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Extra, prop man and stuntman, mainly for the Fox Film Corporation. Epic Western shot in an early widescreen process called Fox Grandeur, Ford vouched for him. Wikipedia

American actor known for his natural, authentic, and understated acting style. Academy Honorary Award for his career achievements in 1961. Wikipedia

Term used in film criticism to describe both a narrative and visual style of filmmaking which became characteristic of American cinema between the 1910s and the 1960s. It eventually became the most powerful and pervasive style of filmmaking worldwide. Wikipedia

Genre of fiction set primarily in the latter half of the 19th and early 20th century in the Western United States, which is styled the "Old West". Its stories commonly center on the life of a nomadic cowboy or gunfighter armed with a revolver and a rifle who rides a horse. Wikipedia

American film director and naval officer. Renowned both for Westerns such as Stagecoach , The Searchers (1956), and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), as well as adaptations of classic 20th-century American novels such as The Grapes of Wrath (1940). Wikipedia

American film director whose career spanned from 1913 to 1971. During this time he directed more than 140 films. Wikipedia