Wyatt Earp

As part of his article “Jesse James, the Bourgeois Bandit”, film theorist Christopher Anderson attempts to explain the differences between Henry King’s 1939 western Jesse James and the later reworking of the narrative by Nicholas Ray entitled The True Story of Jesse James (1957) by scrutinising the historical context of the latter film. Anderson asserts that in contrast to earlier films depicting James’s life, Ray “wanted to dramatize parallels between the post-Civil War adolescent bandit and…

Penny Holland Cooper is not only my mom, but also my best friend. She has many years under her belt that comes with a variety of different experiences and moments that I would like to share. She was born on June 8, 1961 at the Saint Mary’s Hospital, in Jacksonville, Florida. She weighed seven pounds one ounce and nineteen inches long. Her Dad and three brothers were there in the delivery room to welcome the beautiful sister they finally got. In my Mom’s first few years she spent her time going…

Who would have thought that when James Madison in 1789 introduced to the U.S. Congress thirteen (13) amendments to the Constitution, that one of them – the Second Amendment would cause so much controversy? I am sure many of know what the Second Amendment is, but just in case you do not, it states: “A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed." What this means is “the right to bear arms”, simply…

” There is no more famous gunfight in the West or cinema than the O.K. Corral. The 30 shots in 30 seconds has been recreated in one way or another nearly two dozen times in films over the years. But the 1993 rendition starring Kurt Russell as Wyatt Earp is perhaps the most iconic. Historically accurate, well that’s another story. But who cares, because it’s a great scene with great one-liners, non-stop action and incredible pistol work by Val Kilmer as Doc Holiday. There’s plenty of…

thousands of readers are familiar with Roughing It”(Messent and Budd). “Twain’s West has been mostly ignored in subsequent popular depictions of the frontier, which concentrate on the bold-faced named outlaws, lawmen, and Indians like Jesse James, Wyatt Earp, and Crazy Horse. Which showed classic early Twain: rowdy, rambunctious and very funny”(Katz). “Mark Twain wrote Roughing It because of his travels through Nevada Territory and to California, his varied life their, colorful personalities”…

Jane Tompkins’s West of Everything is an energetic and lively account of the most beloved and legendary American genre—The Western. Western films and novels have become a large part of many American’s lives and continues to influence filmmaking to this day. People from all over the world visit western states to have what they think is the cowboy experience. West of Everything expresses a heavy concern with the role of gender in the genre, however, and points out that it is a male dominated field…

intend of defending themselves, not as a reason to go chasing after modern day outlaws. Those with concealed handgun licenses are trained to use their firearms for self-defense. Citizens with concealed handgun licenses on campus are not the next Wyatt Earp of our generation. An individual could have a breakdown, use their new given right to carry a weapon on campus and use to harm those around them. That is a possible outcome by changing campus policy. This risk is the same as any other…

In the 1992 film “Tombstone” and the 1994 “Stargate,” he played the serious and focused persona of the ‘lawman,’ Wyatt Earp, and Colonel Jack O’Neil respectively. In 1992, his role as Captain Ron in the film bearing his character’s name, he was the happy go lucky ‘hero’ who helped a family who had never been on a boat before, learn how to captain their own sailboat…

and Hollywood proves the point: ten films all told have Daniel Boone as the central character, Crockett appears in eleven, Buffalo Bill Cody features in 47, Billy the Kid in 44, Wild Bill Hickok and Jesse James in 35 each, General Custer in 34 and Wyatt…