The English language is replete with idioms: a jumble of words that come to have meaning far beyond their individual, literal definitions. Idioms are invented curiosities of language. A clever turn of ...

He was called “America’s Favorite Cowboy” and the “Singing Cowboy.” Though he was not the first western star of either movies or music, Texas native Gene Autry became a favorite across the nation from ...

A new era is born.

A pair of short features by the western screen idols. In Joseph Kane’s Guns and Guitars (1936, 58 min.), Gene Autry plays a man unjustly accused of murder. In John English’s Utah (1945, 57 min.), Roy ...

The call of the trail, the thrill of roaming the range, the crackle of the campfire, and the strum of a lonesome guitar: Our American mythos is steeped with colorful and moving cowboy lore. Stream Los ...