When I first designed the Western movie course I’m currently teaching at Lycoming College, I wanted to call it Ride the High Country — subtitled “Films of the American West.” While this didn’t prove quite catchy enough, I thought it made a great paean to this lofty genre — on top of which, the 1962
When you think of great Western movies, you probably call to mind John Wayne, Clint Eastwood and maybe John Ford; if you’re a major fan, you might also recall Randolph Scott and Howard Hawks — maybe even Sam Peckinpah, or James Stewart. But sadly, few would mention Anthony Mann. While the Golden Age veteran directed
Can you identify which one of these sentences is wrong? I laid my weary body on the bed. For a long time, I was just laying under the covers. I really wanted to lie there all day. But eventually, I had lain around enough. Yes — the second one is grammatically faulty; but do you
By the time you read this, your movie-loving Webb writer will have kicked off his second course in Film Studies at Lycoming College. Last year, it was “Movie Masterpieces” — with such classics as Singin’ in the Rain, Sunrise, Life Is Beautiful and Some Like It Hot. For fall ’26, we chose to offer “Grit,
Among the many quotes attributed to Winston Churchill, one is his alleged response when criticized for using prepositions at the end of his sentences: “That,” he supposedly said, “is the type of nonsense up with which I will not put.” The quote is almost certainly apocryphal (that is, of doubtful authenticity). But nonetheless, it still
