Fonda's best Westerns in the 1940s were directed by John Ford, ?¢¬ÄMy Darling Clementine,” a nostalgic evocation of Marshal Wyatt Earp's heroism, and ?¢¬ÄFort Apache,” co-starring John Wayne.

Despite some similarities, there are important differences between John Wayne’s and Gary Cooper’s screen heroes. Cooper’s Westerners are laconic, morally strong men of few words….

Between 1948 and 1950, Carol reed made three of the best films in world cinema: “Odd Man Out,” “The Fall Idol,” and “The Third Man.” Reed's masterpieces, all in the noir-thriller genre (and some written by Graham Greene), are male-driven. As such, they boast great performances from James Mason in the first, Ralph Richardson in the second, and Orson Welles in the third.

May 2, 2006–Jay Presson Allen, 84, Writer of Adaptations for the Stage, Dies.

Although Linklater is Texas's premier filmmaker, the big state that has given us the Alamo, the popular TV show “Dallas,” and oil fortunes, has also produced several idiosyncratic directors, such as Eagle Pennell, who has made some interesting low-budget films before indie cinema hit its stride in the late 1980s