opens, pre-credits, in the middle of a train robbery. So far, so conventional but only for a few seconds. The robbers, we quickly realise, are incompetent, one falling off the...
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Accessing Posts on Jeff Arnold’s West
Howdy, e-pards! Some of you may have noted (and a certain Jean-Marie certainly *did* note) that Jeff Arnold’s West was afflicted several hours ago by the Lee Van Cleef of internet errors : Fortunately,...
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The Randolph Scott of webmasters, BetterCallChris, has sent that internet varmint packing *and* restored the site’s Search Box while doing so. Please recommence searching, e-pards. Thanks, Chris! An...
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The Sam Peckinpah Cententary: 1
Troubled Genius February 21, 2025 marks one hundred years since director Sam Peckinpah was born. Peckinpah is a fascinating character: a filmmaker of overriding vision, a maverick who fought with...
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