The traditional Hollywood Western arguably reached its peak in the 1950s, the decade that saw the release of classics like High Noon, Shane, Rio Bravo, and The Searchers, movies that have entered the ...

Every few years, movie lovers ask what happened to the Western — the film genre that helped launch America’s film industry at the dawn of the 20th century and constituted up to a quarter of ...

Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds sitting together in Singin' in the Rain Image via Loew's Inc. The 1950s were a pivotal decade for classic movies, marked by the release of iconic titles such as The ...